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To oppose colonialism can never just be ideological or intellectual. In their art and in their lives, these five musicians contend with that duality and create as an act of resistance.
How to Be an Anti-Colonial Musician
For these five artists, creation is an act of resistance, and anti-colonialism is the methodology.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
To oppose colonialism can never just be ideological or intellectual. In their art and in their lives, these five musicians contend with that duality and create as an act of resistance.
"I won't sugarcoat it. Miscarriage sucks."
Listen to our latest podcast episode with Nikki Muller on the importance of destigmatizing miscarriage here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Listen to our latest podcast episode with Nikki Muller on the importance of destigmatizing miscarriage here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"I won't sugarcoat it. Miscarriage sucks."
Listen to our latest podcast episode with Nikki Muller on the importance of destigmatizing miscarriage here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Listen to our latest podcast episode with Nikki Muller on the importance of destigmatizing miscarriage here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
To oppose colonialism can never just be ideological or intellectual. In their art and in their lives, these five musicians contend with that duality and create as an act of resistance.
How to Be an Anti-Colonial Musician
For these five artists, creation is an act of resistance, and anti-colonialism is the methodology.
conversationalist.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
To oppose colonialism can never just be ideological or intellectual. In their art and in their lives, these five musicians contend with that duality and create as an act of resistance.
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In the first installment of our two-part series on reproductive rights, Nikki Muller discusses the importance of destigmatizing miscarriage, and reads her Conversationalist essay, "We Need to Talk About Our Miscarriages".
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
In the first installment of our two-part series on reproductive rights, Nikki Muller discusses the importance of destigmatizing miscarriage, and reads her Conversationalist essay, "We Need to Talk About Our Miscarriages".
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
New podcast alert! 🚨
In the first installment of our two-part series on reproductive rights, Nikki Muller discusses the importance of destigmatizing miscarriage, and reads her Conversationalist essay, "We Need to Talk About Our Miscarriages".
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
In the first installment of our two-part series on reproductive rights, Nikki Muller discusses the importance of destigmatizing miscarriage, and reads her Conversationalist essay, "We Need to Talk About Our Miscarriages".
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Thousands of mothers in Ukraine are raising their children alone as a direct result of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. As the fighting continues, it is mostly women who care for the country’s children.
Meet the mothers caring for Ukraine’s most vulnerable children.
Meet the mothers caring for Ukraine’s most vulnerable children.
Motherhood on the Frontlines
Meet the single mothers caring for Ukraine’s most vulnerable children.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Thousands of mothers in Ukraine are raising their children alone as a direct result of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. As the fighting continues, it is mostly women who care for the country’s children.
Meet the mothers caring for Ukraine’s most vulnerable children.
Meet the mothers caring for Ukraine’s most vulnerable children.
Knitting and crochet clubs have found new meaning amongst Gen Z and Millennials, who have turned to the age-old practice as a means of bringing back the “third place” and reconnecting with their peers.
Weaving a New Third Place
How younger generations are turning knitting and crochet into a community building affair.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Knitting and crochet clubs have found new meaning amongst Gen Z and Millennials, who have turned to the age-old practice as a means of bringing back the “third place” and reconnecting with their peers.
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for @conversationalist.org wrote about something that i cry about regularly: littering
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There’s No Such Thing as Polite Littering
I’ve gotten exhausted with the ways that convenience culture has shifted what we find acceptable when it comes to waste.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
for @conversationalist.org wrote about something that i cry about regularly: littering
conversationalist.org/2025/11/18/s...
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"There is a certain type of person who sees a hole and perceives it to be a trash can, where others have seen the potential for a garden." The latest by @marianneeloise.bsky.social on littering and the cost of convenience culture.
There’s No Such Thing as Polite Littering
I’ve gotten exhausted with the ways that convenience culture has shifted what we find acceptable when it comes to waste.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"There is a certain type of person who sees a hole and perceives it to be a trash can, where others have seen the potential for a garden." The latest by @marianneeloise.bsky.social on littering and the cost of convenience culture.
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Palestinian journalist Dalia Hatuqa reads "The 'Monsters' Behind the Wall", an essay by writer Lailah Radhiya reflecting on her experience growing up in the West Bank, and the significance of the "separation barrier.”
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Palestinian journalist Dalia Hatuqa reads "The 'Monsters' Behind the Wall", an essay by writer Lailah Radhiya reflecting on her experience growing up in the West Bank, and the significance of the "separation barrier.”
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New podcast alert! 🚨
Palestinian journalist Dalia Hatuqa reads "The 'Monsters' Behind the Wall", an essay by writer Lailah Radhiya reflecting on her experience growing up in the West Bank, and the significance of the "separation barrier.”
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Palestinian journalist Dalia Hatuqa reads "The 'Monsters' Behind the Wall", an essay by writer Lailah Radhiya reflecting on her experience growing up in the West Bank, and the significance of the "separation barrier.”
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
“I didn’t know how to grow home-grown food. It felt like a dream." Meet the women creating new life from arid land in India.
A Farm of One’s Own
Meet the women creating new life from arid land in India.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“I didn’t know how to grow home-grown food. It felt like a dream." Meet the women creating new life from arid land in India.
Staff Reads from our Contributing Art Director: “Though most music touches on love and heartbreak, we often forget that these people we idolize go through the same heartbreak and pain as us normal people do. This was a nice reminder to feel less alone.”
"Heartbreak Is a Fucking Gift": Lily Allen Bares All
When the British singer showed up at Mel Ottenberg’s apartment to promote "West End Girl," her first album in seven years, everything, including toe pics, Raya dates, and her recent breakup, was on th...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Staff Reads from our Contributing Art Director: “Though most music touches on love and heartbreak, we often forget that these people we idolize go through the same heartbreak and pain as us normal people do. This was a nice reminder to feel less alone.”
New podcast episode alert! 🚨 This week, @alindguzik.bsky.social chats with Babs Daitch, the octogenarian "lesbian Forrest Gump", about why she never stays anywhere for too long—and the life lessons she's learned along the way.
Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
New podcast episode alert! 🚨 This week, @alindguzik.bsky.social chats with Babs Daitch, the octogenarian "lesbian Forrest Gump", about why she never stays anywhere for too long—and the life lessons she's learned along the way.
Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
"The growing anti-trans narrative wasn’t just a culture war skirmish, it was a symptom of something deeper and more dangerous: a coordinated effort to undermine democratic norms by turning vulnerable groups into political targets." The latest by Jen Rainin of Frankly Speaking Films.
“I Find Hope in Simply Still Being Here”
Three trans service members speak out on the military ban, and the rise of transphobia in the United States.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"The growing anti-trans narrative wasn’t just a culture war skirmish, it was a symptom of something deeper and more dangerous: a coordinated effort to undermine democratic norms by turning vulnerable groups into political targets." The latest by Jen Rainin of Frankly Speaking Films.
Biological or chosen, mother figures come in many forms. Here’s how one friendship helped guide a writer home to herself.
The Cycle of Mothering
How one woman’s friendship helped guide me to myself.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Biological or chosen, mother figures come in many forms. Here’s how one friendship helped guide a writer home to herself.
“Because once we’ve lost press freedom, it’s only a matter of time before we lose everything it protects.” @katiedd.bsky.social on the growing restrictions of press freedom around the world.
The Shrinking Space for Media Freedom
Once we lose a free press, we lose everything it protects.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Because once we’ve lost press freedom, it’s only a matter of time before we lose everything it protects.” @katiedd.bsky.social on the growing restrictions of press freedom around the world.
Staff Reads from our Social Media Manager: “I am buzzing from Zohran Mamdani’s win! This roundup is a helpful look at how he dominated. One my favorite takeaways is how Mamdani is the first mayoral candidate since 1969 to win this many votes.”
7 Takeaways From a Stunning New York City Mayoral Election
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November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Staff Reads from our Social Media Manager: “I am buzzing from Zohran Mamdani’s win! This roundup is a helpful look at how he dominated. One my favorite takeaways is how Mamdani is the first mayoral candidate since 1969 to win this many votes.”
New podcast episode alert! 🚨 Contributor Vanessa Hsia reads her essay, "If Clothes Make the Man", about how her grandmother dressed her grandfather throughout their marriage and continued even after death.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New podcast episode alert! 🚨 Contributor Vanessa Hsia reads her essay, "If Clothes Make the Man", about how her grandmother dressed her grandfather throughout their marriage and continued even after death.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
"Queer relationship visibility isn’t good enough if all it does is replicate heteronormative approaches." Delilah Saul on why LGBTQ+ reality TV could be more queer.
Why Isn’t LGBTQ+ Reality TV More… Queer?
Queer relationship visibility isn’t good enough if all it does is replicate heteronormative approaches.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Queer relationship visibility isn’t good enough if all it does is replicate heteronormative approaches." Delilah Saul on why LGBTQ+ reality TV could be more queer.
“Running is an individual activity, but watching (and, of course, participating in) a marathon feels like a community endeavor.” In honor of the NYC Marathon this weekend, we look back on this story by @mrsslrss.bsky.social.
Watching People Run Makes Me Feel Alive
And it’ll make you feel alive, too.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“Running is an individual activity, but watching (and, of course, participating in) a marathon feels like a community endeavor.” In honor of the NYC Marathon this weekend, we look back on this story by @mrsslrss.bsky.social.
"Supermarkets are rapidly displacing other retailers to become the place of choice to buy food." How grocery chains have done more harm than good for the small farmers in Kenya and beyond. Story by @alexcpark.com.
The Troubling Rise of Supermarkets in the Global South
How Kenya’s grocery stores might actually be hurting local farmers.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Supermarkets are rapidly displacing other retailers to become the place of choice to buy food." How grocery chains have done more harm than good for the small farmers in Kenya and beyond. Story by @alexcpark.com.
Now, more than ever, we need art to do the heavy lifting of defining our values. This is Cultural Currency is a bi-monthly romp through the intersection of art and capital with writer Cara Marsh Sheffler.
The Value of Art That Can’t Be Sold
Now, more than ever, we need art to do the heavy lifting of defining our values.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Now, more than ever, we need art to do the heavy lifting of defining our values. This is Cultural Currency is a bi-monthly romp through the intersection of art and capital with writer Cara Marsh Sheffler.
New podcast episode alert! 🚨 Journalist @aliyabashir.bsky.social discusses her anti-nihilistic approach to climate reporting, and the importance of finding hopeful narratives when things are feeling bleak.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New podcast episode alert! 🚨 Journalist @aliyabashir.bsky.social discusses her anti-nihilistic approach to climate reporting, and the importance of finding hopeful narratives when things are feeling bleak.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Conversationalist Podcast, hosted by alindguzik.bsky.social, brings candid chats with frontline changemakers and audio stories from conversationalist.org. Experience journalism as conversation and storytelling as resistance, free from corporate agendas.
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Conversationalist Podcast, hosted by alindguzik.bsky.social, brings candid chats with frontline changemakers and audio stories from conversationalist.org. Experience journalism as conversation and storytelling as resistance, free from corporate agendas.
"When people don’t see, feel, and taste the whole flavor of produce, they also feel less encouraged to eat it." How over-processed produce is disconnecting us from where food comes from.
Food is Meant to Be Touched
Over-processed produce is disconnecting us from where food comes from.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"When people don’t see, feel, and taste the whole flavor of produce, they also feel less encouraged to eat it." How over-processed produce is disconnecting us from where food comes from.
"As people constantly reminded that they don’t belong, Latinx and AAPI folks in the U.S. face a mental battle over how beauty, health, food, exercise, medicine, and relationships should look." Why eating disorders are so prevalent in Latinx and AAPI communities in the U.S.
A Cocoon For Us to Fit In
Why eating disorders are so prevalent in Latinx and AAPI communities in the U.S.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"As people constantly reminded that they don’t belong, Latinx and AAPI folks in the U.S. face a mental battle over how beauty, health, food, exercise, medicine, and relationships should look." Why eating disorders are so prevalent in Latinx and AAPI communities in the U.S.