Section

CULTURE

231 pieces

All FILM & TV LITERATURE MUSIC SPORTS
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Beneath The Stairs
Featured Artwork: Adrian Delgado We used to rent out the basement in my house. There, through the golden columns and bronze pyramids…
BRISEYDA BARRIENTOS-ARIZA
CULTURE, THE ARTS
Nature Through a Romantic’s Lens
Featured Artwork: ‘Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct’ by Théodore Géricault As time moves forward, we distance ourselves further away from past ideologies…
ANDREA SALVADOR
CULTURE
Unburdening From Intergenerational Trauma: A First-Gen Journey
Featured Illustration: Hanifa Abdul Hameed First-generation immigrant household. South Asian. Eldest daughter. I am sure that some of you are more than…
ASIA KHATUN
FORGOTTEN HISTORY, POLITICS
Maryland and D.C. are 100% Part of “The South” but We Should Talk About It
Featured Image: ‘Baltimore, MD’, Mike Von . . . It is recommended to read this article with a U.S. map. During a…
AMIR M. W.
CULTURE
Why Don’t We Take Women as Seriously as Men?
Featured Illustration: Zulfa Ishak For several weeks or so, I wasn’t sure how to begin writing this piece. This is very much…
PRATHIGNA YERAKALA
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Seasonal Poetry
Featured Illustration: Hanifa Abdul Hameed I am told Europe is beautiful in the summer Indian summers try their best to melt you…
KULSUMK
CULTURE
The Death Of The GirlBoss
Featured Illustration: Kelly Caminero Feminism in the workplace is a touchy subject. We love to hear success stories of women who built…
SHRUTHI VASUDEVAN
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
brown skinned girl
Featured Illustration: Phung Banh Brown skinned girl Coconut wet black curls. Pigment in that burning gaze Could light any candle that holds…
PRATHIGNA YERAKALA
CULTURE
Defining Les Misérables in the 21st Century
Featured Illustration: Cristiano Gonçalo The first time that I heard of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables was in a café.  The shop looked…
INA PAN
CULTURE
The Tragedy of John Brown in Pop Culture
Featured Illustration: Laura Lannes When I heard that Showtime was creating a show centered around John Brown, I cannot lie, I was…
AMIR M. W.
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
You Are.
Featured Illustration: Sebastian Biggeri You’d rather plant roots Than search for them What are trees made of Whatever you cannot deny  Is…
KULSUMK
CULTURE
Parasocial Breakups are Tough – But Here’s Why They’re Necessary
Take it from someone who devoted the entirety of their preteen years to a band halfway across the globe — stan culture…
SHRUTHI VASUDEVAN

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