Broadly Identity
I Was Tricked into Becoming a Cam Girl at 18
It all started with a mysterious MSN message asking me if I'd like to be a model.
As a Teen, I Was Haunted by the Sexual Persona I Created to Protect Myself
The person I created on the internet shielded me from the slut-shaming I endured at the hands of high school bullies. Rather than let their words break me, I molded my online image to embody sexuality.
Online, I'm the Picture of Health. Offline, I Have a Chronic Illness
I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 19—but you'd never guess that from scrolling through my Instagram feed.
The Stages of My Life in Usernames
"Who knows what people are doing in real life so long as they present their purest front online? What is the opposite of catfishing?"
Photos that Challenge How We Use Clothing as Markers of Identity
Lagos based photographer Noma Osula uses wigs to make his models anonymous and raise questions on whether or not gender and sexuality can ever be perfectly expressed in what we wear.
For Women Who Wear Hijab, Finstas Can Be a Space to Let Loose Online
By the time private accounts with curated followers became mainstream, they were old news to me. I knew many women who wore hijabs who would set their Instagram profiles to private, write “WOMEN ONLY” in their bios, and post pictures with their hair down.
How Being Radically, Unapologetically Open About Sex Freed Me
I spent a decade building a separate life as an A-grade dress-wearing, dick-sucking moral vagrant. Then I realized that the secrecy only served to deepen my shame.
The Affirming—But Bittersweet—Experience of Watching YouTube Coming Out Videos
I expected the clips from LGBTQ vloggers to be too earnest and saccharine, but I fell down the wormhole anyway.
This Photo Project Is Challenging the Fashion Industry to Be More Inclusive
Stylist Ziggy Mack-Johnson and photographer Sophia Wilson set out to challenge industry standards on relationships.
When I Made a Sex Work Pseudonym, I Didn't Know I'd Be Her Forever
I didn’t realize at the time, that my new name would both protect and endanger me—and that my youthful attempt to rewrite my story would actually help form the person I would become.
The Loneliness—and Comfort—of Being Online
I’m into the internet as a gateway to systems of care—the kind of care that turns a sad finsta post into a spontaneous visit, a phone call, a gift; turns a silent question into 1,000 late-night answers, turns the monster within into a collective hum.
As a Trans Woman, Our Obsession With Labels Feels Limiting—Not Liberating
I’m trans, HIV positive, and I don’t seek to fit into a single gender binary. But my simple desire to land a date on a dating app is often lost in the terms I'm expected to use.