Author name: Kalliopé Anvar McCall

Illustration depicting Mahsa Amini protests

There’s a Baby Within the Beast

There’s a Baby Within the Beast words by Kalliopé Anvar McCallillustration by Chelsea Wang For the children of Iran. I wrote this poem after I saw a baby in a demonstration in Toronto while protesting the murder of Jîna Mahsa Aminî . The protest was very difficult emotionally; everyone was crying, screaming, grieving in […]

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Illustration of various fashion magazines spread out

America’s sex symbol is a tortured woman

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America’s sex symbol is a tortured woman words by Kalliopé Anvar McCallillustration by Shelley Yao To ‘cure’ me after my psychotic break, my cousin Drew gave the keys to his L.A. luxury fucking condo so I could get some R & R, his words, not mine. When I picked up the keys from the balding

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