Take it step by step with a little faith
©Sofía Álvarez Jurado In 2004, the country group Rascal Flatts released their song Bless the Broken Road. Seventeen years later, I...
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Rochelle Gluzman
Mar 29, 20232 min read
"Eco-anxiety is paralysing"
Sometimes it feels like a mental flu pulling me toward this headspace that’s just an unending cycle of devastation, guilt, and rage....
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The Elephant In the Room
Mar 8, 20232 min read
When age isn't just a number
I was confused and ashamed. I didn't blame him; I blamed myself for being too scared to explicitly say 'no'. My school friends still hung ou
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Hannah Thorpe
Mar 8, 20234 min read
“I’m Proud that I Tried”: a Testimony on Rejection
©Illustration by Sofía Alvarez A year of living with four messy roommates – I’m talking pasta-clogged kitchen sinks and rubbish bins...
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Pablo Castro Salazar
Feb 22, 20234 min read
"I’m happy to be where I am, but I’m much more excited about where I am going"
©Sofía Alvarez Jurado I graduated in the Summer of 2021, but the end of my studies never felt like it had a clear cut-off. Like many, I...
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Andrei
Feb 15, 20232 min read
"One of my biggest fears is loneliness"
We are all looking to belong to a group and find people we can connect with in a profound level. People who we have things in common...
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AD
Feb 15, 20233 min read
"More than medications and therapy, it is love that has often come to my rescue"
⚠trigger warning: this testimony includes references to sensitive topics, such as psychiatric disorders and suicidal thoughts. Proceed at...
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Gabriel Damian
Feb 15, 20232 min read
Creating your own community to fight isolation
©Illustration by Sofía Alvarez I moved to the Netherlands from Canada to pursue my studies in Engineering and jump-start my career....
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Sofía Alvarez
Feb 8, 20234 min read
"70 days, 90 square meters & 1 lockdown by myself"
I’m in Madrid, in my fourth year of university. Suddenly classes are canceled. No reason to stay all alone in the hostile capital city....
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Maria Falcão
Feb 8, 20237 min read
Battling eating disorders during lockdown
I've always been a healthy person, who ate everything, and thank God I never lacked anything in my life. When my parents separated, I...
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The Elephant In the Room
Mar 15, 20223 min read
So Long and Thanks For All the Catfish
The author of this story has chosen to remain anonymous. ©Illustration by Sofía Alvarez On September 20th 2021, I decided I should give...
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Sarah Fourcassier
Apr 23, 20218 min read
"I thought it was my fault"
I felt guilty, I thought it was my fault, that I shouldn’t have gotten involved with him in the first place. Some people would tell me that,
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Leo Le Diouron
Mar 19, 20215 min read
A Drop in the Ocean - The Story of a Transsexual Man
©Eva Crouzet-Takizawa [I use the adjectives “trans” and “transsexual” when referring to myself. However cis people should know that the...
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The Elephant In the Room
Feb 17, 20215 min read
The Girl Who Always Cries
It’s Wednesday, 7pm, and I’m crying for no precise reason. I guess I’m not alone; these days are terrible for many of us. But I’ve been...
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Camille Maindon
Feb 12, 202114 min read
“I danced my rape away”
(Version française originale en bas) I have laid these words on paper a dozen times, trying to find the right words to express what it is...
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Romane Guyon
Nov 30, 202013 min read
AMNISTIE (AMNSTY)
No doubt if these woods were burning someone would cry for help. She would like to scream “Fire!” but she can’t even scream “Rape”. We often
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The Elephant In the Room
Nov 17, 20205 min read
"Well, I am not giving you a choice anyway"
©Illustrations by Sophia Riahi It’s funny how time makes everything clearer. What follows, these words that I am finally willing to lay...
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Zoe
Nov 17, 20205 min read
Zoe's story of sexual assault.
(Names have been changed to conserve the privacy of individuals) I was 16 when I was sexually assaulted. It was at the beginning of...
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Sarah Fourcassier
Nov 17, 20202 min read
Sarah's story of public transport harassment
I did an internship on the summer of 2019. It was far away and I had to do over an hour of train every morning to get there. At some...
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The Elephant In the Room
Nov 17, 20204 min read
“I was scared before I understood that it wasn't normal”
(The names in this story have been changed for anonymity purposes) It is important for me to stress that this story happened to me when I...
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