By: Manavi Nag September 4, 2020October 20, 2020 POLITICS, WORLD ISSUESfeaturedLeave a Comment

How Has Black Lives Matter Affected the Rest of the World?

Featured Illustration: Maya Kay Following the death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM) has become a widespread phenomenon. A movement that fights to combat police brutality against Black people and abolish white supremacy, Black Lives Matter has provided a much-needed wake-up call to many. All over the world, people are standing in…

By: Shira Speaks July 14, 2020October 20, 2020 CULTURE, EMPOWERMENTblack, featured, muslim, name, nigeriaLeave a Comment

There is Power in Our Names

Featured Image: ‘Afrovaganza’ by Teni Oluwo, photographed by Felix Crown As a Nigerian, my first name is not actually Nigerian. In fact, scratch that — as much as I love being Nigerian, Nigerians tend to be homogenized as one. A country with over 250 ethnic groups and you expect every single ethnic group to be…

By: Jadidsa Perez June 22, 2020October 7, 2020 CULTURE, EMPOWERMENTfeaturedLeave a Comment

Butterfly Wings Made From a Dollar Bill

Featured Illustration: ‘The Mirabal Sisters’ by Ruby Schwa Disclaimer: This is a piece I wrote for a memoir class. . . . Eggs The Dominican 200 bill holds the faces of not one, but three women. Minerva, María Teresa, and Patria. Three sisters, to be exact. The bill bleeds different shades of pink throughout, but…

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Beneath The Stairs

By: Briseyda Barrientos-Ariza January 14, 2021January 17, 2021

CULTURE, POETRY & PROSELeave a Comment

Featured Artwork: Adrian Delgado We used to rent out the basement in my house. There, through the golden columns and bronze pyramids of despair and dreams they strode in. The pearl painted chippings of lands that once were laid at their feet. Underneath their soles were eternities of ancestors waiting for their return. They carried…

Things Teachers Need to Unlearn

By: Sania Nasir January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

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Featured Illustration: Anna and Elena Balbusso What makes a great teacher? One will find several responses to this question. There is, however, one thing that no one tells you: if you don’t decide to do things differently, you’re going nowhere as a teacher. So, what exactly does it mean to unlearn something? ‘Unlearning’ is the…

Nature Through a Romantic’s Lens

By: Andrea Salvador January 13, 2021January 14, 2021

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Featured Artwork: ‘Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct’ by Théodore Géricault As time moves forward, we distance ourselves further away from past ideologies and lifestyles. Intellectual movements become preserved in textbooks, and their products end up framed in museums. Values of the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Modernism are scrutinized and criticized by students aiming to submit provoking…

Love Letter

By: Rahemah Ahmed January 10, 2021January 10, 2021

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Featured Image: Sam Stapleton حبيبي (Ya Habibi!) Oh, my Beloved! The stench of your sins Wafts into your nose Fraying the senses And yet you plead ignorance. حبيبي (Habibi) My Beloved As your goblet fills with the tears of those Who you’ve wronged. The tears of the beaten of the weary of the damned I…

Unburdening From Intergenerational Trauma: A First-Gen Journey

By: Asia Khatun January 9, 2021January 10, 2021

CULTURE, MENTAL HEALTH, OPINION8 Comments

Featured Illustration: Hanifa Abdul Hameed First-generation immigrant household. South Asian. Eldest daughter. I am sure that some of you are more than familiar with the life that that entails. Many of us have grown up hearing how our parents’ and grandparents’ generation struggled to create a better life for us having moved halfway across the…

The Subtleties of Body-Shaming (Explained by a Therapist)

By: Sadaf Siddiqi January 8, 2021January 10, 2021

EMPOWERMENT, FOOD & NUTRITION, WOMEN'S HEALTHLeave a Comment

Featured Illustration: Sherrin George “Do I look fat?” “You’re so skinny, you should eat more!” “You’re not fat, you’re beautiful.” “Real women have curves.” “She looks pregnant.” ‘You look so skinny in that dress!” “Did you lose weight? You look great!” “Have you been working out? Your butt looks so big!” You might be surprised…

Maryland and D.C. are 100% Part of “The South” but We Should Talk About It

By: Amir M. W. January 5, 2021January 7, 2021

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Featured Image: ‘Baltimore, MD’, Mike Von It is recommended to read this article with a U.S. map. During a trip to New Orleans, I had the great opportunity to visit the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The Ogden claims to have the largest and most comprehensive collection of Southern Art, with artists from states such…

Why Don’t We Take Women as Seriously as Men?

By: Prathigna Yerakala January 4, 2021January 7, 2021

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Featured Illustration: Zulfa Ishak For several weeks or so, I wasn’t sure how to begin writing this piece. This is very much a stream-of-consciousness essay where I will be attempting to tell a narrative that is quite difficult to swallow after 2020. But I believe in any case, a personal anecdote always does the trick,…

Seasonal Poetry

By: Kulsum Khan January 3, 2021January 7, 2021

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Featured Illustration: Hanifa Abdul Hameed I am told Europe is beautiful in the summer Indian summers try their best to melt you to the ground. How shall I compare thy summer’s day to mine? Our flowers are scorched under the sun The same sun that shines so benevolently on you This same flower that smiles…