reclaim your voice.
What I wear can’t be replaced. Inside or out, it always stays the same. Day after day, I look at myself and reflect on my outfit of (no) choice. Black skin and nappy curls is what it is. My outfit has its pros and cons. Nonetheless, I take care and maintain it with the utmost…
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Featured Illustration: Titus Kaphar We take human life For granted We treat a mother’s child Like they’re an isolated entity We see Through hollow eyes And empty hearts As if one teardrop Doesn’t stain their clothes Or one death Doesn’t ripple into more A life Wrapped by skin And blanketed By her…
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Featured Illustration: Sage Barnes This is the summer We blossomed into being We stepped inside of ourselves Into the discomfort Of our own minds Of our shared spaces That shape our lives We learned to make choices For healing (us) For nurturing (us) For surviving. All the people inside of us Meet us more often…
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Featured Illustration: Ranganath Krishnamani Let them into our home There is nothing You can clasp onto More than a hold From a hand Extending out Letting you know There is solace Lying about The surface of our world Beautiful And unknown Locking myself In my room All alone… …
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Kiss me like you are grateful for me. That I exist. Not because I am special, no. My flesh and blood are alive, now on this planet. I chose you to heal me. I trust\ed you to embrace that honor you promised you would. Kiss me like you want me, not want to want me;…
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Featured Artwork: Shirien Damra 6.13.20 Hi. I’m Na’ilah. A lot of y’all know me as Nailah — minus the Arabic pronunciation — because it’s easier for me to dumb my name down for everyone else’s benefit. My name is Arabic for achiever, I believe. I never felt like it was a name that fit me.…
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Featured Artwork: Madeline Kate Martinez When I was little, I dreamt of living in a house by the water with white picket fences. With a front porch and pots of plants leading the doorway. With a basement to host sleepovers in. With a garage for two cars, central air, an in-unit laundry machine, a kitchen…
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Featured Artwork: Zoe Harveen Kaur bhabi, your daughter has a dull — she pauses for a moment and says — please don’t take this as an insult — but how’s she going to find a suitor, all i am saying is this is for the better, but it must be upsetting to have this worry…
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Featured Artwork: Anna Parini He returns home With his buttoned shirt And maroon tie He breathes it in And lets out a sigh His backpack slouching Descends to the side And plummets down With a muffled cry He can’t disclose it Can’t let his parents know He failed his test Can’t let…
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