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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
A Letter On A Paper
Featured Artwork: Anna Parini He returns home With his buttoned shirt And maroon tie   He breathes it in And lets out…
SANJANA KARTHIK
CULTURE, POLITICS
On Being Black in America Amid Current Events
Featured Image: Hollie Adams for Teen Vogue Living while Black. That was the only crime many Black men committed before being brutally…
NA'ILAH WILLIAMS
CULTURE, POLITICS
Ava DuVernay’s “13th” Explained
Directed by Ava DuVernay, 13th is a documentary that explores the thirteenth amendment of the constitution. This 1965 amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude,…
HANNAH WYMAN
CULTURE, POLITICS
The Problem with Performative Activism
Featured Image: University Press On June 2, many awoke to black squares partnered with #BlackoutTuesday flooding their Instagram feeds. These posts came at the heels of…
HANNAH WYMAN
CULTURE, POLITICS
Colourism and Racism from the Perspective of a South-Asian
Featured Artwork: Ojo Agi Lupita Nyong’o once famously said, “Colourism is the daughter of racism.” Why is it relevant, you ask? Being…
USRAAT FAHMIDAH
EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
Justice in June: Open-Source Lessons on Becoming an Active Ally
created by Bryanna Wallace & Autumn Gupta   Choose how much time you have each day to become more informed as step…
HOKIS
UNCATEGORIZED
The Benefits of Women’s and Gender Studies Courses
Featured Artwork: Ariel Lung for The Daily Californian When I tell people that I’m pursuing a minor in women’s studies, I’m often met…
HANNAH WYMAN
CULTURE, LIFE
Through Tulip-Shaped Glasses and 40 Year Memory
“I thought you rode camels, I was surprised to see you had cars” — I heard this a lot of times, I…
ZEYNEP AFSIN
CULTURE, LIFE
Food For The Soul
Featured Artwork: Yulong Lli Roshini and I can bond in ways we can’t bond with our other friends sometimes. With her being…
HANNAH WYMAN
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Green(gas)lit District
Featured Artwork: Stuart M. Buck at the bottom end of the mouth tube sphincter held in place. like an ancient book of…
HOKIS
EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
Tired of Feeling Tired – #BLM
Featured Artwork: Sacrée Frangine This is a stream of consciousness that is based on events from the past couple of days. Writing…
HAFEEZAT BISHI
CULTURE, POLITICS
The Divisiveness Behind the Model Minority Myth 
The idea that South and East Asians achieve a higher socioeconomic success because of their “two-parent households” and “strong emphasis on education”…
AYMEN SHERWANI

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