Open Your Wallet for Black-Owned Businesses
In the wake of protests and riots for Black Lives Matter across the U.S., you might be seeing a lot of #buyblack and #blackownedbusinesses posts on your Instagram feed. Along…
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MJ Brown
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MJ Brown is a 16-year-old writer from Alabama. She is a poet, novelist, and dramaturg, and she hopes to study business and writing in the future. When she’s not dreaming up stories, she’s volunteering, learning a new skill, or listening to Billie Eilish and Snail Mail. You can read more of her work here.
Music, Witchcraft, and the Art of Feminine Rage
Distorted guitars ripped through the stadium, a raw voice piercing the air as the lights came up onstage. My breath caught in my lungs. I was in Atlanta to see…
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“Birds of Prey”: The Fantabulous Emancipation of Women in Film
Before February 7th, you’d be hard-pressed to find an honest-to-God all-female action movie. Once every few years, a Charlie’s Angels or an Ocean’s 8 would come along, but none of…
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I’m Tired of Performing on Social Media
My finger shakes as I hit the redownload button; the adrenaline rushes to my head at the thought of being on Instagram again, of being connected. I missed the instant…
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Writer Ocean Vuong and the Nature of Brokenness
Ocean Vuong’s debut novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a meticulous portrait of brokenness. I’ve found few novels so willing to embrace that brokenness for what it is, to…
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A Love Letter to Life Partners
I am in love with my best friend. You might think you’ve heard this story before, but it’s not romantic—we did try dating, but after we realized it wasn’t working,…
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Growing Up Queer in the South
I will never forget the first time I went to New York City. It was June, which meant the whole city was draped in pride flags. No one claimed that…
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Learning to Put Myself First
I used to think empathy was the only thing I needed to be a good person. As long as I put everyone else first, I could be pure, kind, understanding—all…
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The Seven Deadly Sins, Playlist Style
It’s time to rethink the seven deadly sins. Wrath, pride, lust, greed—all valid human emotions, too broad and expansive to be defined as “good” or “evil”. Society teaches us to…
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