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Selena Forrest by Glen Luchfoed for Self Service Magazine Issue 60

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Salem Mitchell by Peter Ash Lee for Vogue China

Margaret Zhang (Editor-in-Chief), Alvin Yu (Fashion Editor/Stylist), Rachel Lee (Hair Stylist), Priscilla Ono (Makeup Artist)

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A Palestinian father playfully balances his son on his right hand at the beach in Gaza City early one evening.

The coast of Gaza has grown increasingly popular over the years. It had always been a sight for weary eyes but with Israel’s siege denying Gazans the freedom to move, its seemingly endless seascape offers, for many, a very tangible escape, even if only temporal. It has also become a very popular family destination. Entire meals are prepared, served, and eaten here, and it is not uncommon to stay the night, father, son, and all.

Photo credit: Ali Ali, June 2013. (via smpalestine)

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Adut Akech by Nadine Ljewere for Vogue UK - Dec 2020

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i just don’t think “is dude gender neutral” is that productive of a conversation because a word can be gendered and still used regardless of gender. i call my male friends girlypop and my female friends man but i don’t think anybody would agree that those are somehow not gendered terms.

the real question is just “would you be willing to apologize and stop using a word if somebody told you it made them uncomfortable?” the answer to which in a surprising number of cases is no mostly because it seems like overall ppl r more upset abt getting accused of transphobia than they are abt being transphobic

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Gordon Parks, Untitled, Alabama, 1956

. © The Gordon Parks Foundation, courtesy of the Gordon Parks Foundation and Jenkins Johnson Gallery.

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“You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.”

— Unknown

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“We just got to accept that some people can only be in our hearts, not in our lives.”

— Kathy B.

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(via Instagram)

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