Written by Nia Georgieva The first time I heard about Substack was over a year ago, from a friend of mine on a random summer night while casually strolling in a park on our way back home from the most delicious dinner we’ve had in months. She was telling me about how obsessed she was… Continue reading The Rise of Substack
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Where is feminist art?
Written by Ioana Horhoianu In 2026, it should be possible to discuss women’s safety as a basic expectation. Yet two disturbing online debates about cases of violence against women, thousands of kilometers apart, expose the fragility of that expectation. The persistence of this violence, and the willingness to justify it, challenges the assumption that the… Continue reading Where is feminist art?
Hosting a Poetry Open Mic – A Diary Entry
Written by Larissa Straßer A few days ago, I organized a poetry open mic in Berlin. I don’t live there anymore but for months I had a strong feeling that I owed it to the city, to the people. I had taken so much – energy, love, warmth and strength – from this cold, cold… Continue reading Hosting a Poetry Open Mic – A Diary Entry
Thoughts on Yesteryear
Written by Viktoria Yesteryear is truly a mind-bending book. A warped spiral into the twisted inner workings of a mind being ripped apart by its own judgment and anger, a magma of hate that occasionally erupts after a long, torturous suppression. What it means to be good and kind and patient, to push the boundaries of… Continue reading Thoughts on Yesteryear
Are you chasing a career, or validation?
Written by Carlotta Bollino From LinkedIn posts to Instagram stories, every day we see people flaunting their successes for everyone to see. We hear about our classmates getting top-tier internships at big-name firms, and praise them as they flex their vast network of lawyers, financial advisors, and more. We compare ourselves to them and feel… Continue reading Are you chasing a career, or validation?
The race for authenticity
Written by Paavani Lal Das I saw this Instagram reel with this guy who was cooking a meal for his family. He dropped the sauce and cleaned up the house and aw-shucksed his way through the whole thing. It was so endearing it dripped with it, all the way down from the glass ceiling through… Continue reading The race for authenticity
Love as a Moral Act
Written by Ceylin Dogan I have never been very trusting of love’s public image. Even before I had any personal claim to the word, I distrusted the versions of it that circulated so effortlessly around me in films, in songs, in careless conversations. So often it appeared as spectacle, or appetite, or dependence mistaken for… Continue reading Love as a Moral Act
Why We Love to Hate on Romance
Written by Nastassia Tsialpuk From eye rolls at cheesy movie scenes to “ugh”s to our friends when walking past couples kissing, the modern disregard towards romance is evident. It is enough to just look at Vogue’s “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” by Chanté Joseph to understand Gen Z’s complex relationship with relationships and how… Continue reading Why We Love to Hate on Romance
Religion and Power: When Faith Becomes a Political Tool
Written by Ottavia Costantini Bombs, missiles, and wars are all that we hear about in the news nowadays, nothing seems easy or peaceful and arguments feel more effective than explanations clouding one’s judgement. Today’s world is dynamic, often indecipherable and almost always too complicated for us to understand what is really going on right in… Continue reading Religion and Power: When Faith Becomes a Political Tool
Maybe we should inconvenience ourselves?
Written by Bouchra Haddani A couple of years ago, one of my closest childhood friends didn’t attend my 18th birthday party. She wasn’t sick, she wasn’t traveling, she wasn’t busy. She just couldn’t be bothered to leave her house on a cold winter day to a function where the only person she knew was the… Continue reading Maybe we should inconvenience ourselves?