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Your Creepy Uncle
Featured Image: Melinda Beck We all have that creepy uncle. You know, the one who eyes all your aunties slack-jawed, foaming at the mouth while you and your cousins play hide and seek in the living room. He’s not decent enough to try and hide it. The family knows. They know what he’s doing when Read more
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Embracing Loneliness through Escapism in Animal Crossing
Unless you’ve been living quietly in the mountains since this pandemic started (which, kudos to you, sounds like a great idea), you’ve probably heard of a game called “Animal Crossing.” Maybe you’ve also heard of a certain Raymond, an office cat with heterochromia who absolutely everyone seems to be in love with, and if you’re Read more
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Love, Ghana
Featured Artwork by Sasha Roberts: A digitally drawn portrait of Zanna Amafu, a Ghanaian-American woman living in Lower East Side Manhattan. Read more
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The New York Wealth Bubble
Featured Image: Luke Stackpoole The tall expanse of the Williamsburg Bridge casts a deep shadow on the Brooklyn neighborhood. It’s a hot day, the residents finding shelter underneath umbrellas of new coffee shops and fair-trade hand-woven sun hats. Some would say that this neighborhood is a “bubble” — a small, upper-class community with little care Read more
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I Am Still Black And Proud
Featured Artwork: Amika Cooper These past few weeks have been stifling. From dealing with friends that ooze of white guilt to dealing with my own identity issues, I feel drained. As someone who is extremely unapologetic about my blackness and how I choose to live out that part of my identity, the sentiment of being Read more
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Privilege as a Person of Color
Featured Artwork: Alice Skinner Scrolling through social media these last few weeks has brought so many things to my attention. I’ve become more aware of the prevalent racist society that we live in, the insensitive laws and history this country has died for, as well as the countless videos and pictures of people constantly facing Read more
