Category: Creative Writing & Poetry
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When Monica Met Rachel: A Love Letter to Friendship
Written By: Aashka Shroff Graphic By: Temi Idowu In total, there are five seasons: four real ones (spring, summer, autumn, winter) and one social one (cuffing). Cuffing season is the best time to celebrate our romantic relationships, but during this season, we often forget to celebrate our platonic ones. This love letter is dedicated to…
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A Story of Gods and Documents: Metamorphosis of Text
Written By: Alexander Green Graphic By: Ariadne Danae Chavez Salinas Chapter 1: Imperial Decree The Pale Moon above bears witness to the crimes of its mostdevoted follower, a God forced to punish man: A God, fallen from allgrace. Alone shuffles a hunched creature, shifting along the steps to agreat monument. Humans pass by him, quickly…
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How to Cure a Writing Block
by: Temi Idowu Graphics by: Temi Idowu Alas, the inevitable has come. It is time to write a creative, profound, and amazing piece that will be declared by many as “the next best thing since Shakespeare!” It’s your time to walk on that Nobel Prize stage and accept your reward for creating the most outstanding…
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A Collage of Aesthetics
Written by Lakshman Nishanth Kadiyala Graphics by Ariadne Danae Chavez Salinas Hi. You do not have a personality. You do not have a single essential unique quality that you communicate to society, you are not your own person. You, and all people, are subject to the single most powerful social concept that exists. Society has…
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The Appeal of the Problematic Female Protagonist
Written by Katherine Page Graphics by Ariadne Danae Chavez Salinas If you are chronically online, you have probably heard of the term “femcel.” Maybe you’ve met someone who self-identifies as a femcel or have even been told that you are one. I have been told that I am a femcel. I received this comment not…
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My Birth Stories
Written by Eva Strelitz-BlockGraphic by Luna Malloy. – I don’t remember the day I was born, the days leading up to my birth, or the days just after. I mean—obviously. But the stories I’ve been told about my entrance into the world feel so real it’s as if I was there, which, I suppose, I…
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Making Home
Written by Maria SailaleGraphic by Quynhmai Tran. – I can almost always tell when someone is East African. Something about the harmony of their features, the slope of their forehead, and years of staring into my mother’s, father’s, and sibling’s faces gives it away. I grew up seeking solace in wide, sloping foreheads and high…
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The Prince’s Grift
Written by Mary Claire JacksonGraphic by Mary Claire Jackson – “If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance not be feared.” – Niccolo Machiavelli Exorbitant Lunch Before we had even arrived for lunch, Mom hosted an orientation for one in the car. As if she needed…
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Leyli Menal
Written by Maya ErtayGraphic by Mary Claire Jackson. What now? He comes in and their eyes meet Light streams, the beat, Both are silent but eager. The softness, the melody: Leyli Menal. So obvious yet hidden, All those novels of love forbidden. See them meeting, See them dancing. The ballroom of lonely souls Wandering around …
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Sappho
Written by Kayla Hays.Graphic by Quynhmai Tran. – Content Warning: This article features content that might be triggering to those with histories of domestic violence. Please read with caution. – Ever since I was small, all I have held were words. Words for my mother when she scolded me, still as gentle as ever,…
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