In a chat with 23-year-old Brianna Mims (she/her), she talks about her upbringings in Duval County, Florida, her time at the University of Southern California, and her previous and ongoing work in the world of prison abolition.
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In an interview with Bri Barnett, development director of Trans Lifeline, we’re given the run-down of what Trans Lifeline is, what resources they provide for trans people, and how allies must show up for the trans community.
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With examples like Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway, and Sylvia Plath, it’s easy to see how, in art, the public perception of mental illness is that it positively affects creativity. We've created martyrs out of those struggling under mental illness, and reduced their struggles to “the creative process.”
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How do all the queer kids that are becoming queer adults feel about the fragility of this right, a right that many of us have taken as a given?
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Late summer brought with it a haze of political activism. Issues of domestic and international conflict were spotlighted across media platforms. The humanitarian crisis of Yemen was one among many.
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International actress Priyanka Chopra and singer-songwriter Nick Jonas’s wedding, with familiar faces like Armie Hammer and Kelly Ripa in attendance, had a more surprising guest: Indian Prime Minister Modi. Chopra, who was appointed as a UN ambassador in 2010, has been vocal about her head-turning, ironic support towards the controversial leader for quite some time.
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As activists, we must dedicate ourselves to reimagining the ways in which our activism can manifest itself meaningfully online.
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Following the Australian government’s announcement on June 19 that university fees would be doubled for future Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) students and would also be raised for commerce and law, Eve Watt explores what this means for Australian art students and the future generations.
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It’s not the time for any white person to derail the conversation by touting how much you have struggled too. It’s time for us to listen to people of colour, but not to stay silent.
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“You see how our textbook’s pages begin in the 300’s?” I flipped through and noticed that it did. “That’s because everything before that got removed by the board a few years ago.”
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“Although segregation in California has seemed to diminish and de-escalate in recent times, in reality it has simply taken on a new face and manifested in different ways.” Essential reading for education & understanding of California’s darker history.
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As protests in support of Black Lives Matter continue to sweep America and the entire world, take a moment to educate yourself on the history that’s lead us here - the facts, statistics, names and stories at the heart of this fight.
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The dangers of performative action — and what that means for Black Lives Matter.
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In the federal system, Black Americans charged with a drug offence serve an average nearly the same amount of time (58.7 months) as a White American charged with violent crime (61.7 months). And that’s just the beginning.
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With fires ablaze in the fight for justice overseas, Australia is called upon to act, not just at a community level, but at a national one.
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We have been asking ourselves how we can use our privilege and platform to best support and uplift the voices of our beautiful Black friends, artists, and activists. Now, as we transition back into content flow, we are committed to keeping this question at the forefront of our minds in everything we create and release to our readers.
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It’s important to emphasize that there is so much more work to be done in order to make sure that we are all free. If you approach the concept of justice individually it may seem futile, but together we have the possibility to make truly substantial change.
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While we are still amidst a global pandemic, not everyone is able to show up in person — but anyone can support. This fight needs to be sustained by our resources, money and energy — today, and every day after.
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