stories


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Being creative doesn’t need to be performative or productive

Amal Als
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How absurdism taught me to embrace the chaos in my life

Amal Als
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Navigating queerness & tradition in YA fiction with Adiba Jaigirdar, author of “The Henna Wars”

Amal Als

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An ode to my grandparents – people straight out of a storybook

Amandi Fernando
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Zoom bombers reminded me why I cherish teaching

Maheen Humayun
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Has technology ever betrayed you at the worst time and caused nightmares?

Tiara Jenkins

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My depression makes it impossible for me to watch dystopian sci-fi shows like Black Mirror and here’s why

Iman Jafri

I’m a plain old adult who still reads young adult novels and I don’t feel bad about it

Iman Jafri
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Survivors of sexual abuse blew up the Internet by sharing their stories with #MeToo

Dyuthi Prakash

I stopped reading Cosmo because I have enough patriarchal nonsense in my life

Lauren Jones
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I was ghosted by my soulmate – after he promised we’d be together forever

Thee Shaheera
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5 inspirational videos that blew me away with their messages

Yasmin Irfani