Migrating birds fly across a blue sky tinged red by looming clouds. The migration journey is often one filled with hope, tinged with looming danger and despair. Photo: rihaij / Pixabay
Of: Lauren Tropeano
It feels strange to release an issue about migration in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. The irony of writing about the movement of people at a time when movement has been so severely restricted is not lost on us. Yet the reminders of desperation, risk and loss that often accompany migration are present even […]
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June 1, 2020, Paper, English, Magazine
Of: Hanna Geschewski and Lauren Tropeano
Both of us remember hearing news of a girl named Greta on strike alone in front of the Swedish Parliament, holding a sign reading "Skolstrejk för klimatet". It was hard to imagine then that a few months later, on 20 September 2019, she would inspire more than four million people to follow her example at […]
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January 31, 2020, Publishing, English, Magazine
A hijra (term for individuals in South Asia who feel neither male nor female) at the annual Transgender Festival in Koovagam, India, in 2017. Photo: Lingeswaran Marimuthukumar, Flickr.
Of: Hanna Geschewski and Lauren Tropeano
What happens if you do not behave like your gender 'should'? Examples from Native American, Indian and Iranian cultures highlight that gender is diverse, but that the acknowledgment of gender variance does not necessarily make us inclusive.
December 10, 2018, Paper, English, Magazine
