By Sally Deskins “Not Everyone Gets to Be Pretty,” a photograph of the artist donning bloody, streaky red paint and a bulbous, red-and-pink hat,...
By Jordan Prochnow This semester’s mental breakdown is upon me. The other patrons on my Regional Transportation District bus look at me briefly, my...
By Journey McAndrews ~ for all the Thelmas “Something’s, like, crossed over in me and I can’t go back. I mean I just couldn’t...
By Rosalind Moran If you’re a man, woman, child, or even a bright green extraterrestrial who actually does have eyes the size of its...
By Bella Week There are about as many higher education institutions in this country as there are prisons, and all but Columbia and the University...
By Chelsey Engel Tell boys to start young Look up our skirts when we’re not paying attention And when they’re older and ask us to...
________________________________________________________________________________ Jordan Durham holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Idaho where she was the 2015-16 Centrum Fellow. Her poems...
By Ibram X. Kendi In the prologue of my new book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, I...
By Mohadesa Najumi I want to share with you my own personal theory entitled “The -1 vs. +1 value.” It is my formula to explain...
By Megan Bryde The future must no longer be determined by the past. I do not deny that the effects of the past are...
By Lytasha Marie Blackwell The following piece was written while I was a junior in high school. This piece reflects my concerns, views, passion,...
By Chi-Chi Ayalogu This is an era in social consciousness when the knee jerk reaction to gender based violence is to attack the perpetrator,...
By Zahara Hill My melanin was supposed to feel magical. But after centuries of being fooled into an identity created on false notions of undesirability,...
By Holly Ryan Taken of the artist, by the artist, Cunt-a-loupe explores a woman’s individual sexuality as a pleasureful and empowering experience. The photograph is inspired...
By Mirusha Yogarajah Watching the show Master of None inscribed a sense of self-worth in me. My identity was relevant enough to be represented...
By Natasha Chanto I am nothing like the girls advertised in by the media. I am 5’1”, I weigh 125 pounds, my breasts are...
By Sarena Tien You slide the bracelet over your hand, expecting it to fall straight down your forearm. “Hey,” you say to your friend,...
By Julie Winterich If you find this title ugly, you’re right. It’s jarring and upsetting. So is sexual violence. I’m a professor of sociology...