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EMPOWERMENT
Hijras: The Age-Old Transgender Community in South Asian Culture
Featured Artwork: Madhura Kamat Growing up in an Indian-Malaysian household, I’m glad I was constantly surrounded by my culture, whether it was…
KEERTHI SHANGGAR
EMPOWERMENT
How this Gender Non-Conforming Artist is Saving Lives with a Book Drive
When Alok Vaid-Menon calls their new book “life-saving,” they’re not boasting.
LILLI HIME
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
A (Personal) Written Speech on Racism & Anti-Blackness
Featured Artwork: Shirien Damra 6.13.20 Hi. I’m Na’ilah. A lot of y’all know me as Nailah — minus the Arabic pronunciation —…
NA'ILAH WILLIAMS
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Bitter Roots, Sweet Home
Featured Artwork: Madeline Kate Martinez When I was little, I dreamt of living in a house by the water with white picket…
PRATHIGNA YERAKALA
UNCATEGORIZED
The Emotional Trauma of Racism
Featured Artwork: Daylight Illustrations I cried when I heard the story of Althea Bernstein, an 18-year-old biracial woman whose face and neck…
JANIENE FARQUHARSON
EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
Black Lives More Than Matter
Featured Image: Minnesota Historical Society The recent developments in this country have shed light on a harrowing reality: there are two different…
PAUL MARSH
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
These WOC are Challenging the Stereotypical Asian Definition of Success
What does success look like to you? Generally, you would expect a unique answer from most people you ask this question to.…
ANGELICA SILVA
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
Butterfly Wings Made From a Dollar Bill
Featured Illustration: ‘The Mirabal Sisters’ by Ruby Schwa Disclaimer: This is a piece I wrote for a memoir class. . . .…
JADIDSA PEREZ
CULTURE
National Obsession: The Dark Side of Filipino Love Teams
The Filipino language takes pride in its wide collection of “untranslatable” words. But the most intriguing one of them all has to…
ANGEL MARTINEZ
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
Learning To Embrace My Nationality
Featured Artwork: Kalsang Tsultrim I remember my first day in primary school in Singapore. I was eight. I stood in front of…
YOUDON TENZIN
POLITICS
We’re All Racist
Featured Artwork: Chelsea Beck Why Legal Reform Alone Is Not Enough You might have read the title of this article and immediately…
AMY NGUYEN
CULTURE, POLITICS
Between the World and Me: A book by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Featured Image: The Atlantic Have you ever felt fearful of your body growing up? Have you ever felt unsettled with your own…
USRAAT FAHMIDAH

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