Lauren is a queer, Haitian-American undergraduate student in Atlanta, majoring in Creative Writing and Gender Studies. They also love knitting, doing crossword puzzles, making zines, and cooking. Lauren writes fiction and poetry under their pen name, Ezra Ipsum.
“A piece inspired by cell phone repair shop in my neighborhood called “U BREAK I FIX,”. It strikes me as a metaphor for something deeper, like the unpolished art of mental health. The truth is, it’s on me to clear out the debris of old traumas—the damage from storms I didn’t even brew. You break, I fix.”
“I have been on my own for almost 4 years now, paying bills, rent, making sure my car is gassed and I have something to eat at the end of the day. This constant struggle is overlooked and so is the majority of my generation especially in the workplace.”
Carolina Dionísio establishes parallels between fiction and real-life to prove that “The Handmaid’s Tale” is not an exaggeration, and that the world is growing more and more dystopian and abusive towards women.
“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.”
Oscar Fitzgerald unpacks a deeply personal journey with gender through the lens of fashion, pop culture, and queer identity.
