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stop asking me if i need a hug
Featured Image: In the studio with K. O’Neill Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault allusion, PTSD mention . . . I don’t know how to start this article and I’ve rewritten this sentence several times. I’ve been meaning to talk about this topic for a while now but wasn’t sure how to put it into words. It’s Read more
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Gen Z, Social Media And Cyberbullying: An Unsupervised Landscape
Featured Illustration: Alex Marino Recently, some Facebook posts have been making rounds on my newsfeed. Comments flooded the posts criticizing a girl who frequently posts videos of her dance choreography and skits for her lack of artistic values. Her dance videos and skits, which became the hot topic for trolling for some meme pages, had Read more
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Parasocial Breakups are Tough – But Here’s Why They’re Necessary
Take it from someone who devoted the entirety of their preteen years to a band halfway across the globe — stan culture is a perplexingly addictive thing. I was eleven-years-old when I could recall any One Direction lyric for you in my sleep, identify a song within two seconds of the opening instrumental. I could Read more
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A Portrait of Respectability
Many years ago, my grandmother took her two children off to a photographic studio to have their portraits taken. In the fragile photograph that is now more than 80 years old, my father poses on an oversized chair, slightly leaning into his older sister who is standing next to him. I am intrigued that my Read more
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Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America: A Book Review
Featured Image: Bloomberg CityLab Bengali Harlem — a reconstructed narrative of the long-forgotten South Asians in America. Do you know about the fate of those South Asians who had to deal with the newly built immigration process? Bengali Harlem by Vivek Bald is about the historical migration and assimilation of South Asians in America — Read more
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Our Willingness To Give Up Fast Fashion
Featured Image: Tomas Munita Throughout 2020, infographics have been the new favourite method to deliver information for Instagram users. They’re clear, concise, and quick to digest, catching the eye with bright colours and bold fonts. A topic that infographics touch upon frequently is fast fashion. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gaia Read more
