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The Wilderness Within

Fear and intuition fight for dominance when hiking alone in the wilderness

Grow, SelfRebecca JamiesonDecember 23, 2021hiking, woods, wilderness, female hikers, Oregon, cascades, mountains, fear, intuition, women, outdoors

Reclaiming Dykes

How the masculine and the feminine collide in the biker world and beyond

Grow, SocietyRyleigh NorgroveNovember 21, 2021dyke, lesbian, LGBT, queer, dykes on bikes, Portland, gay, lesbians, pride, pride parade, gay pride, motorcycle, interview, essay, personal essay, society

Detail, Color & Brutality

Across Turkey and Eastern Europe, architecture and design varies in a number of ways

Grow, DesignAli Can ÖztürkDecember 11, 2020grow, design, architecture, city life, interior design, color, brutalist, buildings, old buildings, urban, Turkey, eastern europe

Welcome In

Creating a community garden in the times of COVID-19

Grow, SocietyCassy DorffNovember 17, 2020grow, society, garden, gardening, COVID-19, neighborhood, pandemic, harvest

The New York Phase

Learning what it takes to live in New York City for a summer

Grow, SelfJennifer JusselSeptember 28, 2020self, grow, new york, new york city, new yorker, city, city life, internship, publishing, LGBT, bisexual, gay, gay pride, south, Texas, writer

HysterSister

One woman’s struggle with persistent pain leads her to make a difficult decision

Grow, SelfVictory WitherkeighMarch 23, 2020grow, self, female, anatomy, periods, vagina, hysterectomy, medical, surgery, pill, women, birth, children, body, self image, self worth, recover, pain, blood

Man of Straw

An essay that contemplates how the use of guns in our society will always remain complicated

Grow, SocietyTyler LacomaJanuary 14, 2020grow, society, guns, gun, shoot, weapon, war, pain, blood, scarecrow, farm, Oregon, northwest, defense, fields

Museums & Modern Life

An image showcase focusing on eye-catching museums and magical moments in modern life

Grow, DesignHoyin ChanDecember 30, 2019grow, design, museum, museums, art museum, modern life, design aesthetics, product designer, city life, city, san francisco, asia, new york, chicago, seattle, light, color, bright colors, coffee, coffee shop, explore

Straight to Gay

Why are straight men so attractive to gay men?

Grow, SocietyNoah LashlyOctober 23, 2019grow, society, gay, straight, gay men, gay man, straight man, homosexuality, heterosexuality, bisexual, bi, college, gay sex, television, film, Brokeback Mountain, exploration, sexuality, crush, kiss, relationship, gay relationships

The Woman I Was Dying to Know

If the price of motherhood voids one's personal identity, perhaps we should reconsider the wager

Grow, SelfTerrance ThomasOctober 7, 2019grow, self, essay, personal essay, family, mother, death, dying, funeral, identity, loss, memory, women, body, makeup, music, grief, dreams

India, Interiors & More

Stunning shots of architecture found in India are compared with images taken around towns of the UK

Grow, DesignJarek PawlickiSeptember 12, 2019grow, design, India, United Kingdom, interiors, interior design, architecture, buildings, cityscape, Asia, color, art, artwork, museum, old buildings, churches, church, lighting, aesthetic, design aesthetics, stone, brutalist, pattern, statue, Instagram

Mindful Meat-Eating

An essay about the internal conflict that comes along with being food conscious

Grow, SelfVanessa GiovinoAugust 26, 2019grow, self, food, eating, healthy eating, meat, animals, animal, chicken, vegetables, vegetarian, vegan, recipes, farm, livestock, eggs, farming, farm raised, diet, body, food photography

Fashion Isn't Shallow, It's Empowerment

By choosing to make a statement with the clothes they wear, women should feel empowered and free

Grow, SocietySarah RobbinsJuly 25, 2019fashion, women, style, clothing, clothes, shopping, self-empowerment, trends, trendy, model, status, religion, feminism, art, choices, society, popular culture, female, shallow

Reading Isn't Dead

In a world where stories are consistently shared more and more on screens, are we leaving our beloved books behind?

Grow, SocietyLaura StephensonJune 25, 2019grow, society, reading, read, books, story, stories, TV, television, movies, film, book, reader, moving, family, growing up, older

Everyday Spaces

Highlighting the photography of a design enthusiast who captures the kinds of spaces where we constantly find ourselves

Grow, DesignKevin ChungJune 10, 2019grow, design, architecture, building, buildings, design aesthetics, interior design, interiors, city, old buildings, home decor, home, skyline, art, lighting, train, cabin, museum, library, college, campus, washington, michigan, california

American Cheese

An essay about why it’s important to travel far from home, even when your family doesn’t approve of your adventure

Grow, SelfElise SilversteinApril 23, 2019grow, self, essay, personal essay, travel essay, Italy, food, family, grandmother, summer, WWOOF, farming, gardening, Europe, animals, wildlife, farm, vegetables

Candid Design

Snapping photos across Europe that depict city structures in context by showing how they interact with nature and the people passing by

Grow, DesignAllegory RidgeMarch 26, 2019grow, design, architecture, buildings, old buildings, color, Europe, Paris, Copenhagen, Istanbul, European, eastern europe, city, city life, photography, photos, travel photography, edifice, facade, foliage, park, people, candid, explore

Belonging

Sometimes no matter where you find yourself, the people and the places around you make it feel as if you’re never truly home

Grow, SocietyWesley HoodMarch 14, 2019grow, society, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, upstate, New York, Pennsylvania, fall, autumn, fall colors, winter, gay, homophobia, family, friends, rivers, ocean, city, place, travel, moving, skyscrapers, old buildings, gay man

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