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Clementine peels
By Emily Peotto Featured in our fall 2019 issue The veins of my grandmother’s hands were stark blue against her pale skin. Her hair was...

New Wave Magazine
Jan 9, 20202 min read
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‘A Whole New World’ for a Disney princess
Yasmeen explores new meanings of womanhood in the new Aladdin remake— something Disney princesses have never seen before..

New Wave Magazine
Dec 18, 20194 min read
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Our hair journey
By Cheyenne Bholla Featured in our fall 2019 issue I’ve had a long journey with my hair. When I was younger, I idolized girls in my...

New Wave Magazine
Dec 17, 20194 min read
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Becoming a better ally to marginalized communities
How white feminism is exclusionary and why white women need to take accountability.

New Wave Magazine
Dec 16, 20194 min read
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Talking about my trauma
Herminia Chow opens up about her life-changing experience after being hit by a car.

New Wave Magazine
Nov 19, 20193 min read
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Raised on fire
By Zanele Chisholm My head keeps spinning until I feel the blood-moon howling at me. Was it my mother? Begging me to come… Home. Could it...

New Wave Magazine
Jun 5, 20194 min read
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Ode to Winona Ryder
By Jordan Currie Funny how monsters can keep praying on the bodies of the young and beautiful in exchange for spotlights (or, in exchange...

New Wave Magazine
Jun 5, 20191 min read
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My Hair
My name is Jada Muirhead. I am 10 years old, and live in Connecticut, U.S.A. I was given a writing assignment in class and my teacher...

New Wave Magazine
Jun 5, 20191 min read
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Daughter
By Jordan Currie And so it seems that violation only brings out her titles case after case after case daughter mother sister wife She...

New Wave Magazine
Jun 5, 20191 min read
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5 and pending
By Maddy Hillis Part 1: Mothballs (January) The therapist’s office smelled like mothballs and cheap lavender candles. I sat on the worn...

New Wave Magazine
Jun 5, 20196 min read
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A Silenced Truth
A short story by Bree Duwyn As an Indigenous woman, I believe it is important to give attention to some of the issues that Indigenous...

New Wave Magazine
Mar 10, 20194 min read
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Journaling: A Space for You
By Raizel Harjosubroto It was during a subway ride when I realized how little space I’ve trained myself to take. The man sitting across...

New Wave Magazine
Mar 10, 20193 min read
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I am not mine
By Sam Di Benedetto I. The boy who destroyed me The monotone of his voice made me cry. His words were empty and grey, but his eyes were a...

New Wave Magazine
Mar 10, 20193 min read
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Caught in the middle
By Dhriti Gupta As a second generation Indian-Canadian, I often find myself struggling to strike a balance between my personal and...

New Wave Magazine
Mar 10, 20193 min read
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Rebirth Anthology
An introduction by Jessica Felicity Kasiama The collective body is a cocoon and inside the cocoon is an egg, waiting to become a...

New Wave Magazine
Mar 10, 20192 min read
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Blueprints of trauma
By Emily Peotto Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, stone-faced and fiercely intelligent, stands in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Her...

New Wave Magazine
Mar 10, 20193 min read
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Of Wind: a collection of poems about rebirth
Written by Zanele Chisholm I The air, still your gravity spills into open lakes soiled with Black Girls who birthed themselves here years...

New Wave Magazine
Mar 10, 20192 min read
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Of Our Hands
Poems inspired by non-vocal fighters in the Me Too movement by JAC. We Know (I) — We are well aware of the cycle of history the pull of...

New Wave Magazine
Aug 22, 20181 min read
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Every Step I Take is Red
Madyson Arscott writes, "You cannot shake a hand with a clenched fist, but you can start a revolution with one." Aniin, my name is...

New Wave Magazine
Aug 22, 20182 min read
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pink summer
Jessica Felicity Kasiama writes to "rediscover its place in time through an origin story of womanhood found in the subconscious." The Red...

New Wave Magazine
Aug 22, 20185 min read
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