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Not Myth, Not Demonic: Indigenous Beliefs in a Colonized World

  • October 13, 2025
  • Leslie Vargas
  • CULTURE, SPIRITUALITY
It’s 1492, in Ayiti. We’re making cassava, children are playing, and our Kacike is sharing knowledge. We then see a huge canoe approaching our shores. We’re used to visitors...
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When Libraries Learn to Buzz

  • October 13, 2025
  • Ibrahim Mkude
  • CULTURE, CULTURE, ART AND FILM, Uncategorized
I once thought libraries were burial grounds for knowledge — until I heard the sound of bees. Yes, they are quiet.  Shelves stand like fences, books lined like monuments...
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When Friendship Is A Political Act: Shared Values, Not Shared History 

  • October 7, 2025
  • Madhvi Thakur
  • CULTURE, POLITICS
The friendships that have kept me warm, safe, and seen have usually come from folks I shared values with and not history. I was a late bloomer when it...
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Diaspora Wars: Doing the White Man’s Bidding 

  • September 16, 2025
  • Leslie Vargas
  • BORDER POLITICS, CULTURE
Too often, I see arguments about who is “allowed” to claim their Blackness. Who counts as Black, who doesn’t, who has the right to call themselves part of the...
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Pawns of Propaganda Economy: How to Spot & Debunk Propaganda

  • September 10, 2025
  • Eugenie Rodriguez Huibonhoa
  • CULTURE, POLITICS
Propaganda has existed since time immemorial, but the speed and volume at which we now encounter it is unlike anything in human history. From the moment we wake, we’re...
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Dear You, It’s Me: A Love Letter for the Only Black Girl in the Room

  • September 9, 2025
  • Jordan Rome
  • CULTURE, PERSONAL ESSAY
I vividly remember the first time I saw someone my age sitting with their legs crossed, one lanky, hairless limb draped delicately over the other. I was the tender...
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How to Consume News in a Healthy Way: Without Burnout

  • August 1, 2025
  • Ester Pinheiro
  • CULTURE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, POP CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT
People are turning away from the news, and the COVID-19 pandemic made it worse. As a Brazilian journalist but also a citizen and news consumer, I remember being bombarded...
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Love Island, Media, Conservatism, and Anti-Blackness

  • July 29, 2025
  • Leslie Vargas
  • CRITICAL THEORY, CULTURE, POP CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT
Love Island USA tested conservatism like no other this season. This wasn’t just about what happened inside the villa — it was a mirror of the country outside of...
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Why You Should Care About Media Literacy

  • July 24, 2025
  • Sanad Tabbaa
  • CULTURE, POLITICS, POP CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT
It is important to recognize something which most people, especially those who consider themselves well informed, fail to; you don’t know shit about the world. This isn’t a new...
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Mexico City Gentrification & Displaced Anger

  • July 11, 2025
  • Leslie Vargas
  • BORDER POLITICS, CULTURE, POLITICS
Over the past week, Mexico City natives took to the streets to protest against the gentrification and displacement of their people. With this has also come a wave of...
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De venganza y liberación: cuando “parar el cuerpo” implica existir por fuera de la máquina

  • June 25, 2025
  • Soledad Bavio
  • CULTURE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Alguien despierta cuando aún las calles están quietas. Le asoma el alba pero todavía es de noche. La metrópolis sigue dormida. Eso no es para todos. Abre los ojos...
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Decolonizing Beauty: Reclaiming Beauty, One Coil at a Time

  • May 15, 2025
  • Ester Pinheiro
  • BEAUTY, CULTURE
It takes courage to be seen as you are, to decolonize beauty, when the world tells you to hide your roots. Hair is not just hair In Latin America,...
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Is Tourism Good for Economies? Or Just Another Tool for Colonial Exploitation?

  • May 7, 2025
  • Nandita Rajshekhar
  • BORDER POLITICS, CULTURE, POLITICS
Tourism is often sold as a win-win for travelers and host countries, but beneath the glossy brochures and beachfront cocktails lies a stark reality of displacement, environmental destruction, and...
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Vomit, Visions, and Vultures: How Ayahuasca Became a Colonial Reset Button for Burned-Out Tech Bros

  • May 3, 2025
  • Ajani Brathwaite
  • CRITICAL THEORY, CULTURE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS
There’s a certain type of person – let’s call him a Soul-Searching Chad – who books a flight to Peru with a Patagonia duffel and the hope of ‘purging...
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May Renewal: Our relationship with our bodies, time & selves

  • May 2, 2025
  • Leslie Vargas
  • CULTURE
In this month’s reflection, I want to share something deeply personal, something that’s been challenging me for a while. It’s a conversation about my body—how I’ve struggled with body...
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