This month we’re sharing a collection of personal stories about the joys, challenges, and complexities of the AAPI experience.
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And please share your favorite stories from around Medium in the responses! We’re adding to this list all month:
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We’re excited to announce big changes that will help readers (and writers) refocus on reading:
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We interviewed Kaki Okumura, a writer and illustrator whose Medium essays on Japan’s approach to health and wellness have reached over a million readers worldwide. Check it out:
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A friendly reminder if you're wondering about our policies on hate speech at Medium: we don't allow it
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We want Medium membership to be a must-have for every smart, curious person on the internet. So this year, we’re going beyond the core benefit of content access to bring new features to membership:
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"I want The Generator to be a home for people who have things to say about generative AI who maybe don’t have the platform to say it." —
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Check out what caught our eye this week, including great reads about AI, a story about using ChatGPT4 as the dungeon master in a D&D game, and much more:
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Got a favorite poem? Drop a line in the responses to this list. We'll be adding to it all month:
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In celebration of U.S. National Poetry Month, we’re highlighting some of the poems (and essays about poetry) you’ve shared on Medium over the years:
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I have been waiting for a reason to write about the American smile for decades. And AI finally gave it to me.
AI and the American Smile
How AI misrepresents culture through a facial expression.
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Starting today, Medium is offering a 25% discount on one year of membership for eligible college and university students.
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What’s a Medium story that has answered a big question for you lately? Respond and let us know:
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Today, we're releasing an update that brings key publishing features from desktop web to our mobile apps. Learn more:
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For #PiDay, we're curating this running list of math-related reads from across Medium. Feel free to respond with your favorites:
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We interviewed about how his Medium essay, "Laziness Does Not Exist," found an audience of over 3.6 million readers and became a book:
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Here are just some of the stories we've featured about women's history so far—from personal essays to historic deep-dives:
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And to read some of the great pieces people have already shared, check out this list: medium.com/@MediumStaff/l.
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As we approach the third anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’d like to invite you to share your pandemic stories:
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We're really excited to be fully rolling this out: As of today, our Mastodon instance me.dm is fully open to all Medium members!
If you're a Medium member, read on to learn how to quickly and easily get your new account up and running:
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Here at Medium, we’ve always placed a high value on individual expertise and personal expression. That’s why we’d like to hear your pandemic stories.
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For Women's History Month, we're celebrating the stories of remarkable women of the past, present, and future.
Help us build this list by sharing your recommended reads in the responses!
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“Upstanders are essential to a culture of radical respect.” —
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We’re excited to announce that we’ve added new features to lists to give you more ways to find and explore collections of stories.
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Starting today, some authors may see a notification on their story stats page and in their inbox that says their story has been Boosted. Learn more:
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Simple friendship — a thing we learn early but never really master — can have as much impact on our overall happiness as love.
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Members can now download lists of stories directly to their devices with the latest version of our Android and iOS apps. Learn more:
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Today we’re launching a new program that invites published authors to verify their identity by claiming their books. Read more:
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The untold tales, bizarre backstories, and personal narratives behind our favorite heart-shaped holiday. Curated by Medium Staff.
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"What I want people to understand is that the stories regarding our struggles and fights are still important. But there is more to Black life than the things that have scarred us the most." —
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"Layering the experience of this earthquake on top of years of crises makes the act of moving on, of healing, all but impossible." —humanitarian aid worker and global women's rights expert
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"I gloried in the danger, and the wild and free life of the plains, the new country I was continually traversing, and the many new scenes and incidents continually arising in the life of a rough rider.”
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"Josephine Baker shattered the activist trope long ago, dispelling the myth that Black activists can’t fight against racism while also having a good time."
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“Afrofuturism combines science-fiction, history and fantasy to celebrate black people. As Paul Lewin stated: ‘I believe all art by people of colour is important to the concept of valuing Black life.’”
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"When an 11-year-old Black girl in Jim Crow America discovers a seemingly worthless plot of land she has inherited is worth millions, everything in her life changes — and the walls begin to close in."
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This month, we're curating essays and perspectives on Black history from writers across Medium. Here are just a few of those stories, but we'll keep updating this list—share your recommended reads in the replies.
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Two years on, I've kept thinking about; the need for craft & care in product building, how ads don't work, how people buy from + trust people
Spent some time thinking about products with community at their core. I'd love your feedback ⬇️
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Here's what we're reading on Medium this week: a veteran game designer’s masterclass in storytelling; a humor writer roasting Airbnb; an entrepreneur’s honest take on startup life; and more.
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“Developing a healthy relationship to change is essential, both personally and professionally” — via
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