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  • January 15, 2021 By Adefela Olowoselu

I’ve rejected outdated opinions on Black hair, now I’m reclaiming my time

Adefela Olowoselu condemns Western attitudes that Black hair is 'time consuming', and explores how we should really be spending and valuing our time.

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  • January 9, 2021 By Ali McClary

When I panic, nature brings me back to my body

Ali McClary writes about her anxiety, the way it manifests itself in her body and how she relies on the outdoors to alleviate panic attacks.

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  • January 7, 2021 By Monika Radojevic

My identity is too complex for a DNA testing kit to define

Monika Radojevic writes about the problems she has faced as a person of colour when being sold the promise of belonging and discovery by DNA testing sites.

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  • December 30, 2020 By Michele Theil

I reached out to my ex-best friend just to prove I had the courage to do it

Michele Theil confronts growing apart, 'glowing up', and finding the courage to press send.

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  • December 10, 2020 By Monika Radojevic

I live with undiagnosed chronic pain – I don’t remember what it’s like to live without it

Monika Radojevic shares the difficulty of being unheard by healthcare professionals, and how discomfort is embedded into women's lives.

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  • December 3, 2020 By Sadia Nowshin

My most important act of self-care this year has been to simply give up

Sadia Nowshin looks back at her final year at university, and explores why she chose to give up on breaking into the adult world as an act of self-care.

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Our podcast is HEEERE!!! ⭐️ Lil snippet here Our podcast is HEEERE!!! ⭐️ 

Lil snippet here for you. In this intro episode, we (your excited hosts @kyajbuller & @ameliaroseellis) have a chat, ask each other “Deep and Meaningful”  questions, and introduce ourselves. Expect honesty, reflection and a lot of laughter! More episodes with guests to follow. We hope you love it. 

Out now on Spotify (link in bio), coming soon to Apple Podcasts. Recorded in @duciestreet and produced by @grifter_te 💥
🌼 A bit of a reintroduction! 🌼 Kya is our f 🌼 A bit of a reintroduction! 🌼

Kya is our founder (launching Aurelia in her student bedroom in 2018), and is the Editor-in-Chief. Her roles include overseeing all editorial, being head of commissions, organising events etc and feeling v proud 24/7 - she has long believed in the power of first-person stories 🌱

Drop her a line and/or send in your best pitch ideas (reopening for submissions on the 1st Feb) kya@aureliamagazine.com 🌼🌼
New year, a change of role! ✨ Our incred @shahe New year, a change of role! ✨

Our incred @shahedezaydi started out as a staff writer for Aurelia, (contributing beautiful essays and features - find them!) and then she was an editor, and now she is our Deputy Editor, a role so bloody well deserved. 

Pitch her from 1st February or say hello shahed@aureliamagazine.com ✨
Today, Amanda Gorman became the youngest known ina Today, Amanda Gorman became the youngest known inaugural poet in US history in addition to being the Youth Poet Laureate. Gorman is a 22 year old Harvard graduate, whose passion for poetry as a liberating form of expression began in childhood, when she suffered from a speech impediment, something which, incidentally, Biden also suffered from. We’ve included an excerpt of ‘The Hill We Climb’ and a section of Gorman performing this moving poem at the presidential inauguration earlier today.
💛 New year, new role, new member of the team 💛

Meet Amelia! Our Project Manager, Assistant Editor and Close-Up with Aurelia Magazine podcast co-host. 

She’ll be commissioning work and leading us through some exciting changes this year! Say hello, get in touch about the podcast, bring her your ideas for partnerships/work, and pitch her article ideas you think she’ll like from the 1st Feb! amelia@aureliamagazine.com ✨
New year, new section, new editor! 👑👑👑 W New year, new section, new editor! 👑👑👑

We’re thrilled to announce our Creative Writing section, where the incredibly talented and brilliant @monikaradojevic will be reading and publishing your fiction and poetry submissions, open from 1st Feb. More info to come. This section will remain voluntary whilst we ease ourselves into something new! 

Swipe to get a feel of the work Monika loves 💛
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