Culture


[Image description: woman with brown hair and a dark lipstick looking at the camera against a concrete wall.] Via Joana Nix on Pexels.

I’m not Latina, I’m Hispanic —& there’s a major reason why that matters

Beatriz Valero de Urquia
Asian woman staring into the distance in a blue-toned portrait

Confucius says this is why my Chinese parents hate my piercings

Shannon Zheng
A picture of Victoria Memorial in a reddish glow.

Why Kolkata should be on your travel bucket list

Deboparna Poddar
The blue and red image shows a woman ornately dressed in Indian attire.

Sexuality in Hinduism: how Kama turned into a taboo

Deboparna Poddar
The picture of four armed Goddess Kali, standing atop Shiva holding the decapitated head of a man.

Here’s why Kali is the most badass goddess of all time

Deboparna Poddar
Two girls sit across the table to discuss something.

I long for the day I get to finally meet my mentor

Izza Malik

Getting married means that my Pakistani parents have to bribe my new in-laws

Sofia Syed
A young Girl Scout holding an Armenian flag

Being part Middle Eastern made me feel like an imposter

Camilla Selian Meeker
A woman with brown hair folds her arms and looks out the window.

I live in a perpetual state of rape-anxiety

Izza Malik
[a girl wearing glasses in standing between shelves at a library] Via Unsplash

A love letter to libraries

Vanessa Montalbano
A woman in a white dress sits on a lounger, looking away towards the sea.

17 things you’ll experience during summer in the Gulf

Suha Amber
A woman in a sweater is seated on the floor leaning on a sofa. She is writing in a notebook.

I don’t want Urdu to become a dead language

Suha Amber