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Issue 21 | Convictions of a Thirty-Something
Negotiating the past and present selves.
Sep 29, 2023 • Shanika Hillocks
Issue 20 | Caribbean Gyal Dreams
Discovering ancestral kinship in St. Vincent.
Aug 17, 2023 • Shanika Hillocks
Issue 19 | My Sweet Something
On succumbing to dessert as pleasure.
Jul 20, 2023 • Shanika Hillocks
Issue 18 | To Us, Humans
How humanity has shown up in my world, and a reminder for us to exercise it, too.
Apr 20, 2023 • Shanika Hillocks
Issue 17 | "Precious Cargo"
How the Levi's 501 campaign illustrates a long-standing ritual of community care in the Caribbean diaspora, and a sprinkling of the cultural competency…
Feb 9, 2023 • Shanika Hillocks
Issue 16 | Streaming
How binge-watching is widening my aperture of cultural commentary and my two cents on series I've finished recently.
Jan 13, 2023 • Shanika Hillocks
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