BRIGHT Magazine

After three years and 800 stories, we are saying goodbye. And we want to thank you, our readers, who made BRIGHT possible. Keep the conversation going.✨ Read our farewell essay by @sarika008: bit.ly/2Kj8RKb

Though it's illegal, in Argentina there's an estimated 450,000 abortions every year. Many of those are practiced in unsafe conditions. In this piece, @beluarce explains how feminist activists are trying to change that. brightthemag.com/out-of-the-clo…

.@AbrahamSteph shares some advice on how to talk to suicide survivors. brightthemag.com/dont-ask-if-he…

Women having abortions also need support. @cactuswrenwrite wrote. about the abortion doulas that provide this care. brightthemag.com/in-deep-red-am…

In Africa, Nigeria is the largest consumer of skin lightening products. In this essay, @MissWanaWana explores why this practice is so popular. brightthemag.com/skin-lightenin…

For queer, homeless youth New York City's underground ballroom community has brought together safety, family, and glamour. @laurarenamurray introduces us to Vogue Knights. brightthemag.com/home-is-where-…

For over a century, photographers reinforced the idea that black and brown people are sub-human. This has fed into science, history, and the global distribution of wealth, wrote @NgendoMukii in an essay we published last year. brightthemag.com/national-geogr…

It's time to rethink the purpose of travel, writes @asmithb. brightthemag.com/the-next-trend…

Tomorrow is our last day and we are sharing some of our BRIGHTest stories.✨ We start with this one from 2016 by @courtwrites: brightthemag.com/the-reductive-…

“We took abortion out of the closet,” says Martha Rosenberg, an 83-year-old activist. In our latest story, @beluarce explains how the legalization became a national debate in Argentina. brightthemag.com/out-of-the-clo…

Jargon. Why does it seem to be everywhere in the world of international NGOs and global development? brightthemag.com/the-good-the-b…

Future Africa is designed to be a hub not merely for interdisciplinary research, but transdisciplinary research. bit.ly/2ZwUYOB

"My skin color was particularly concerning to my mother, since we were an upper-caste Brahmin family. Anytime someone would call me dark, my fair-skinned mother would correct them and tell them I was “wheatish,” one of the many euphemisms for brown skin." brightthemag.com/fair-but-not-s…

We need to find new ways to tell migrants' stories. But how? brightthemag.com/the-double-edg…

"Regardless of whether a pregnancy is badly wanted or bad news, its loss is an emotionally fraught journey." A beautiful essay by @sarika008 via @brightthemag. A Tale Of Two Abortions medium.com/p/a-tale-of-tw…

How did the demand for legal abortion become a national debate in Argentina? @beluarce explains in our latest feature. brightthemag.com/out-of-the-clo…

How do you choose the right image to tell a story? brightthemag.com/talking-in-pic…

In education, impact investors could find an opportunity. What's stopping them? brightthemag.com/why-impact-inv…

"When fat people are in the news, it’s because of some new study that reduces us to disease and death. We are mocked, ridiculed, and condescended to. " brightthemag.com/being-fat-is-n…

Skin lightening is a widespread practice in some parts of the world. Read this essay to understand how it affects women in Nigeria bit.ly/2JDGMgA and this one to understand what's behind this practice in India bit.ly/2Y6KhWd.