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Dear reader, Save the date! Jom’s launch party will be held from 5-8pm, December 2nd Friday. Our core team will be there, so will many contributors. We’d love to meet you in person. Jom is going to have many more parties in the future, but we’ll only...
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Featuring an essay each by members of Jom’s editorial team, and many others, all within the themes of “Activism”, “Ecology” and “Music”.
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