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  • We Need to Memorialise the Stories of our South Asian Female Elders Before It’s Too Late

    We Need to Memorialise the Stories of our South Asian Female Elders Before It’s Too Late

    Featured Illustration: Joey Guidone We often forget the legacies of those before us, legacies that lift us up and constantly inspire us. So much of human history has been memorialised through stories of love, war, and tragedy. Through navigating and talking about our own family histories, we can also add our own pieces to this Read more

  • Stop Co-Opting Our Movements and Get Your Own

    Stop Co-Opting Our Movements and Get Your Own

    Featured Image: Financial Times Black Lives Matter. Not only is it true, but it’s also the name of a movement. Our movement. Not a trendy bio insert. Because let’s be real for a sec. Most of the people with BLM in their bios are violently anti-Black. But this isn’t about that. This is about other Read more

  • 3 Challenges as a First-Generation Student and How I Overcame Them

    3 Challenges as a First-Generation Student and How I Overcame Them

    Featured Illustration: Leonardo Santamaria A first-generation student is best described as someone whose parents did not attend college, therefore making the student the first one in the family to do so. My experience being first-generation has brought many challenges. Nonetheless, it wasn’t until my junior year at California State University, Bakersfield, that I gained the Read more

  • Keep Voices Down, This is a Quiet Zone

    Keep Voices Down, This is a Quiet Zone

    Featured Image: Valentin Antonini I was a loud kid. Not shouting on the playground, tear-stricken tantrum in the grocery store loud, but I’d rather hear the sound of myself talking than silence at any given time loud. It’s an ailment many suffer from, even into adulthood. And as it turns out, a chronic need to Read more

  • The Numbness I Feel

    The Numbness I Feel

    Featured Image: Sydney Rae The numbness I feel Is my heart, icing over After an avalanche Froze my soul Tiny snowflakes Laying on my lungs Until they collapsed Under the weight Of one thousand disappointments Of heartache, worry, stress   Crushed under the voice Of your fury As uncontrolled as a falling glacier Plummeting into Read more

  • Inner Joy

    Inner Joy

    Featured Illustration: Virginia Moreno I never felt so loved Being unloved I never felt so secure In my insecurities   I never felt so sustained In my loneliness   To be so supported And alone   The warmth Penetrates through my skin Awakening myself With a glowing tinge   It eradicates Every doubt   Every Read more

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