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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Locket
Inside the rusted locket Lies the old burnt image From a time I can no longer see Of someone long lost But…
ANEESHA SARAN
LIFE
Planning the new year doesn’t have to be so exhausting
Featured Illustration: Abbey Lossing I’ve always loved celebrating the New Year. On December 31st, we’d feast as we waited for the clock…
ALLY DE LEON
LIFE
High School Burnout and How the Gifted Kids Do It
You know those kids in your class. The ones who take the hardest courses, do a million extracurriculars, always seem to be…
ARIANA BHARGAVA
EMPOWERMENT
Healing Through Art: Chloe Burns Discusses Writing and Producing New Web Series “Trauma Bonded”
Raised in Kansas, Chloe Burns originally didn’t see the film industry as a viable career option. While she has always appreciated the…
HALEY SENGSAVANH
EMPOWERMENT, THE ARTS
DONDA: Kanye’s Search for an Integrated Self
Featured Image: BFA/Yeezy via Vogue In the full light of hindsight, seeing the past with grown conscience is a painful discovery. The…
UMRAOSHAAN
EMPOWERMENT
Why Making Your Own Work is the Most Empowering Road Forward
In summer 2019, I was co-writing a made-for-TV thriller in my apartment in Greenpoint, bartending in the East Village, and freelance post-production…
CLEA DECRANE
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Now That’s a Meet Cute
Featured Image: A still from the movie ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ (2013) Henry cracked his knuckles and took a huge swig out…
TEJASHREE MURUGAN
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
“It’s been a pilgrimage”: In conversation with Poet and Artist Mashnun Munir
Mashnun Munir is a lot of things; a poet, a podcast cohost, a Muslim boy from Orlando. Having discovered himself through art…
CHRISTOPHER SORIANO
EMPOWERMENT, THE ARTS
Revisiting “Faces” by Mac Miller
“Mirrors are the doors through which Death comes and goes. Look at yourself in a mirror all your life and you’ll see…
UMRAOSHAAN
CULTURE
The Duality of Visiting Your Motherland
Featured Image: Amanda Etemad The first time I went to Iran I was only 16, still in high school, traveling with a…
AMANDA ETEMAD
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
A Coming (of) Age
Featured Illustration: Raúl Gil At the beginning of the year, I read Fatima Farheen Mirza’s essay, Boxing. Mirza had taken an instant and…
KULSUMK
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
Don’t Yuck My Yum
Featured Illustration: Jam Draws If you are on TikTok or Instagram, I’m sure you’ve come across at least a dozen mouth-watering cooking…
MILCAHF

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