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An Indian Girl
Featured Illustration: Upasana Agarwal I used to feel Uncomfortable In my own skin My dark brown hue And even my kin I longed to be white A product of systematic racism I longed to feel accepted But instead was locked in a prison Of my mind Of my culture Feeling Less Read more
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Planning the new year doesn’t have to be so exhausting
Featured Illustration: Abbey Lossing I’ve always loved celebrating the New Year. On December 31st, we’d feast as we waited for the clock to strike midnight, and I’d look up to the sky to admire the fireworks, despite harboring deep resentment for loud noises. In pre-pandemic times, my village hosted dinner parties, which were the only Read more
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High School Burnout and How the Gifted Kids Do It
You know those kids in your class. The ones who take the hardest courses, do a million extracurriculars, always seem to be studying or working, usually aren’t free to hang out, and you once saw them tearing up over a B on their last assignment? I want to talk about them. To call myself one Read more
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Healing Through Art: Chloe Burns Discusses Writing and Producing New Web Series “Trauma Bonded”
Raised in Kansas, Chloe Burns originally didn’t see the film industry as a viable career option. While she has always appreciated the craft, she felt discouraged by the Midwestern culture and belief that considered going into the arts as straying from the norm. Burns ended up trying out a plethora of careers, like studying anthropology, Read more
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DONDA: Kanye’s Search for an Integrated Self
Featured Image: BFA/Yeezy via Vogue In the full light of hindsight, seeing the past with grown conscience is a painful discovery. The only direction is tomorrow, with an offensively unfixable yesterday. “We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold,” Kundera paints this unbearable life. The nadirs of life’s course Read more
