A note from our Founder & Editor in Chief
-
Her Voice
She’s silent at the dinner table That’s decorated with dishes she makes She listens to the arguments Gently smiling and the points that are made She’s the first to get up She always clears the plates Would we know what to do without her? A question I avoid every day I have written many Read more
-
Asian Women Are Not Your Punchline
Featured Illustration: Phung Banh When I was eight, I visited my relatives in China for the first time in five years. I’d gone with my entire family. Much of the trip lives in hazy memory, born out of blazing summer days and in sweltering tresses of palm trees. It feels almost psychedelic now, looking back Read more
-
Journey of the Adopted Self
Featured Image: Lacie Slezak This birthed body Put upon the library shelf. Fiction or non- The perpetual, rhetorical question. They selected me From the self-help section. Checked me out – The librarian peering over the rim of rosary-red glasses. The first few chapters Read more
-
One Year of a Pandemic – Will 2021 Bring Normalcy?
Featured Illustration: Kelly Marcelle Malka It’s nearing a year since quarantine has started going into effect in several states across the country. A year of mask-wearing, test-taking, COVID party shaming, and much more. This past year has been filled with loss, grief, adaptability, and uncertainty. But one thing is certain: things will never be the Read more
-
Women at the End of the World
Featured Image: Robert Koorenny Ever since I was young, I’ve been aware of the environment’s fragility and how acute disturbances could elicit monumental changes. I credit most of this consciousness to natural disaster flicks, as juvenile and nonsensical as it seems. To maintain suspense and entertainment, these movies often speed up the severity of threats Read more
-
National Day of Protest: End Indefinite and Arbitrary Detention of Refugees
Images from the National Day of Protest in Melbourne, Australia on March 5, 2021. Use arrows above to navigate through the slideshow. Supporters rallied outside State Library Victoria to demand the government put an end to the indefinite and arbitrary detention of refugees. Known for its hard-line immigration policy and internationally criticised treatment of those Read more
