aliya's archives.

do you want it or do you want others to see you have it?

We don’t really understand the difference between needing or wanting something, as well as enjoying the fact that others see what we have.

Aug 12 • 

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June 2025

do you know who you are?

on finding & being yourself

Jun 16 • 

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May 2025

he hates you, too (probably).

why do some men (and women) continue to support abusers and not the victims?

May 31 • 

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'hygiene olympics’ and its racist roots.

on the (unhealthy) obsession with personal hygiene, its links to colonialism, and how pop culture influences it.

May 17 • 

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put the screens down and breathe.

on overstimulation, tech-driven instant gratifcation, and grounding yourself

May 3 • 

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April 2025

AI is destroying our planet and our minds with it.

we can’t escape it anymore.

Apr 19 • 

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they could press the button and it would all be gone.

on censorship, rejecting minimalism & technology and the importance of keeping physical things.

Apr 5 • 

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updates updates updates!!

when the writer gets into a slump, but then she picked up the pen again.

Apr 4 • 

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November 2024

men would leave you in the desert with no water.

on decentering men from your lives

Nov 19, 2024 • 

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October 2024

you have barely lived yet.

on filling your own cup, solitude, and more

Oct 31, 2024 • 

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September 2024

we need more than just pepper spray.

Trigger warning: femicide, death, violence, etc.

Sep 6, 2024 • 

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July 2024

the boy is mine.

stop seeing other women as your competition.

Jul 17, 2024 • 

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