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Movies you need to watch based on your zodiac sign
We picked your next Netflix movie watch-list so you don’t have to!

New Wave Magazine
Mar 7, 20226 min read


Quiet beauty; In curly hair, colouring aesthetics and coloniality
"I remember thinking the straightener fit so perfectly in my hand because it was meant to be there."

New Wave Magazine
Feb 25, 20224 min read


Will Taylor Swift Change Her Old Misogynistic Lyrics?
Taylor Swift is set to re-record her 2010 album Speak Now, her fans and critics are looking to see if she’ll change her controversial lyrics

New Wave Magazine
Feb 24, 20229 min read


So, it’s cool to have hobbies again?
Say what you want about TikTok, but it's made reading and other relaxing hobbies popular again!

New Wave Magazine
Feb 22, 20224 min read


I’m but a fossil
Oh, how I miss my radiance.

New Wave Magazine
Feb 17, 20221 min read


love, likings, & other words
A personal reflection on what love means to me, and how it was shaped by my adolescence.

New Wave Magazine
Feb 11, 20223 min read


Song for the Ancestors
A love letter to all the people who came before me and have made me who I am.

New Wave Magazine
Feb 6, 20221 min read


song of worship
A tribute to being open and expressive about female sexuality

New Wave Magazine
Feb 6, 20221 min read


Nobody told me
A poem about what it's like to be a woman in a misogynistic society.

New Wave Magazine
Feb 6, 20221 min read


Lost In Translation
By Amara Tasnim There’s a dead language between my lips, tucked behind my teeth. I chew on the vowels, the syntaxes, the alliteration...

New Wave Magazine
Nov 22, 20211 min read


Pick A Side
Self-acceptance as an LGBTQ+ woman of colour

New Wave Magazine
Nov 22, 20214 min read


What’s so great about sex?
Being comfortable with yourself and your partner is key to a sexual connection

New Wave Magazine
Sep 28, 20214 min read


The human connection of virtual therapy
Loss, isolation and fear are impacting mental health conditions during COVID-19

New Wave Magazine
Sep 28, 20214 min read


The Hats I keep
In a world with gender normalities and sexual entitlements, my choice is not to rotate them frequently, but to coexist within them all...

New Wave Magazine
Sep 28, 20213 min read


The Skin I'm in
The ugly side effects of European beauty standards By Sonia Bermas When I was a child, my mother would make me a sandwich every day for...

New Wave Magazine
Sep 28, 20214 min read


the attic
By Arianna Kyriacou you always expected me to immediately get on my knees for you you are not something to be worshipped you are not a...

New Wave Magazine
Sep 28, 20211 min read


"That means good luck!"
By Ana Leal There is nothing magical about an old mattress on the side of the road, lumpy and tainted. But when I was growing up, my...

New Wave Magazine
Sep 28, 20215 min read


stitch by stitch
How crochet connected me to my grandmother and the long line of feminists before me By Lauren Kaminski Time would completely slow down....

New Wave Magazine
Sep 28, 20214 min read


Pre-Existing Condition
By Katie Shier I posted something on my Instagram story a few weeks ago about getting aggressively catcalled. I usually don’t post things...

New Wave Magazine
Sep 28, 20213 min read


one basket at a time
How the Hijabi Ballers are empowering Muslim female athletes By Stephanie Davoli Growing up in India, Amreen Kadwa’s life was filled with...

New Wave Magazine
Sep 28, 20218 min read
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