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Malavika writes essays, reported stories, and fiction exploring themes of identity, race, gender, Gen-Z, politics, and culture. Here are her favorite stories. For more writing delivered to your inbox, subscribe to her newsletter!

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essays

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Teen Vogue: How Toni Morrison Transformed Me as a South Asian Writer. 

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HuffPost: Perfectionism is a Myth, Unless You're a Young Woman of Color. 

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Refinery29: I'm the Daughter of Indian Immigrants, and Kamala Harris Changed the Game for All of Us.

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HuffPost: How Having a Name That Nobody Can Pronounce Taught Me Who I Really Am.

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Washington Post's The Lily: I'm Seventeen. Here's Why I'm Participating in the Women's March. 

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Teen Vogue: We're Teen Journalists, and We're Ending Gun Violence.

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Teen Vogue: What Colorism Feels Like as an Indian-American Woman. 

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HuffPost: I Led My High School's Walkout to Demand Gun Reform. Here's What I Learned.

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Harper's Bazaar: I'm Seventeen Years Old, and I'm Afraid For My Life.

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commentary

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NYLON: When Will Women Get A Break from Hollywood's Serial Killer Obsession? 

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Teen Vogue: Why White Women Need to Stop Using the Word Karen

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reported

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Washington Post's The Lily: Interview with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan

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Refinery29: How Youth of Color Are Reimagining the Anti-Gun Violence Movement.

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Teen Vogue: For Pulse Shooting Survivor Stephanie Kersten, Dance is a Source of Healing 

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Stanford Daily: Inside the Weeks-Long Human Rights Strike at Stanford-Affiliated Hotel

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Stanford Daily: With Campus Visits Cancelled, Minority Admits Struggle to Imagine Their Place at Stanford

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creative

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YoungArts: Novel Excerpt, All The Yellow Suns (Live Reading + Musical Performance)

Refinery29: Dear Mom and Dad (Slam Poetry performance with Saida Dahir + Sam Getachew)

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