The Double Standards of Protests and White Privilege
If there’s one thing the coronavirus pandemic has shown, it’s how double standards of race and class divide the world. The privileged—white—part of the population is protesting to get haircuts,…
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Decolonizing Feminism: Redefining Sex Work in Non-Western Terms
Last year, an organization at the University of the Philippines organized a talk on why sex work is work, causing a stir of discourse on Twitter. “The exploitation and objectification…
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Revisiting
A few years ago on a winter trip to Melbourne, I teamed up for the second time with my friend Teresa Ortega to document the confines of my Airbnb. I…
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Call Her Daddy Is Better Without Sofia
Many have felt the pain of losing a friend to a boyfriend. But rarely are those involved subject to the devoted attention of the Daddy Gang. After two years of…
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Beauty Can Fuck Off. I’m Ugly And Proud.
From the minute we start presenting as women, we’re expected to, above all else, look nice. Consumable for the male gaze. Infinitely enticing, but only for consumption. But honestly, I…
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Sex While Anorexic: A Story About My Body
I was just starting fourth grade when I self-diagnosed as anorexic, using a charming pastel illustration in The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls. When…
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I’m From Pakistan, and This Is How I Learned English.
“How do you speak English so well if you’re from Pakistan?” I was asked this very question by my Harvard interviewer, which I found amusing because I’d never expected such…
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