Alchemy

cartoon girl with back to viewer, holding candle, looking at projection of flowers on a screen

I want to know what everyone else knows, or better yet what they don’t  know, and what I can do with the information I collect.

Alyssa Rim

an orange cat, and a book, lie on a table by an open window, the curtain blowing in the breeze

We think, therefore we err.

Beck Jewell

young woman with brown skin and brown coiled chin-length hair

My relationship with my hair was complicated, but it is for most Black women.

Monet Gonda

words associated with alchemy melting together in purple background

Because everyone knows yellow pain, pressed into American letters, turns to gold

Andrea Santos

a purple cloudy vision of a girl

The others had not warned her about what to expect when she held life in her hands.

CJ Ackerman-Garvin

two dogs sitting in green grass, their backs toward us

An immortal dog shook her tail and bathed in an Indian Country river when the great-grandson of the Town Destroyer ambushed Jumonville Glen.

Ashley Gyawali

a pink shell face on deep blue background

Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, and every day it feels as though it’s only more everywhere. 

Bridgette Stands

purple-colored girl with wild, beautiful hair

In an effort to change and perhaps understand myself better, I have forced my hair to take the beating of my every identity crisis.

Geovanna Murphy

on a green background, yellow lettering that says 5 Steps To Get Over Rejection

I used to believe that rejection meant I hadn’t worked hard enough or wasn’t good enough.

Chasity Quarles

white cutout of little girl sitting down in green background

You can’t wait around for opportunities to find you because passively waiting is a losing game.

Madina Fayzieva

little girl sitting in room with a few boxes around her

“(...You felt like, whatever you were, for just right now, it might be okay.)"

Sydney McClellan

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