reclaim your voice.
Featured Image: Kart-e-Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan I am a tree My roots run 10000 km East My roots run to the kites in Kabul My roots run to the breeze in Parwan My roots run to the pomegranate trees in Kandahar My roots run to the Buddha statues in Bamyan My roots run to…
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Featured Illustration: Batel Silverberg computer screens and business deals, overly friendly women in bright lipstick and men with glum faces and too much designer, selling you a lifestyle self-care won’t be found by listening to harsh motivational speeches that leave you depleted won’t be found in the bottom of your wallet buying things you don’t…
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Featured Illustration: To Ni, ‘The Price of Greed’ Let me tell you a story Of strong voracity and straight-up hypocrisy Let me tell you a story Where it’s people with their things versus people with nothing Let me tell you a story Of a society filled with greed that doesn’t feed those in grave need…
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In an antique shop that doesn’t belong here or anywhere There in one feeble glass case that looks like it will surely shatter and collapse to the floor when I touch it with the pad of my finger Are the relics of some woman’s jewelry case coated in a thick layer of dust A locket…
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My intention with these images is to shine a light on a topic that is taboo among many Arab Muslim families. This past year, my parents got a divorce. Growing up talking about our emotions at home was not an option. It just wasn’t a real thing. My parents’ divorce was simultaneously relieving and frightening.…
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Featured Artwork: ‘The Prophet’s Daughters’, a series by Gheorghe Virtosu Sometimes people don’t recognize my name They hear it and say it’s unique It’s an old Arabic name, I tell them What does it mean, they ask I tell them I’m not sure, as far as I know it doesn’t mean anything And then after…
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As the sun rises, so do they: the embodiment of wonder, curiosity, play, intuition, and magic. The spirits that lie within the natural elements teach us to embrace creation and creativity, magnetize our joy and release all fear. Photography & Creative Direction: @tembotones Muse: @iameleazar MUA: @lastlookswitherica Wardrobe: @ajovang Jewels: @eyeofiris
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Featured Images: Vijay Sarathy Vijay Sarathy is a self-taught visual artist and photographer from Chennai, India. His work involves transforming bodies of nature to represent inner states. Your photographs depict landscapes and objects that feel tantalizingly familiar, and yet they manage to propel the viewer into a parallel universe that is infinitely more surreal and…
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Some days chase me Making me run from the Devil himself Though even the Devil doesn’t make me run as far Knowing Depression can knock my very breath away With just one thought. But some days chase me anyway Making me some nervous shell Of the confident woman I pretend to be. This strong beautiful…
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