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w/ love

letters from inside a life that's still being figured out - mailed with a kiss.

By Amal Kiswani

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let me peek!

how do you know what you actually feel when everyone is telling you what to feel?

public relationships and selfhood and - uhhhh - Olivia Rodrigo's "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love"

Letters to the Ether

how do you know what you actually feel when everyone is telling you what to feel?

public relationships and selfhood and - uhhhh - Olivia Rodrigo's "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love"

Jun 21•Amal Kiswani

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will you let love stain you or break you?

on loss, grief, and other painful things

Apr 20•Amal Kiswani

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the infantilization of the arab woman, and what we do about it

on Arab women, the dance floor, and the double life we learned to live

Apr 17•Amal Kiswani

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"sometimes being repulsive is the very proof of your magnetism"

my new years resolution is to speed-run being disliked and getting rejected and other terrible, terrible things

Mar 28•Amal Kiswani

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it's our fault kids shouldn't be on the internet anymore

Letters to the Ether: a rant about my fears re: social media

Mar 9•Amal Kiswani

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i've spent my life eulogizing everything i love

Letters to the Ether: on loss, and how it stained me

Feb 10•Amal Kiswani

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Dear Amal

history won't remember me - how do i live with that?

Dear Amal, Episode 11: on how scary it is to be "basic"

Jun 13•Amal Kiswani

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how to lose everything, but win yourself

Dear Amal, episode 10: rebuilding after heartbreak

Mar 16•Amal Kiswani

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yes, you should tell them you love them

Dear Amal, Episode 9: on crushes, ripping off the band-aid, and bravery

Mar 5•Amal Kiswani

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you're not sad... you're just bored

Dear Amal, Episode 8: on friends, loneliness, and making do

Feb 24•Amal Kiswani

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quit outsourcing love

Dear Amal, Episode 7: on perfect men, altars, and other love day notes

Feb 14•Amal Kiswani

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