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THE HUB is an online magazine and blog that features feminist articles and films by citizen journalists. The publication is a longterm project conceived by Advice Project Media, and its mission is to help lift the voices of youth, women, and indigenous peoples from around the world by sharing their articles and films about gender, the environment, intersectionality, and climate change.

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Standing on the subway as I headed home after a sleepover, my knees buckled from lack of sleep. Spotting a seat, I felt a wave of relief that soon turned to discomfort after I noticed that in the adjoining seat sat a man with his legs spread wide. I sighed, as I knew from experience that I would need to position myself in my seat with my knees locked or thighs crossed to allow myself enough room. As I sat down the subway jolted forward and my knee knocked my neighbor’s thi

Introducing the Real You

92/365 Breathe, by Martina K. Dear 13-Year-Old Saskia, Thirteen is a big year for you. You will have your first kiss, your parents will present you with the idea of moving to Australia (you will say no), you will spend another summer at a camp full of girls who make you feel bad about yourself and you will devote most of your time there struggling for their attention and acceptance. This is the year you will also begin to lie to your parents. You will lie in new ways, using i

Growing Mango Trees to Educate Girls

A woman is gang raped and flung from a bus in India, Nigerian terrorists are stealing girls and honor killings are common. In the most recent atrocity to make the papers, two innocent girls from a rural village in India’s Uttar Pradesh state went to the fields to relieve themselves when a group of men surrounded, raped and strangled them to death before hanging their bodies from a mango tree. Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan dubbed rape a “‘trivial incident” and