When I was a senior in high school, a fear of failure began to take shape in me that has been pooling ever since. It’s not a constant, alarming fear. It’s a ma...
In my head, she’s just Joan. Having underlined and highlighted until my copies of her books grew unrecognizable, and now having seen her speak to the camera wit...
The love of female friendships is more a hum than a tingle.
Growing up, I wanted the friendship of pristine, American suburbia – the kind of bubble gum and ...
I’m nine years old, sitting cross-legged next to my best friend, our knees touching. Between us, we are a collection of brown girl confusion – thick and unruly ...
Ramna Safeer is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and has a BAH in English from Queen’s University. She is the Project Manager at Sophomore Magazine, the author of a poetry book Year of Saving Self, published by Rahila’s Ghost Press this past summer, and an Associate Editor at the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. Her essays and poetry have appeared in The Huffington Post, Adolescent Magazine, and Room Magazine. She is a perpetual coffee-spiller and has a lip balm for every occasion.
