A cyborg tries to get mechanical care for their robotic arm.
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The Idol
A nameless office worker is suddenly accused of stealing a coworker’s sacred whiteboard; an object treated with cult-like reverence.
The Forest of Ink & Skin
This essay addresses ideas around eco-storytelling & neurodiversity, while reflecting upon an immersive performance the author co-created in Tartu, Estonia in 2024, and tells the tale of a woman who must absolve her sins by tattooing the trunks of every tree in a forest.
The Growth of a Nation
A speech on the greatest threat facing our country.
The Bright Horses
“The Bright Horses” is a dystopian short story about a marshal returning a fugitive to Washington, D.C. Taking place on an Earth devastated by a cosmic event, the characters must sift through their grief for hope, justice, and connection. Will they find purpose in myth? Will they find it in laws and governments? Or does a desolated world leave us with nothing but hunger?
On Working With Kids
Childhood is a surreal, terrifying, and beautiful concept. Children are real.
I Walked Through the Midnight Library and Saw the TV Glow
I was pretty active on Letterboxd last year. If you’re unfamiliar, Letterboxd is a social networking platform that allows people to rate, review, and catalog films. It pretty much functions exactly like Goodreads with a laughably bad search function to match....
Jefferson Davis the Nth
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.
A Perfect Storm
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?
Dissecting Destacarse
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.
The Horse’s Name Was Friday
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.
This Is Not A Watermelon
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.
We Can Forget It For You
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.
Something Stinks with Dove’s New #freethepits Campaign
For a #freethepits ad campaign that claims to be about not judging armpits, there’s not a single bushy armpit in the bunch.
a collection
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.
What Falls When We’re Not Looking
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.
What Was Barbie Made For?
Where does the film, and by extension, the doll, fit into our discussions of feminism, capitalism, and nostalgia?
A Look at “Untitled Gamer Play”
Our Editors interview Jason Wang and Sally Chen, a writer artist team responsible for the production of “Untitled Gamer Play”
Why We Made Realpolitik
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
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.
New Landscapes
The intentions of a painter and an environmentalist are pretty similar. Both aim to preserve the landscapes they love.
Queen Of The Pulps
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.
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