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T Kira Madden

Fiction writer and editor.

Links
  • No Tokens
  • Writing
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Nikil Saval

Covering Marxism, design, and architecture.

Links
  • New Trends in Office Design (n+1)
  • In Baltimore (n+1)
Locations
  • United States
  • Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia
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Padmini Parthasarathy

Writer invested in international development and gender policy, local and neighborhood reporting, and South Asian diaspora.

Links
  • The Rule: Trapped Between Feminism and Cultural Tolerance in India (The Huffington Post)
  • The Trial That Made Rape a War Crime (Vitamin W Media)
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Rina Nkulu

Poet and writer interested in internet subcultures, teens, and social justice.

Links
  • Duende archive
  • 2 Poems (Blackberry: A Magazine)
Topics
  • poetry
  • social justice
Locations
  • United States
  • Arizona
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Maya Cade

Website founder for millennials of color; personal interests in culture and feminism.

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Website founder for millennials of color; personal interests in culture and feminism.

Topics
  • culture
  • feminism
Locations
  • United States
  • D.C.
  • Washington
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Melissa Mesku

Writer and editor interested in business, philosophy, theory, and the environment.

Links
  • New Worker Magazine archive
  • Pyragraph archive
Topics
  • business
  • humor
  • technology
  • travel
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Whitney Richardson

A photo critic covering Africa, women’s rights, and alternative black culture.

Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Jean Ho

Interested in pop culture, feminism, humor, and literary fiction.

Links
  • Tumblr
Topics
  • feminism
  • humor
  • pop culture
  • race
Locations
  • United States
  • California
  • Los Angeles
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Deborah Douglas

Covering health and wellness, wrongful convictions, culture, and beauty.

Links
  • Why There Are No Children Here: A Mother's Day Lament (American Prospect)
  • Dear White Ladies, You Will Have To Raise Your Black Baby and Love Every Minute of It (Time)
Topics
  • beauty
  • culture
  • politics
  • social justice
Locations
  • United States
  • Illinois
  • Chicago
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Chanice Hughes-Greenberg

Interested in art writing, thick pieces, and personal essays.

Links
  • Art Observed archive
  • Sanford Biggers, Sweet Funk: An Introspective (Gnome Magazine)
Topics
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Inae Oh

Covering culture, politics, and women’s issues.

Links
  • Charlie Hebdo Unveils First Cover Since Paris Massacre Featuring Image of Muhammad (Mother Jones)
  • Unmasking The Unspoken Heroes Of New York's Art Museums And Galleries (The Huffington Post)
Topics
  • culture
  • politics
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Chatel Theagene

An essayist writing about beauty, lifestyle, health, and natural hair.

Links
  • Essence archive
  • Back to Curly press (Back to Curly)
  • Dry No More: 5 Best Hair Moisturizers for Men (Bevel)
Topics
  • beauty
  • lifestyle
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Tausif Noor

Writer covering mental health, South Asia, art, and literature.

Links
  • Metaphors We Live By (Mouth Magazine)
  • Writing
Topics
  • art
  • literature
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Naki Akrobettoe

Covering wine, poetry, meditation, kissing, and eating tacos.

Links
  • AfroElle Magazine
  • Naki Speaks
Locations
  • United States
  • Ohio
  • Columbus
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Julia Carrie Wong

Covering labor, tech, the Bay Area, feminism, racism, and activism.

Links
  • Codependent Contracting: Couriers Demand App Company Accountability (SF Weekly)
  • Dropbox, Airbnb, and the Fight Over San Francisco’s Public Spaces (The New Yorker)
  • Freelance clips
Topics
  • feminism
  • politics
Locations
  • United States
  • California
  • Oakland
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Dalida María Benfield

Writer invested in contemporary art, new media, digital-art theory, and more.

Links
  • “Flow” (Social Text/Periscope)
  • "Kimsooja, The Performance of Universality" - Art and Social Justice Education: Culture as Commons (Routledge)
Topics
  • race
Locations
  • United States
  • Massachusetts
  • Boston
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Eugene Lim

Experimental fiction writer.

Links
  • The Strangers (Black Square Editions)
  • Eugene Lim
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Queens
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Amy Stretten

– Fashion and (Life)Style blogging
– I am bilingual (Spanish/English)
– I am a multimedia journalist (can shoot photo/video, edit, and write; I have experience presenting on camera and doing voice overs)

Links
  • What Netflix Series ‘House of Cards’ Got Right (Fusion)
  • Homophobia and Hip-Hop: A Thing of the Past? (Fusion)
  • Amy Stretten
Topics
  • fashion
  • lifestyle
  • race
Locations
  • United States
  • California
  • Los Angeles
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Richard Lawler

Bilingual (Spanish/English) writer covering tech, transportation, and entertainment; also a multimedia journalist.

Topics
  • entertainment
Locations
  • United States
  • Michigan
  • Ann Arbor
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Umair

Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Nadia Misir

Writer of creative nonfiction, short stories, flash fiction, and travel stories.

Links
  • Guyana <3 Country (Open City)
  • Questions
  • Gravatar
Topics
  • poetry
  • social justice
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Queens
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Kamali-Derek Senior

Creator of comics, poetry, short stories, and essays.

Topics
  • comics
  • essays
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • Washington
  • Seattle
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Anjali Mitter Duva

An Indian-American author interested in music, community, kid lit, and historical fiction.

Links
  • Faint Promise of Rain
  • Undercover Soundtrack
Topics
  • music
  • travel
Locations
  • United States
  • Massachusetts
  • Boston
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Carisa Brewster

Writes about science, technology, health, and education.

Links
  • The History of Black History Month (Portland Family)
  • Spare the Kids (Portland Family)
Topics
  • education
  • features
  • news
  • science
  • technology
Locations
  • United States
  • Oregon
  • Portland
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Christina Tesoro

Writer and interviewer interested in body image, bisexual representation, and queer literature.

Links
  • A Personal History of Misogyny (The Toast)
  • I'm a Bitch and I'm Proud of It (Cosmopolitan)
  • I Am the Whitest Person You Know (Medium)
  • The Rumpus Interview with Monica Byrne (The Rumpus)
  • How Adorable Puppies Help Empower Girls to Change the World (This Dog's Life)
Topics
  • feminism
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Sophia E. Terazawa

A poet interested in decolonization.

Links
  • Sophia Terazawa
Locations
  • United States
  • Texas
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Sarah Warren

Committed to children’s literature, picture books, and introducing diverse leaders and heroes.

Links
  • Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers
  • Sarah Warren
Locations
  • United States
  • Minnesota
  • Minneapolis
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Jian DeLeon

Covering fashion, lifestyle, nerd and pop cultures.

Links
  • 5 Reasons the Fashion Industry Should Take Kanye West Seriously (GQ)
  • De-Mystifying the Cult of Common Projects (Business of Fashion)
  • Portfolio of selected work
Topics
  • fashion
  • lifestyle
  • pop culture
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Rahul dsilva

Interested in dogs, fiction, art, and autobiography.

Topics
  • art
  • fiction
  • poetry
  • travel
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Nabihah

A writer interested in urban planning, public health, Islam and feminism, and racial equity and inclusivity.

Links
  • On the trail: Reflections on nature, responsibility and God (Columbia Faith & Values)
  • Larry James and the Ethics of Following orders (Columbia Faith & Values)
Locations
  • United States
  • Missouri
  • Washington D.C.
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