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The Art of Queer-Coding in Mainland China - Part 2: Word of Honor - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
While the Untamed utilized traditional aspects of Chinese culture to show the queerness of its characters, Word of Honor gravitated more...
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Dec 1, 20213 min read
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Poetry Feature: Memories of Saltwater on Skin - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
Memories of Saltwater on Skin I learned to float when I was three, When my mother carried me to the middle of the beach. She let go,...
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Nov 24, 20212 min read
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Short Biography of Rabindranath Tagore - Talha Hasan
Rabindranath Tagore, the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, was born on May 7th, 1861. He was born into the...
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Nov 17, 20211 min read
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The Cost of Independence - Talha Hasan
15 August 1947. A historical day in the Indian subcontinent. It was the day India gained independence from the British at the cost of...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
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A Farmer in the Leaves - Poetry Feature - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
A Farmer in the Leaves There is a farmer in the leaves With a tear upon his sleeve He watches the soldiers as they march Through his...
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Oct 27, 20211 min read
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Review: War in American Society and Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
Published in 1990, Tim O’Brien’s collection of connected short stories The Things They Carried received great critical acclaim both as a...
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Oct 20, 20213 min read
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ISSUE 4 IS OUT NOW!
Issue 4 is finally here! Make sure to check it out on our Issues page and read the amazing work we've been waiting to share with you....
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Oct 15, 20211 min read
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Bitter Truth: Al Qaeda Won the War on Terror - Talha Hasan
11 September 2001. Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. The deadliest terror attack in the history of the world occurred in...
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Oct 6, 20213 min read
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The Art of Queer Coding in Mainland China - Part One: The Untamed - Chiu-Yi Rachel Ngai
Currently in mainland China, there are censorship laws in place that forbid the display of LGBTQ themes in visual media, leading to a...
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Sep 29, 20215 min read
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Poetry Feature: O Kabul - Talha Hasan
O Kabul, What haven't you been through! What misery you didn't face! What sorrows you don't bear! What horrors you don't know! O Kabul!...
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Sep 15, 20211 min read
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How Sustainable is Reading? - Murielle Müller
As my gaze wanders from the news of burning forests to the books on my shelves, I feel a twinge in my heart, and I begin to wonder how...
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Sep 8, 20215 min read
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Prose Staff Feature: Lily of the Red River Valley - Chiu-yi Rachel Ngai
They say to never start a story with ‘once upon a time’, but how else would you start one like this? Once upon a time, it was a dark and...
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Sep 1, 20213 min read
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Why Are Disability Rights Not Talked About Among Youth?
Even though I was born into the disability community, I knew nothing about the words “disability rights” until I turned 13. Wanting to...
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Aug 18, 20217 min read
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Review: "The Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield - Sam Habashy
I recently read the short story “The Garden Party” written in 1922 by Katherine Mansfield alongside How to Read Literature like a...
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Aug 11, 20213 min read
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Why Texting Makes Me Anxious - Murielle Müller
Living alone during a pandemic has made it very hard not to rely on social media and my phone to connect with my friends and family....
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Aug 4, 20213 min read
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Internalised Ableism and Language - Murielle Müller
I didn’t know what internalised ableism meant until I encountered it first-hand. I tried to convince myself that my body had to be able...
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Jul 28, 20214 min read
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Periods: Where Are They in Literature? - Thee Sim Ling
When was the last time you read about menstruation in a book? If you are lucky, you may have come across literature that describes the...
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Jul 21, 20214 min read
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ISSUE 3 OUT NOW!
We are so excited to announce that our third issue is out! You can read it now under the "Issues" tab here on our website. Thank you all...
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Jul 15, 20211 min read
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Life Without Insulin - Murielle Müller
Insulin keeps me alive. It does keep us all alive, but I have to manually inject it because my insulin producing cells in the pancreas...
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Jun 30, 20215 min read
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Why an Editor Should Be Your Partner in Crime - Murielle Müller
There’s a number of How-To articles of dealing with these “dreaded” editors, and this might just come close to it. While I see why...
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Jun 23, 20213 min read
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