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THE ARTS

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All DESIGN FILM & TV MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY POETRY & PROSE
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
When She Forgets
Today I visited my Aji; that’s what I grew up calling my father’s mother. I asked her if she knew my name…
MEGHAN JAYA
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Validation
I don’t know why I seek validation from the one who only sees me as a number, from the one who reads…
HANNA AHMED
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
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
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
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
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
THE ARTS
Liza
Liza is the name of the sun goddess of West Africa. Here is my interpretation of her. A vision came to my…
ELIZABETH AJOSE
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
identity politics
lip-kits thick with identity politics curves and thighs commodified as if they haven’t been desirable since the sun’s first shine on the…
MERIEM SADOUN
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Little Brown Girl
Your Mother tells you you are as sweet as sugar Your father calls you a spunky little diva You are beautiful Little…
ELIZABETH AJOSE
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Like Father, Like Son
There’s always been a stigma that black men can’t take care of their children. Not all fathers leave their children without a…
ELIZABETH AJOSE

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