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POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
A Sea of Buttons
Time is everything. Time is nothing. Time is the invisible that is tangible, told through seconds making minutes making days. Making up…
KULSOOM MOHAMMAD
CULTURE, LIFE
The Dangerous New World of Social Media Police: Freedom — Terms and Conditions Applied
The argument is often made that social media is a harbinger of freedom of expression into the 21st century — but is…
ALIZAH HASHMI
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
FWD: Lament The Microaggressions
Some of my colleagues and I received an e-mail from the Diversity and Inclusion committee at my workplace, also my alma mater,…
HASHEEMAH AFANEH
UNCATEGORIZED
Purchasing (Private) Education in Pakistan
UN sustainable development goal 4.1 demands the provision of ‘free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education’ to all boys and girls.…
ALIZAH HASHMI
UNCATEGORIZED
Pride in a Conservative Corner of Europe
Owing to the month of Pride, several countries around the world hold bubbly, colourful demonstrations to publicly celebrate that love is love,…
JúLIA BáLINT
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
An Ode to Disneyland
A society constructed on artifice. If we collectively elevate the superficial and champion those people valued solely in terms of vanity and…
SAMIA MAJID
CULTURE
From the Annals of Privilege
You’re a student with no talents — the one that doesn’t know how to sing, or play the piano, or ice-skate. You…
ALIZAH HASHMI
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
A Woman.
You find it more vile that The child who was defiled Had the right to save her life And the man who…
RA
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
heal
A dry desert<insert rain>free of acid on my tongue diffused into my skina part of my soul streams jagged rocks interrupting the flowheart like a…
MERIEM SADOUN
POLITICS
Same Supremacy, Different Day
You never forget your first time. I must have only been in the 2nd grade when it happened to me — I…
ZESHAN BARI
EMPOWERMENT, THE ARTS
this is what the truth feels like
“Frequency” by K. O’Neill, 36″x48″, acrylic on canvas, online at K. O’Neill Studio . . . I just finished my first solo…
K. O'NEILL
CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
The Big Chop: A Spiritual Transition
My cousin’s graduation party was in a few hours. I needed to get dressed, and I needed to do my makeup. But,…
NEPTUNESNEGRESS

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