first person
Ranging from emotive personal essays to rich creative non-fiction, this section seeks to tell colourful first person perspective stories.
![Malorie Blackman on growing up Black in a white world](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/malorie-blackman-1.png)
Malorie Blackman on growing up Black in a white world
![Movement beyond boundaries, redeveloping our relationship to fitness](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nike-Advertorial-3.png)
Movement beyond boundaries, redeveloping our relationship to fitness
![After I was left to miscarry alone in A&E, it was my Tamil community that cared for me](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Untitled_Artwork-46.jpg)
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After I was left to miscarry alone in A&E, it was my Tamil community that cared for me
![Becoming auntie: Lucinda Chua on how music helped her find a community](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Becoming-Auntie.png)
Becoming auntie: Lucinda Chua on how music helped her find a community
![Swipe Left: We’re in a cost of loving crisis and it’s draining my wallet and patience](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/swipe-left-cost-of-living-crisis.png)
Swipe Left: We’re in a cost of loving crisis and it’s draining my wallet and patience
![‘Impossible without relentless hope’: climate activism in an era of chaos](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Untitled-design-133.png)
‘Impossible without relentless hope’: climate activism in an era of chaos
![From postcards to sexts: my love letter to long-distance longing across generations](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Long-distance-relationships.png)
From postcards to sexts: my love letter to long-distance longing across generations
![Facing the mirror: unpacking the personal and the political](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Nina-illo-1-1.png)
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Facing the mirror: unpacking the personal and the political
![Looking within: how memories of home helped me travel from loneliness into light](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Grace-illo-1-1.png)
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Looking within: how memories of home helped me travel from loneliness into light
![I’m learning to balance my traditional family’s values with an independent sex life](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sexual-Desires-Color.jpg)
I’m learning to balance my traditional family’s values with an independent sex life
![Human again: how I found my voice after escaping an abusive employer](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Analisa-illo-min.png)
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Human again: how I found my voice after escaping an abusive employer
![How Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan revealed my family’s deep political differences](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image_6483441.jpg)