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To be loved.

By: Sanaa Mirz April 19, 2021April 26, 2021

LIFE, POETRY & PROSELeave a Comment

Featured Image: Guilherme Stecanella I’ve learned I don’t want to be loved like the world is ending Because in that moment You’d love the Devil himself If it meant having something to hold on to And call yours Because in darkness there is desperation And in death acceptance So long as we may say we…

The Controversial Blackness (or lack thereof) of Ancient Egypt

By: Amir M. W. April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, LITERATURELeave a Comment

Featured Image: Nick Brundle/Getty Images My first historical love was the history of Ancient Egypt. One of my fondest memories was my Dad gifting me this large coffee table book with pictures of various artifacts from Ancient Egypt. My tiny fingers flipped through the pages as I was mesmerized by the pictures of Ancient Egyptian…

A Scene from “Brief Encounter”

By: Christina Pan April 13, 2021April 14, 2021

CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENTLeave a Comment

Featured Artwork: ‘Brief Encounter’ by Stephen Pannell In David Lean’s 1945 film Brief Encounter, a middle-aged housewife Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) meets the married doctor Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard) by chance at an English train station. With a friendly conversation over tea, a speck of coal caught under the eye, and a series of arranged…

Embrace Her Lead: On Uplifting Women

By: Shalini Tripathi April 12, 2021April 14, 2021

EMPOWERMENT, FEMINISM, MENTAL HEALTHLeave a Comment

Twelve. Age twelve was the first time that I was bullied for the color of my skin. I clearly remember running back home from the bus stop evening after evening, and crying to my mother until all of the energy was drained out of my body. Though I don’t have many memories of my middle…

Meghan Markle Doesn’t Need To Be a Saint – She’s a Real Person

By: Jill Lupupa April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

FEMINISM, OPINIONLeave a Comment

Featured Image: Max Mumby/Indigo The beginning of March’s press cycle focused on the bullying allegations against Meghan Markle from previous royal aides. Prior to this, press concerning the Duchess of Sussex had continuously vilified and sought out to stain her character at convenient times. Notably, it has mainly been tabloid and right-wing media representations of…

Black Women Breaking Race and Gender Barriers At Work

By: Zara Antonia April 8, 2021April 9, 2021

EMPOWERMENT, FEMINISMbame, black lives matter, employment, FEMINISM, progression, women, workLeave a Comment

Featured Illustration: Melissa Koby It’s no secret to us Black women that we are absent at work. Operation Black Vote found that in 1000 U.K. organisations, only 3.5% of Black people were at the top of a company, with 12.9% in the general workplace. Less than a quarter of these positions are held by Black…

The Devil’s Not Paying You Enough To Be His Advocate

By: Shruthi Vasudevan April 7, 2021April 9, 2021

OPINION, POLITICSLeave a Comment

Featured Illustration: Stephan Schmitz You’ve seen the Twitter headers, the punchy slogan at the end of Instagram Infographics™. Human Rights Aren’t Debatable. And the immediate response is obviously a well no shit, who thinks they are? But the definition of debating human rights isn’t always a politician met with controversy after endorsing airstrikes, or a…

From Buildings to Blockbusters: Indian Filmmaker Prarthana Joshi on Her Unconventional Career Path

By: Haley Sengsavanh April 6, 2021April 9, 2021

EMPOWERMENT, ENTERTAINMENTLeave a Comment

With a background in architecture, Prarthana Joshi never imagined she would be an award-winning filmmaker today. Since graduating from the New York Film Academy with a Master’s degree in filmmaking in 2013, she has worked on over 70 projects in different capacities. Her films have been screened at festivals all around the world, including the…

Almost Empowered: Reclaiming Feminism in a Not-So-Inclusive Space

By: Sara Assad-Mannings April 5, 2021April 9, 2021

EMPOWERMENT, FEMINISMLeave a Comment

Sarah Everard was taken minutes from my home on a street I drive down multiple times a week and have walked down more times than I can count. Her abduction and murder, and the movement that has followed, have been sobering and we are all too aware of how easily it could have been one…