Sublimation: to change the form, but not the essence. (Merriam Webster)
When we received this piece, we were told “Jefferson Davis the Nth” is a story about the sublimation of racism in the New South. It seemed a shame to have the word go to waste, so here it is presented to you along this short piece of fiction.
When weather reporter Ash Patel-Brown sets the unlikely precedent of making accurate weather predictions, people get confused and angry. Some are furious she’s breaking from an age old tradition, others are upset that they’ve made their lives more predictable and boring. Chaos ensues.
Are we still talking about the weather?
Rene Camarillo is an East Los Angeles born and raised creative who produces textiles and handcrafted apparel with themes of immigrant realities, neglected labor, and critique on the social engagement of fast fashion industry practices.
A creative exploration of understanding oneself through one’s physical body. Take a look into the nature of symbols using personal accounts, family history, and the work of Umberto Eco. It is, above all, a personal confession told through the eyes – or perhaps terrifying mouth – of girlhood.
With some help from you, reliable sources, and our editorial team we have put together a brief guide for learning about what is currently happening in Palestine, around the world, and what we can do to support people in the face of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
An experimental fiction story laid out as a medical form for memory erasure, filled out by a person who has just lost their husband in a tragic way that haunts them. Highlighting the power of grief and memory, with some light critique on the American medical system, the author hopes readers will find familiarity, empathy, and a little bit of horror in Alex’s ordeal and what they are willing to sacrifice.
For a #freethepits ad campaign that claims to be about not judging armpits, there’s not a single bushy armpit in the bunch.
I’ve been compiling many of my poems from old notebooks to create a book of life. Like a memoir but in poems. These are a few of the recent ones.
After hitting her head in an accident, a woman has a strange conversation with a fish about the limits of her life and ends up with a little more hope than before.
Where does the film, and by extension, the doll, fit into our discussions of feminism, capitalism, and nostalgia?
Our Editors interview Jason Wang and Sally Chen, a writer artist team responsible for the production of “Untitled Gamer Play”
Realpolitik is a space for the typically excluded young and outspoken voices to share more complex pieces of writing, like personal essays and op-eds, specifically in the always-tumultuous field of politics.
Reincarnation explores natural cycles through a queer lens. The piece deals with loss, and rebirth, especially the losses and rebirths that are associated with queer identity; ostracization, internal conflict, self acceptance, and transformation.
The intentions of a painter and an environmentalist are pretty similar. Both aim to preserve the landscapes they love.
Pulp fiction magazines have always teetered between the line of low and high art, and as such are considered fairly niche when it comes to art historical scholarship.