Amelia Abraham

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The Bittersweet Experience of Watching 'Love Island' When You're Gay

The Villa: a constructed world determined to uphold the gender and sexuality norms of yore? Or a bit of harmless fun?
Amelia Abraham
7.19.18
Culture

so what does pansexual actually mean?

Janelle Monáe previously identified as bisexual. However, in "pansexual" she seems to have found a term that works much better for her.
Amelia Abraham
7.2.18
Film

'My Days of Mercy' Is Both a Lesbian Love Story and a Death Row Drama

Rather than dealing with judgment from others, the film's protagonists —played by Ellen Page and Kate Mara—must overcome their own shame.
Amelia Abraham
3.27.18
Ink Spots

'Foul Play' Is the True Crime Magazine Made By Women

The zine seeks to satiate our fascination with real-life murders without resorting to sensationalism.
Amelia Abraham
3.8.18
Health

Why You Might Suddenly Die in Your Twenties

An undiagnosed heart condition kills 12 young people every week in the UK. This is how you find out if you have it.
Amelia Abraham
3.6.18
#metoo

Is Accusing Someone of Rape Online the Most Effective Path to Justice?

Let down by a system that can punish victims, many are seeing a public shaming as expedited punishment.
Amelia Abraham
11.13.17
Music

Young Artists on the Politics of Making Music In the Middle East

From the threat of violence to starting a musical revolution, making music is an inherently political act for artists from the Middle East.
Amelia Abraham
11.7.17
DRAG

What We Saw at Europe's Biggest Drag Convention

If 'RuPaul’s Drag World' has taught us anything, it’s that – despite its growing popularity – drag remains the ultimate outsider art.
Amelia Abraham
8.29.17
Nightlife

The Highs and Lows of Clubbing With a Physical Disability

People with disabilities want to have just as fun of a night out as everyone else, but 40 percent of venues in the UK don't even have handicap bathrooms.
Amelia Abraham
8.14.17
Crime

The Strange Case of the Innocents Who Confessed to Murders They Didn’t Commit

In 1974, six innocent people mysteriously admitted to a double homicide they had nothing to do with. Each had fallen victim to the same strange psychological syndrome.
Amelia Abraham
8.11.17
Stuff

Sådan slår ekstremisternes mødre sig sammen i kampen mod Islamisk Stat

Danske Karolina er rejst til Tunesien for at mødes med andre forældre, der har mistet deres sønner til Islamisk Stat. Hun er en del af en organisation, der vil have os til at holde op med at skyde skylden på de unge, som hverves af terrororganisationen.
Amelia Abraham
11.19.16
Stuff

Remembering Mad Pride, The Movement That Celebrated Mental Illness

"When mainstream society rejected people who are mentally ill, it created a kind of alternative society."
Amelia Abraham
11.18.16
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