Gender & Identity


A large building with black mirrored windows, alongside a scenic blue riverbank. In North West England.

20 things every UK Southerner learns when they move up North

Sara Hussain
The Tempest

What to unlearn in 2019 (and how to do it)

Iman Saleem
A South Asian woman wearing a traditional skirt and leather jacket is looking up at the camera.

Choosing to be a traditional wife isn’t a threat to my feminism

Bisma Parvez

Four women of different ethnicities are sitting on a bench. A couple of the women are talking while others looking in different directions.

How I got offline and started fighting racism in real life

Bisma Parvez
Andrea Camassei, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

The real history of Valentine’s Day is pretty gory

Paulina Rowe
Two young women smile and lean together in front of a blackboard, facing the camera. The one on the right has wavy light brown hair, brown eyes, and is wearing a strappy green dress. The one on the right has dark brown hair, blue eyes and is wearing a knit short sleeve top over a blue dress

How my Waldorf school experience valued my individuality

India Kushner

[Image Description: person holds sign during march that reads "Military readiness & civil rights, not bigotry. Let transgender troops continue to protect us."] via Wikimedia Commons

Supreme Court revives military transgender ban, yet policy remains blocked

Saja Hussein

Books got me out of my depression – and keep me out

Izza Malik

Filling notebooks with plans for my future was my favorite thing, until all of those plans changed

Natalia Tariq

5 reasons why many Desi women stay in unhappy marriages

Afshan Abbas

Two simple steps for feeling sane in college and staying that way

Alexa Hope

In a world that is always moving and changing, battling mental illness can be all the harder

Joyline Maenzanise