Words by Kleo Cruse Art by Xiaoyang Pei
I’m not going to sit here and fill your brain with weak cliches. Heartbreak will hurt more than death. Food will taste like ash. Everything reminds you of them. Love songs suck but they are the only palatable thing to listen to.
… Trackies, MDMA & Fucking Around: How to Survive Heartbreak
No matter where you are in the world, most individuals can relate to the feeling of having a defining characteristic that separates them from the supposed norm. … Mixed Race? Yes. Mixed Up? No.
I hated my stripy red, white, and silver stretch marks for a seriously unhealthy amount of time. … A Mark To Remember
To say the least, she made me fucking miserable. … She
We all have parts of our bodies we don’t like. But, it’s a whole different ball game when that body part you don’t like is classified as a clinical disease. … Scoliosis, Straight Up
So I’ve set myself a challenge – I will be my realest self on Tinder for seven days and see what happens. … Seven (Real) Days On The Tindersphere
A good goal in life is to try and build yourself up to be a better person than you were the day before. … The Fight To Self-Love
Think your problems aren’t big enough? Impossible. Everyone has something to work through, because ‘the daily grind’ of university, work, and home life isn’t as carbon copy as it sounds. … 1300 788 336
“You have the power to be nothing, or be everything,” says AJ Clementine, vibrant YouTube personality and woman sharing wisdom on her gender transition. … Beauty Beyond Gender
I’ve stepped over dead bodies in Egypt, uncovered dinosaur bones in Mongolia, been drugged and kidnapped in South East Asia, robbed, threatened and truly believed I was seconds from death. … Kim Jong’s the Illest: A North Korea Travel Diary
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