With July 4th behind us, we’re continuing to dive deeper into the nuanced questions of freedom. The American fantasy of “freedom” is far from lived experience. Our dear friend (and AMAZING writer!), Magogodi oaMphela Makhene, offers us a view inside her own experience–having grown up in South Africa–witnessing the inconsistencies and hypocrisies within the stories […]
In Her Words: Yasmin Ahram on Freeing Herself
Everyone had an opinion about it, but only because I let them. It wasn’t about proving other people wrong, although that was a great byproduct. It was about proving to myself that I could. My hair was such a big deal, and I wanted to strip it from all the meanings it had accumulated. Most […]
In Her Words: Samaris Pagán on Hurricane Maria
Samaris is one of our lovely interns at Atelier Doré. When we first met her and heard her story of not only surviving Hurricane Maria, but eventually making her way to New York, and thriving, we knew we wanted to put a spotlight on this woman whose demeanour is so kind and energetic. She puts […]
In Her Words: Gemma Burgess on Miscarriages
One in three pregnancies ends in miscarriage. That’s what I told myself when I had my first miscarriage, in early January 2017. I had two little boys, then aged five and almost three. It was my third pregnancy. C’est la statistical vie. A swift D&C operation and I woke up in the hospital, empty, and […]
In Her Words: Amelia Mularz on Souvenirs
To be a travel writer and have a souvenir compulsion seems too on the nose, like a pastry chef with an insatiable sweet tooth. Sure, the two go hand in hand, but one would assume a certain amount of professionalism, some intellectual distance between the career and the infatuation. But alas, here we are, and […]