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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…
CINDY TRAN
THE ARTS
Love, Ghana
Featured Artwork by Sasha Roberts: A digitally drawn portrait of Zanna Amafu, a Ghanaian-American woman living in Lower East Side Manhattan.
SASHA ROBERTS
CULTURE, POLITICS
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…
SASHA ROBERTS
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
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…
CAMRYN L. SMITH
CULTURE, POLITICS
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…
ZAINEB SHARIF
UNCATEGORIZED
Mental Health During the Pandemic
Featured Artwork: Nicole Hwang Due to the coronavirus situation, people’s mental health has depleted. Mental health relies on a person’s genes, biology,…
SANJANA KARTHIK
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Firestorm Winds
Kiss me like you are grateful for me. That I exist. Not because I am special, no. My flesh and blood are…
HOKIS
CULTURE
SHEIN and the Prevalence of Cultural Exploitation in Fast Fashion
Featured Artwork: Vandling Graphic Design Fast fashion is characterized by the expeditious overproduction of cheap, low quality clothing, with new collections and…
SARA NAQVI
EMPOWERMENT
What You Didn’t Know About Pockets in Women’s Fashion
Featured Image: Kit Cronk The first thing I do when I try on a pair of pants in the dressing room of…
YOUDON TENZIN
POLITICS
The 7 Privileges
Featured Artwork: Claire Merchlinsky Although Pride Month is usually a time for celebration, this year, the LGBTQ+ community held off on the…
AMY NGUYEN
CULTURE
National Obsession: Tales of the Homewrecker
Infidelity is commonly regarded as taboo, a dirty little secret made for dimly lit corners of public spaces or encrypted online conversations.…
ANGEL MARTINEZ
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
Talking About Color in India
Featured Artwork: Manasi Vaidya “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.”  –Maya Angelou Traveling…
KULSUMK

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