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Art by Terry Miyashita Do you remember that corner store? The one we would go to after school? When we were all toiled by the sun, in white uniforms forever stained from playing with muddy basketballs. Do you remember? The corner store with the two wooden wicker chairs out front, the ones we would finish our ice creams on while swinging our legs, the ones we would shiver in when our feet finally touched the ground, the ones that cradled our bodies as we grew. I went to fi

The file lands on my desk two hundred years thick, and I solve it on page one. It’s a missing person job, but not the usual kind. Everybody in this file is present and accounted for. Named, counted, measured, photographed against a ruler, filed. The one who’s missing is whoever did it. I start reading. Sovereignty was acquired. Acquired, like taste. The verb sits in the middle of the sentence with nobody holding it. Somebody took something from somebody. Three parties to tha

*Disclaimer - Chelsea does actually do her law assignments. If you are one of her professors or her parents, please disregard the article below. I love theatre. Ever since being shoved up onto a stage to go and dance at three, I have trodden the boards more than I care to admit. After having a firm ‘I am going to be a professional dancer and music theatre performer’ era, I subsequently decided to stick to University Theatre during my gap year. Before recommencing my studies i

Art by Sarah Emam ‘Hands are for loving’ [1] She loved me with age spots and short nails. Her skin, cracked from years of hard work, is rough against my tender cheek. Her hands caress. Don’t worry. Hands are for loving. Not the paddle, though. ‘One quick sting.’ One quick sting across a face not an hour ago, gently held, one quick sting, leaves only a small mark. Does not ‘cause harm to the child that lasts for more than a short period’ [2], so it’s okay. I’m okay. ‘Hands a

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The term ‘bamboo ceiling’ in law refers to the underrepresentation of Asian professionals in senior legal leadership. This poem depicts the desire to make one’s parents proud, to succeed, and to spend one's entire life coming to terms with the inevitability of limitations faced by Asians. It is both a critique and a solemn acknowledgement of the racial diversity within the legal field. Art by Jemima Kate Beehag My mother told me to never look down, to look ahead, to look abov