Seeing Sound – Synesthesia
What happens when the lines between senses begin to blur? When you can taste words, feel voices, see music? Synesthesia, an unusual neurological phenomenon,…
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Open Letter to Love
Young at heart, old at heart. This is the descent into madness that only love can inspire. This is Philips open letter to love….
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A Hostage Bride: Til Death Do Us Part… or Until I Escape
You grow up dreaming about your future, imagining the job and the family you will have. You decide which profession to choose, whom to…
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Marriage By Capture
In most countries where the tradition of bride kidnapping exists, it’s considered a sex crime by the government. But even so, marriages by capture…
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A Murderous Accident
When the wickedness gets to us, we have two choices: condemn it or embrace it. But the option of choosing doesn’t always lie in…
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Snap, Crackle, and Pop – Navigating Misophonia
If you’ve ever had the urge to punch someone in the face because they were chewing with their mouth open, you may be surprised…
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Barbies and Bombshells – Childhood in War
Mirza, 29, is a Berlin-based bar owner. Born in the town of Cazin, in the northwest corner of present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, his…
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I Didn’t Kill Him
Sometimes it takes only a split second to change a life forever. Whether it’s because you faltered in a crucial moment, or a situation…
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Why Being a Girl With a Black Eye Sucks
One in three women globally will suffer domestic violence in their lifetimes, and 70% of those cases will go unreported (according to WHO and…
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Mum Has Two Hours to Live
Every day of our lives we run the risk of being hit by a bus, struck by lightning, or killed in an infinite number…
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The Numbing Process
This is a story of heartbreaking loss – the suicide of one’s mother. How does it feel to loose the closest person to you…
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Ballerina – My tragic young dream
A dream. A thought, an image, a wish – that given the time and attention, can snowball into reality. It cannot truly be forgotten,…
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Fear and Loathing in Journalism School
The world is drowning in data and information and the role of the reporter is as important as ever. But just as inequality is…
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Hello Butterflies
Self-acceptance is a rather complex issue, and the borders that people cross to start liking themselves and enjoy the world differ a lot. Everybody…
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My Beloved Blade
Self-harm is usually seen as a dark phenomena, undertaken by troubled individuals as a cry for help. Webs of secrecy, lies, and social taboos…
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Coming Home
A perfect family does not exist, as there is no perfect parent. To create and better yet, to maintain a family is undeniably hard…
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SLEEP PARALYSIS – TRAPPED IN A NIGHTMARE
If you thought nightmares on their own were horrifying enough, you may want to reconsider. Although it’s difficult to be precise about the total…
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Paved Paradise – Growing Up Goan
Red dust clouds rise. Feet stomp and shuffle to a 180 bpm track. Speakers pound an enormous sound while fluorescent coconut trees sway in…
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Mafioso on the Run
Mafiosi stories are a widespread topic in books, TV shows and movies. As we all know they exist, we may not be surprised to randomly…
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Cut and Consequence – Female Circumcision
Female circumcision is a term used to describe the partial or complete removal of a woman’s clitoris and/or labia minora. After being declared illegal…
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Dribbles Down Under
Indigenous Australians have gone through a lot since European settlement: the genocide that began at colonisation in 1788; the removal of indigenous children from…
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