Shubhreet Dadrao

Features Senior Staff Reporter

Shubhreet started contributing to The Ubyssey in 2022. She loves to tell stories of all kinds and is always looking for more forms and techniques of literature wherever she can. She's always finding new things to learn and explore, so she's a bit of a nomad and could be literally anywhere on the planet as we speak. The best way to find her is to email her at s.dadrao@ubyssey.ca.

An illustration of two girls speaking to each other via string-can phone through two windows in a brick house with a green door

When I mispronounced a word or made the wrong sound because of these similar articulations, I was met with laughter and pushed to repeat what I had said before getting support on correcting myself.

It’s hard to notice when the things you love begin to hurt you, and harder still to leave them once you realize it. Prioritizing my sanity and wellbeing was scary, disheartening and took longer than it should have.

i used to wish i was a boy / because i thought / i would get / the benefit of the doubt / from a culture that loved / what i wasn’t.

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