Rose-Colored Glasses
The experience of being an international student in a foreign space
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Half Fish
On struggling with gender dysmorphia
Painfully Ableist: Autism
Struggling with Autism in a society that often overlooks people with disabilities. Joya interviews someone with first-hand experience and recounts her story.
Minor
A poem about being more than your label
Bright Outfits on Sunless Days
Eager to separate my identity from my parent’s all my life, upon moving out I realised I am no different from her.
“Think of the Children!”: Representation in Animation
Animation and children’s media should encourage us to seek diverse characters and stories.
Love Potion
A poem about being pansexual.
The Undeserved Criticisms of Hijabis
Along with other Muslims, I believe internal modesty represents humility, compassion, and growth.
‘Home Sweet Bethnal Green’: An Immigrant’s Home-away-from-home
A love letter to the complex, beautiful and comforting melting pot of ethnicities in Bethnal Green.
Hometown Blues
Attempting to Come to Peace with Middle England and My Many Selves For years, I’ve