Nadya Agrawal

When Samia Ali worked as a medical scribe in Rhode Island—assisting doctors by writing down what happened during patient visits—she saw everything there is to see about the intimacies of a patient-physician relationship. Many times, Ali told Splinter in an interview, she saw efficient and thoughtful care. But there was also neglect, mismanagement and, in some cases, open xenophobia.

Pretika Menon's photographs of female musicians and rappers questions the practice known as 'eve teasing.'
After studying and working for nearly ten years in New York City, art director Natasha Sumant found herself changing her behavior every time she visited her home country of India. She, and other women like her, felt they were always under scrutiny by men. And always under the thumb of patriarchal norms.
“On coming back to India from NY, as a woman, the first thing you tend to get acutely...

I remember describing the first season of ”Master of None” as a whiskey ginger ― so warm, so refreshing, so cool. Aziz Ansari’s creation was like a balm after so much disappointing television, filled with white faces and telling the same stories ad nauseum. When I watched it, I felt like I was holding something new in my hands. Never had the brown immigrant experience been delivered to a mainstream audience in such a fresh and funny way. I felt like I was watching a s...

Former first lady Barbara Bush died on Tuesday of this week. Living presidents remembered her for her grace and wisdom. They described her as candid and strong. It’s customary to recognize a former political leader for their contributions to the country. But when the Women’s March, who had organized the largest feminist protest in our country’s history, tweeted “Rest in peace and power, Barbara Bush,” I just about dropped my cup of coffee.
It felt beyond tone deaf for the Women’s March to be ...

When The Big Sick opened to American audiences in late June, it unleashed a tidal wave on its viewers–people of all colors gathered in cinemas across the country to watch a hapless Pakistani immigrant fall in love. For many it was a brand new concept: a brown man placed centerstage telling the story of his own life. It spawned essays and articles about what it means to be a South Asian in the diaspora. And it gave non-South Asians an insight into life for the rest of us. But for its box offic...

A typical Papi Juice party starts like an old-school bop–with a flyer, albeit digital. Beautiful original illustrations of queer people of color cuddling and holding hands beckons you to a venue in Brooklyn. At the heart of the party, the DJs are spinning old tracks and new, people are voguing and grinding and twerking and kissing. This is what a new world looks like.

My 'Just In Case' Inheritance | Hazlitt

As she tours her breakout fourth album 'Puberty 2' across the U.S., Mitski talks to i-D about her songwriting strategies and favorite sneakers.

"We create from a space of intention and hope."

Why do they overlook and underrepresent women of color in order to date white women?

THE NEW YORK RAPPER IS BUILDING AN EMPIRE, FROM ASTORIA, QUEENS, TO THE TAJ MAHAL

Despite major scientific breakthroughs that help prevent the spread of HIV, 240 new cases occur every hour.

As ICE launches more raids on immigrant communities, young people are coming together to prepare themselves and their families for the future.

One thing is clear for women around America under President Trump: reproductive health care is in danger.