Salt
With salt as her anchor, catalyst, and metaphorical vehicle, Katharine Oden’s prose poem dives into the troubled waters of a mind. With artwork by Luchina Akhmad
Two Poems
“Saturday morning my hair meets this drain” and “Not a snow day” are two poems by Tawanda Mulalu that reckon with loving, existing, belonging, and all the gaps in between
Hamlet Tries Prozac
A tender lyric by Tawanda Mulalu reimagines Hamlet and Ophelia’s relationship in an altered world
Makeup as Healing
“Painting my face is incredibly symbolic for me” – Simone Hadebe shares how makeup helps her exert strength and positivity in the face of mental health struggles.
Washington Square Park
A short, blue story set in downtown New York, by Vamika Sinha.
Sweet Tooth
A photo series that begs for a closer look at life's sweetness – and the cost at which it comes.
van Gogh and Romanticizing the Tortured Artist
Depression is not a prerequisite for creativity. If anything, it stunts it, writes Calum Armitage in this op-ed.
Walking on the Edge of Myself
In an incredible new short story, Samantha Neugebauer tells the story of Lula, an enigmatic figure.
Lackadaisical Girl
A summer poem on laziness, wandering, ice-cream and an idle girl.
Parisian Girl
What does it mean to belong in this city as a girl?
bird by bird
Calling depression a “wolf”, Vamika Sinha reflects on a turbulent adolescence.
lotion
In a rhythmic poem like a lullaby, Vamika Sinha takes a jab at her own rebellious mental health.
Porte de Choisy
In this personal memoir, Vamika Sinha reflects on navigating life in Paris as a foreigner, walking through its Chinatown district.
sylvia, winter 1962
“She contemplated / death as coolly as the opening / of a lotus...” – a new poem on Sylvia Plath’s undoing
yellow
Picking apart the loneliness of what it means to be a young woman, a sunflower, in a cold world.