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Between Empowerment and Exclusion: The Double-Edged Sword of Identity Politics

Between Empowerment and Exclusion: The Double-Edged Sword of Identity Politics

By someone who has lived, learned, and loved in the rich intersections of identity — me: a woman, an immigrant, a woman of color, a Moral…
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Yujia Zhu 朱羽佳
How Some Men Slip Past ‘Man-Up’ Indoctrination

How Some Men Slip Past ‘Man-Up’ Indoctrination

While no boy escapes this particularly harsh societal influence, some are fortunate to slip by.
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Vic Caldarola
The Audacity of Judgment: When Women Outside Marriage Become Public Property

The Audacity of Judgment: When Women Outside Marriage Become Public Property

How casual cruelty and internalised patriarchy are erasing the complexity of women’s lives.
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Pratibha Singh
How Childhood Survival Patterns Still Shape Who You Are

How Childhood Survival Patterns Still Shape Who You Are

A reflection on how childhood coping strategies, academic habits wired me to thrive in chaos and what I’ve learned.
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Lakshhya Sharma
Self-Awareness
What if We Had Chosen a Different Life?

What if We Had Chosen a Different Life?

A visit into alternate realities.
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Agents of Change
A Reminder of My Ancestors

A Reminder of My Ancestors

Last night I watched Fiddler on the Roof.
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Agents of Change
What’s Next?

What’s Next?

I am an accidental Bohemian.
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James Thoman
LGBTQIA+
On Being Queer in High School in 2023

On Being Queer in High School in 2023

A Sociological Prose Poem
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Monica Edwards, PhD
Why I Didn’t Come Out Until 23

Why I Didn’t Come Out Until 23

And it wasn’t until my late twenties everyone in my life knew.
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Niall Stewart
My 2020 Pride Speech…Really Can’t Think of Another One

My 2020 Pride Speech…Really Can’t Think of Another One

My immortal Pride Speech.
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Simon Mouton (He/Him)
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