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Clocked In

Clocking into work from the perspective of a medical professional in Hong Kong. "Coronavirus took the world by surprise. It was a time of...

Wanderlust

Sharmaine tells us about her desire to travel once the pandemic is over. "2020 is really a challenging year. My biggest achievement is I...

Close

Staying close during a pandemic is tough when everything has become digital; what we now call Zoom fatigue has become a genuine problem....

Testing Tides

2020 came like a storm, Daniel writes about how he rose above it all to overcome his fears. Diving into the unknown... "2020 was a...

Mad Skills

London-based illustrator Keisha writes to us about took advantage of 2020 to learn new skills, honing them in preparation for the new...

Reflection, refraction and dispersion

The first story we're featuring on 'KNEW' is written by Prague illustrator Martina Fischmeister, who tells us about her ups and downs...

Issue 3: KNEW

Here is our 'KNEW' cover for our third issue which is all about positivity and self-love! Our issue title: 'KNEW' is a play-on-words,...

Blocked Out

The final story of Issue 2 looks at harmful stereotypes that lead to gatekeeping against Muslims who want to learn English. "So when I...

Imbalance

"...Cultural appropriation could be a whole debate on its own and given how the term is thrown around a lot these days..." "When I think...

Rusée

"Is it cultural appropriation, or just a look?" "The fox eye makeup recently became a massive trend all over the Internet; it can be...

I Spy

1. Due to my lack of understanding, I didn’t see it as an issue however on the other side of the spectrum I also didn’t see value in my...

Just A Stereotype.

1) How did you feel like a child not seeing your own race not being represented on screen and in general media? Growing up I did not see...

Boxed

"Personally, I have never experienced misrepresentation or stereotypes based on my race. As a white woman who grew up in a largely white...

Issue 2: Of Our Skin

For our second issue, we decided to talk about misrepresentation and culture appropriation. Recently I have noticed that in recent years...

Finding My Own

The first thing that comes to mind for me is the books I read. Movies for me initially were always adaptations of books, with some...

Fight Me

"The first time I played a Street Fighter game was on a plane (in-flight entertainment), when choosing my character I immediately honed...

Voices Within

"In spite of living in the subcontinent, my culture remains alien to me and I, remain alien to it. It has much to do with classism and...

Once Upon A Time

"One thing i really remember about kindergarten was when i drew self portraits/ drawings of my teachers, they were always blonde hair +...

Chai Stained Skin

"The concept of beauty was in grained by society and cultural norms to be "fairness" unfortunately as Pakistani having dark skin was made...

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