"The versatile starchy fruit, home to nearly every non-white country on this earth looks like an everyday banana, but holds all the power an ordinary banana could never." Melissa Kasule writes about yearning for plantain, and her love that never falters.
Kya Buller writes about working as a model and a writer at the same time, and her internal battle to proudly be both.
“We came together this weekend to demand an end to state and gendered violence ... This week has shown that when we march together, and act together, we can force the government to listen to the will of the people", Sisters Uncut told Aurelia.
"Border Nation showed me that border abolition is entirely possible. Not some utopian concept like many would have you believe," writes Shahed Ezaydi.
Fatima Al Jarman writes about being raised with the belief that being open about things will cause everything to fall apart - and learning later in life that using her voice is power.
The police are institutionally violent. Lauren Pemberton-Nelson writes about the need for radical change: to oppose the institutions that harm us, rather than conform to or work alongside them.
"Long presents readers with a plethora of beautifully told poems, each one filled to the brim with a detailed and visceral story that is both extremely familiar and distant in our own memories."
Women have been talking about our safety in public spaces for decades, but where are the men in these conversations? Shahed Ezaydi explores this question and its wider implications.
Too much manifestation leaves no room to discover who you really are. Betty Henderson explores the rise of toxic positivity on social media, choosing instead to own her emotions and nurture the same response in her friends.
Our columnist Chloe Plumstead dissects the realities of a birthday spent in lockdown, and the inevitable questions that came along with it.
As a Black woman, a domestic abuse survivor and an ally to trans people, Evie Muir writes about her desire to move beyond feminism, as the feeling of belonging within the movement no longer exists.
"If you want to criticise or put pressure on the industry, look at the people at the top", writes Shahed Ezaydi.
