Today's issue of Lenny is our last. Thank you for what you've helped us create - a community of dedicated and fiercely passionate readers, writers and artists. As we say goodbye, we're sharing three final stories about birth and rebirth. Take a look at writing from @kaitlyngreenidge on black maternal health, @tahairy on coral reef restoration through IVF, and @exexteen on trans prisoner re-entry, illustrated beautifully by @theholyhawkmoth. These stories and our full statement from @lenadunham @jennikonner @mollyelizalde at the #linkinbio.

"We were tenacious, and we were resourceful, and we were relentless, and we’re so close to winning this election. It’s always worth it to put everything on the line to fight for what’s right. Always." @laurenaunderwood could be the youngest African-American woman to ever serve in Congress. Read her interview with @meena at the #linkinbio. Art by @osheen.siva

"My main question has to do with my grandmother, who is long dead. I’ve been visiting psychics to see if I can find her." Susanne Paola Antonetta visits psychics in Arizona to speak to her grandmother, the strongest and most independent woman she's ever known. Read the full story at the #linkinbio. Art by @kimiewng

4pm mood.

"Women running for office choose to swim upstream. To stand up for injustice in public, to challenge the boys’-club dynamic, you’ve got to have stamina. You’ve got to have resistance." @lupefortexas could be the first openly gay and first Mexican-American governor of Texas. Read @meena's interview with her at the #linkinbio. Art by @osheen.siva

"We are being oppressed for expressing our views. They want to silence us." @driverwrites reports on government crackdowns in Nicaragua and families that have made the difficult decision to escape the country for safety. Read the full story at the #linkinbio. Photos by @jackymuniello

"This is the first time I have ever run for office, and the first time I have ever contemplated doing so. I remember thinking to myself one night, Somebody has got to run against this man and replace him in office. I started listing the qualities that I wanted. Then it occurred to me, Well, that’s me. Why do I need to wait for somebody else to step up and take this on?" Dana Balter on running for Congress this fall, interviewed by @meena at the #linkinbio. Art by @osheen.siva

Full-time witch.

“What you are experiencing is, you’re losing something and, also in the same breath for you, searching for something that was missing." @mollyelizalde speaks to the Long Island Medium, searches for connections to the dead, tries to unblock her root chakra. Read the full story at the #linkinbio. Art by @yesitschaulikeciao

"Women are under this critical lens about what we wear and how we look, and often that scrutiny comes twofold for me as a transgender woman. Sometimes I’m too feminine, sometimes I’m not feminine enough. So the worst advice I get is that I need to change my looks. But that’s the worst thing you can do. Once you’re in a race, you are you. You’d better be you throughout that race." @christineforvermont is the first-ever openly transgender major party nominee for Governor of a US state. Read her interview with @meena at the #linkinbio. Art by @osheen.siva

"Each fish is relatable, human-like, making the ocean nothing to be afraid of. It was no wonder her work reached so many people who, in the throes of economic depression, needed to escape to a world drastically different from the one unraveling on land." Read Kea Krause's tribute to Else Bostelmann, the woman whose evocative paintings brought early deep-sea exploration to life and influenced scientific understanding for decades to come.

"If you care about a community that you’re very much rooted in, stop hesitating. Being still is important, but not right now. You need to jump in and fucking do it." @rashidatlaib could be one of the first Muslim-American women to serve in Congress. Read @meena's interview with her at the #linkinbio. Art by @osheen.siva