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Vivek Shraya: Next Time There’s A Pandemic

We’ve had pandemics before this one, and by most accounts there will be another in our lifetime. Statisticians generally agree that, in any year, the probability of experiencing a pandemic ranges from two to four percent. This translates into a “47-57 percent chance of another global pandemic as deadly as COVID in the next 25 […]

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Vivek Shraya: I’m Afraid Of Men

Sharp, thoughtful and to the point writing that paints a vivid portrait of Vivek’s Shraya’s search for safety in our masculine-dominate culture. The personal stories that makeup I’m Afraid of Men are compelling and framed from the perspective of a person whose gender expression ever-shifts against, and with, conventional norms, serving to challenge the status quo as well as each of our roles within it.