Pick Me, Choose Me, Raise Me?: Unpacking the Toxic 'Boy Mom' Phenomenon
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Pick Me, Choose Me, Raise Me?: Unpacking the Toxic 'Boy Mom' Phenomenon

“A lot of people already take issue with how these posts reinforce patriarchal and gender dynamics putting boys on a pedestal and reducing girls to “the other.” But that’s just the surface. What’s more concerning is the way ‘boy mom’ culture romanticizes sons as replacements for adult emotional connections.”

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Where Have All the Feminists Gone?
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Where Have All the Feminists Gone?

“Embracing feminism in its whole, not solely western feminism rooted in racism and classism, alleviates the issues of infighting and severance while shifting our focus to the fighting for our basic human rights. Feminism, at its core, is an ever-evolving movement focused on dismantling systems of oppression.”

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The Exotic Subject
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The Exotic Subject

Inspired by thinkers like Clarice Lispector, Hélène Cixous, Susan Sontag and Fernanda Young, Thais Diniz explores how femininity and trauma become aesthetics under the algorithm.

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5 Must-Read Summer Romances
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5 Must-Read Summer Romances

My TBR may already be overflowing, but I had to add these five contemporary romances. Join me in getting swept away by these new releases that range from tropey to grounded, from gut-wrenching to hilarious, from high-stakes to dreamy, all out just in time for the summer!

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Alive: Existence as an Act of Resistance
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Alive: Existence as an Act of Resistance

"My experience navigating being out/public signs of identity in the current political climate, the fears I've had, and where I've ended up on the issue, with consideration for when being open is a vulnerability and when it is a defense."

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move? : A poem by Amy Lu
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move? : A poem by Amy Lu

“The light the media paints Indigenous peoples in is often racially-profiled, unfair and from a settler-colonialist point of view. I want to help rewrite the narrative with my poem and show the struggles these people are going through to protect their traditional territories. “

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