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Things Teachers Need to Unlearn
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 Read more
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Nature Through a Romantic’s Lens
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 Read more
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Love Letter
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 Read more
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Unburdening From Intergenerational Trauma: A First-Gen Journey
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 Read more
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The Subtleties of Body-Shaming (Explained by a Therapist)
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 Read more
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Maryland and D.C. are 100% Part of “The South” but We Should Talk About It
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 Read more
