The Importance of Queer Representation in Music
“It often feels like a transformative experience to hear and connect with a song or artist that feels so particular and homely to your own experiences, one that describes and explores the experiences and emotions alike that you’ve felt.”
TikTok Creators Talk Screenwriting Contest and Building a TV Community Through Social Media
TikTok creators @daejahtalkstv and @momiscariot talk about the current cycle of the Choose Your Own Adventure screenwriting contest.
potty training
“ktapi he’sikʰepmu. (I am entering the bathroom )
’iti, lak̓ip mitsqanáqan̓. (Here, I only speak Mitsqanaqan)
’iti, ts̓alitpe lo’ka’aɬhašǝ’ǝš! (Here, the language is alive,)
latšaqšitítap! (May it continue!)”
love letter to my insecurities
A Super 8 film by Valeria Perez about about loving the parts of yourself that are hardest to love, and understanding that self love isn’t always a quick and easy process.
suffering is not your validation
“However, you are you. You have every right to your identity and uninhibited joy, regardless of your experiences, because of your humanity. You, like everyone else, are allowed to have things. Whether that be joy, a painless life, or something else, you can and should have it — without guilt.”
on bodily autonomy
“as far back as i can remember, my body has never truly felt like it belonged to me.”
antifragile’s one year anniversary!
Co-founders Macey and Miumi recount how it all got started, and celebrate one year of Antifragile!
Art as Catharsis: Ana Mendieta and the Resonance of POC Art
“Art serving as a form of cathartic expression— of relinquishing or reconciling with certain pains you can’t ever truly articulate— is fundamental, and the art of people of color does this.”
With A Little Help From My Friends
Aimee Pham shares her experience of buying her first vibrator a few months into quarantine and her journey to finding solace in friendship and self-pleasure.
Roller Coaster Photo
“I don’t think I’ll pay for this picture anyway. Where’s the fun when there’s no one to laugh with?”
The Black Writer’s Confessional
“Beauty and truth shouldn't always have to rely on pain” - an essay about finding freedom and expression in writing.
'NO MA, I HAVE NO SHARAM/SHAME'
Basmah Malik’s 2021 SS21 Collection is about “uniting our identity as a whole rather than it being ‘split’ to please others. As women of colour, we should not have to constantly explain our actions, hide or justify them to anyone with how we dress or how we express ourselves.”
feminine nostalgia
A photo series celebrating Queer feminine identities through a transportation from the 1920s to our modern day.