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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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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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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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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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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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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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Naki Akrobettoe

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

Links
  • AfroElle Magazine
  • Naki Speaks
Locations
  • United States
  • Ohio
  • Columbus
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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T Kira Madden

Fiction writer and editor.

Links
  • No Tokens
  • Writing
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • New York City
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Alexandra Martinez

A writer interested in personal essays, album reviews, and consuming white culture through a Chicana perspective.

Links
  • Strange Powers: An Interview with Xenia Rubinos (Alt Citizen)
  • Interview: Amen Dunes is Punk in ‘Love’ (Alt Citizen)
  • Writing
  • Photos
  • Tumblr
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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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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Richard W. Conte

Writer covering sports, music, technology, art, and style.

Links
  • Bus Driver Offers Inspiration, Ideas to Student Riders (The Daily Targum)
  • [Facebook Slightly Affects Student Grades, Study Says]http://www.dailytargum.com/article/2012/01/facebook-slightly-affects-student-grades-study-says) (The Daily Targum)
  • Portfolio
Topics
  • art
  • music
  • sports
  • technology
Locations
  • United States
  • New Jersey
  • East Orange
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Athena Lark

Former journalist and current novelist writing about society, diversity, and military issues.

Links
  • The Whistling Fire archive
  • Athena Lark
Topics
  • culture
  • travel
Locations
  • United States
  • Texas
  • Houston
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Kiki Petrosino

Poet, creative nonfiction writer, and associate professor.

Links
  • Kiki Petrosino
Topics
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • Kentucky
  • Louisville
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Shin Yu Pai

Interests in parenting, mixed-race relationships, books, and design.

Links
  • Susan L. Yung
  • No Need for Words (Tricycle)
  • Trying Not to Itch (Tricycle)
  • Water Returning to Water: A Buddhist Ritual Brings Release (Parent Map)
  • Retracing Taiwan's Ruins, Circumventing its Spirits (The International Examiner)
Topics
  • books
  • parenting
Locations
  • United States
  • Washington
  • Seattle
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Lolan Buhain Sevilla

Community-minded writer invested in nonprofits, anti-violence movements, short stories, and Asian-American narratives.

Links
  • Walang Hiya ... Literature Taking Risks Towards Liberatory Practice
  • Translating New Brown (Black Lava)
Topics
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • New York
  • Brooklyn
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Sophia E. Terazawa

A poet interested in decolonization.

Links
  • Sophia Terazawa
Locations
  • United States
  • Texas
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Ysabel Y. Gonzalez

Poet.

Links
  • Ysabel Gonzalez
Topics
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • New Jersey
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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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Sarah Williams-Devereux

Writer of creative nonfiction, travel narratives, and ethnography.

Topics
  • poetry
Locations
  • United States
  • Pennsylvania
  • Pittsburgh
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