Author: Gina Atanasoff

  • Pan[dem]ic

    Pan[dem]ic

    Featured Image: Lindsey Wasson for Reuters You are a mental patient with a Master’s degree and an absentee ballot Driving at 80 miles an hour the wrong way home to escape the killer in the air You chew, swallow and wash down what you still don’t know you need Seeing…

  • For the Culture, By the Culture: How YouTube Channel ‘Pero Like’ Gives a Voice to Latinx and Hispanic Communities

    For the Culture, By the Culture: How YouTube Channel ‘Pero Like’ Gives a Voice to Latinx and Hispanic Communities

    In 2016, YouTube Channel and Facebook page Pero Like, on behalf of mother-company Buzzfeed, was founded as a digital platform specifically catering to Latinx voices. This platform showcases talented Dominicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Hondurans and more, who create relatable content about everything from abuela’s crazy cleaning habits to depictions…

  • Girl Garden

    Girl Garden

    Me, a little girl In the crazy garden Working for the big girls I look up as They strut in With the wind at their back Effortless Gliding In glistening pumps Big hoops Blazer, sneakers, jeans —Doesn’t matter   Me, a little girl Big eyes Staring after them As they…

  • Wolves and Lambs

    Wolves and Lambs

    Here we go, baby Early city, hungry to conquer The doors open but you Ignore the beggar on the train Weak grandfather eyes   As the herd swarms the streets, a mob Symphony, taxi!, mosh-pit cocaine Noises flashing Deaf in the eyes Feeling big, like its owner, its master Facing…

  • 8 Life Lessons of Learning Spanish

    8 Life Lessons of Learning Spanish

    Learning a second language has always been my biggest lifelong dream. I remember when I was a child, my Argentinian grandparents would brew piping hot maté tea in the mornings and play alphabet games with me in Spanish. I remember hearing them smoothly transition from one native tongue to the…

  • Why You Need to Get Involved in Your Local Political Space

    Why You Need to Get Involved in Your Local Political Space

    That night, there was a special electricity in the air. I felt the push of bony shoulders, similar to a crowded concert. In spite of such a packed house, there was a low murmur of anticipation as we waited for the final results to come in, ward by ward, one…

  • Garden Gulp

    Garden Gulp

    parched, screaming and digging against the push you take a pretty hard sip to self the leaves lips dry, wide  water it, there there, don’t cry pour the pot now a child sponging up the sun  eyes smiling                         …