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American gay liberation activist Marsha P Johnson (1945 - 1992) (center left, in dark outfit and black hair), along with unidentified others, on the corner of Christopher Street and 7th Avenue during the Pride March (later the LGBT Pride March), New York, New York, June 27, 1982. (Barbara Alper/Getty Images)
History

How To Quit Doomscrolling When the World Is on Fire

Looking back at the courage of activists in decades past can help keep you from falling into hopelessness today.

by Emily Chudy

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War

“All the Horrors Imaginable”

by Sara Cincurova

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Soapbox

How to Present as Female During End Times

by Cara Marsh Sheffler

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Community

Breaking the Cycle

by Victoria Law

A photo illustration by Ricardo Tomás of Ghana's flag on a toothpick. It is covering the intersex flag (also on a toothpick), starting to rise behind it.
Gender

“I Was Not Seen as Human Growing Up”

by Ayodeji Rotinwa

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An illustration of a laundry line, with white sheets billowing in the wind. Behind it, we can see the shadows of two women holding paper cut-outs of shoes on sticks, and the silhouettes of the New York skyline. In the foreground, there's a plastic chair with a pair of red cowboy boots.
Old Friends

The Cycle of Mothering

by Delilah Saul

Illustrator of the silhouettes of two women, one braiding the hair of the other. They are in shadow, standing in front of a window with a sunrise, while the rest of the room is shrouded in darkness.
Old Friends

Emergency Contact

by Ana María Betancourt Ovalle

An illustration in colored pencil showing photos taped to a wall. The background photos are muted, but the center photo is in vivid color, showing three children of different ages sitting on top of a white car. One is a young girl wearing a blue shirt and pink socks, and next to her is a boy with a backwards green cap with his arm around her. On the hood of the car, a girl with blonde hair in a pink shirt and green shorts holds a black cat.
Old Friends

First Friends, Once Removed

by Diana Ruzova

An illustration of a woman sitting in the dark of her home on a red chair next to a burning candle. There's a folding paper screen next to her with the shadow of another woman behind it. In four insert boxes, there are two women on opposite ends of a phone conversation, an image of red flowers, and a pile of pebbles.
Old Friends

Ghost Story

by Jehanne Dubrow

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The book cover for "On Eating" by Alicia Kennedy.
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Book of the Month: “On Eating” by Alicia Kennedy

by Marissa Lorusso

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“It made me think to myself, I would do this every weekend. I want to come back. I love these girls”

 – Julia Fox

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Politics

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Democracy

We Will Be Our Own Safety Net

by Lorelei Kelly

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Democracy

The Long Arc of Peace Is Built by Women

by Lorelei Kelly

Photo illustration by The Conversationalist, featuring a film strip imposed over a photo from the Iranian hostage crisis. (Getty/Alamy)
Activism

On Guerrilla Archives in the Disinformation Age

by Jessica Jacolbe

An illustration of a flock of birds in formation to form a bigger bird, facing off against a fighter jet.
Protest

We Must Hold the Line

by Leila Seiitbek

An illustration of a woman facing a man and opening a door where the front of his face should be.
Hope Week

Knocking On Hope’s Door

by Raina Lipsitz

The Archive

During a street rehearsal by the Unidos da Tijuca samba school, and under heavy rain, the opening performance group performs one of its choreographies from the storyline honoring writer Carolina Maria de Jesus near Favela do Borel, in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Community

A History Lesson Through Samba

by Nicole Froio

An illustration of four blow-up figures, pumping each other up with foot pedals.
Art

“The Collector, the Tax Attorney, His Wife & Her Art Advisor”

by Cara Marsh Sheffler

An illustration depicting various #WeirdTok videos.
Soapbox

How Weird Can Your For You Page Get?

by s.e. smith

An illustration of a girl petting a goat, with a hunk of cheese sitting in a window behind them.
Activism

Practice Not Perfection

by Marianne Eloise

An illustration of a house as a flowering tree gradually grows within it, splitting it open with flowers.
Hope Week

The Strange Hopefulness of Growing a Human While the World Burns

by Anna Lind-Guzik

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