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Author: Maya Vannini (she/her/hers)

WHO IS SHE? Maya Vannini, 16, is new to The kNOw, but has been writing for upwards of five years. She’s usually being politically vocal on Twitter or binge watching Vice documentaries. She believes the best meme is the “henlo lizer” meme. DID YOU KNOW? She makes facial expressions unknowingly when having a conversation in her head. For more from Maya, you can follow her on Snapchat @MayaPannini
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Chimera Khala

09/18/201810/08/2021 Maya Vannini (she/her/hers)

Chi·me·ra, noun 1. (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail. 2. a thing that

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Community Culture & Identity Politics

A Global Issue

08/30/201810/08/2021 Maya Vannini (she/her/hers)

Over a year ago, I covered a protest at Fresno’s City Hall on International Women’s Day. Among a diverse sea of women, a few male

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Arts & Entertainment Culture & Identity LGBTQ+ Lifestyle

Fresno Reel Pride Presents: “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson”

10/23/201710/08/2021 Maya Vannini (she/her/hers)

Last month, Fresno hosted the 28th annual Reel Pride Film Festival, showing exclusively LGBTQ+ inclusive films. The festival does wonders offering members of our community

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Culture & Identity Narrative

Fractions Of A Whole

04/03/201710/08/2021 Maya Vannini (she/her/hers)

(This piece was originally published in Spectrum, a literary anthology comprised of winning/honorable mention submissions to the Young Writer’s Conference and was awarded the FACET award.) 

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Community Culture & Identity

A Show of Solidarity for Immigrant Women

03/30/201710/08/2021 Maya Vannini (she/her/hers)

As Women’s History Month draws to a close, I’ve been thinking about the unparalleled weight the event carried this year, as we’ve elected a POTUS

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