newwavezine May 11 4 min Rejecting Catholic Shame and Machismo: Queerness as a Latina By Manuela Vega An illogical, reverberating voice in my head begged me to say something; do something; be something — even if it took mon...
newwavezine Jan 31 5 min Top 10 albums of the decade by female artists By: Rosie Leonard 10. Heard It In A Past Life - Maggie Rogers (2019) If anyone knows how to write an empowering anthem, it’s Maggie Roger...
newwavezine Jan 21 4 min Curly hair in a straight hair industry By: Ruby Asgedome I’m 19 years old, five-foot-six and I have naturally curly hair that’s coloured brown with blond tips. I have brown eye...
newwavezine Jan 14 2 min Slave to your words By Didhiti Kandel A slave to your words is what you’ve made me. Leering, your eyes, watch me while you drink your afternoon tea. You judg...
newwavezine Jan 9 4 min Learning to love: A guide to successful cohabitation By Chloé Rose Whitmore Featured in our fall 2019 issue A few days after my 24th birthday, I moved in with my boyfriend. Having been toget...
newwavezine Jan 9 4 min The hysterical woman By Mahirah Syed Featured in our fall 2019 issue Trigger warning: self-harm and suicidality “Julia doesn’t think you’re okay,” said the ps...
newwavezine Jan 9 3 min Dear Kiarra By Kiarra Swaby Featured in our fall 2019 issue Trigger warning: sexual assault Dear Kiarra, It has been a year since that moment changed...
newwavezine Jan 9 3 min At a crossroads: What it's like to be a Black Muslim woman By Dararrtu Abdullahi Featured in our fall 2019 issue I sit on the floor of the mosque with my hijab covering my tightly curled hair. We ...
newwavezine Jan 9 2 min 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 g...
newwavezine Dec 18, 2019 4 min ‘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..
