Section

LIFE

123 pieces

All FOOD & TRAVEL LESSONS LEARNED LOVE & LOSS MONEY & CAREER
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Love Letter
Featured Image: Sam Stapleton حبيبي (Ya Habibi!) Oh, my Beloved! The stench of your sins Wafts into your nose Fraying the senses…
RA
EMPOWERMENT, LIFE
The Importance of Volunteering
Featured Illustration: Sascha Morawetz Volunteering is the act of an individual or group freely giving their time and labor for community service.…
SANJANA KARTHIK
LIFE
Here’s to 2020
Featured Illustration: Mariah Parker As the last few hours of 2020 pass while loud music blasts in the background and all across…
USRAAT FAHMIDAH
EMPOWERMENT, LIFE
Hey You, Get A Mentor!
Featured Illustration: Femme Palette When you want to travel somewhere new, you use a GPS. When you want to cook a new…
HALEEMA AHMED
LIFE
Making The Most of the Last Stretch
Featured Illustration: tubik.arts This year has been undeniably difficult. Difficult for those who lost their inspirations, said goodbye to loved ones, stayed…
HALEEMA AHMED
EMPOWERMENT, LIFE
A Night Walk to the Capitol
Featured Image: Andy Feliciotti Today I write this story — this part of my life as a historian. I did not always…
AMIR M. W.
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Whittling Saplings
Featured Image: Jeremy Bishop All we have are our words. We must use them precisely as we whittle together from the bark…
HOKIS
LIFE, THE ARTS
sorry for party rocking
Featured Artwork: “Happy 2 Be Here” by K. O’Neill Being an artist and writer, I’m constantly thinking of how to incorporate wordplay…
K. O'NEILL
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
I Am More
Featured Illustration: Mayra Arvizo I was sad, And I will be sad,  But I am not today   I am more than…
SANJANA KARTHIK
EMPOWERMENT, LIFE
Who Are You?
Featured Illustration: Caitlin B. This is a question we’ve had to answer at some point in our lives. For many of us,…
HEPHZIBAH OKOGIE
LIFE
Conscious Care for our Mental Health
Featured Illustration: Caitlin B. How are you doing? Most of us never think about our mental health until it hits us that…
TITILAYO AROWOLO
EMPOWERMENT, LIFE
New York Mornings and Sunsets in the Suburbs
Featured Image: Michal Pechardo Four months ago, I was ready to leave home and never look back. It had already been three…
SHRUTHI VASUDEVAN

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