jGirls+ Magazine

My country is afraid when I bleed.

My college list is shrinking.

Every part of the world holds beauty waiting to be discovered. And it's even easier to find that beauty when looking through another person's lens.

His joke brought me back to every moment when my personhood was placed after my weight, with others assuming that my personality simply couldn’t exist because I wasn’t skinny.

What. If. They. Hate. Her.

When I said the “Sh’ma,” a declaration of monotheism and peoplehood, I recalled learning the words at age six. I saw Kfir’s face, and I prayed that he, too, would one day grow old enough to say “Sh’ma Yisrael.”

Through my work, I hope to inspire others to share their colorful selves with society and create a more welcoming and vibrant world.

I have not come to convince you to stay.

He wanted to know me And my name I was defined by two men already

I took this collection of photographs during my time in England as I struggled to find my place.