By Mj Richards Illustration by Sako Chapman Dear Readers, I’m going to be brief this month, partially because I don’t have much left say, but also because we have been getting a tremendous amount of submissions from you, our beautiful readers. It has been a thrill to sift through the […]
Artist Feature: Grace Selvig
By Natalie “Lee” Arneson CPJ: Getting the background of you and your artistic journey, when did you first begin making art? Grace: Oh, that’s hard. That’s a complex answer because me and how I make art—like my biggest passion is like designing spaces and like interior design, on my scale, […]
How to Befriend Your Favorite Band by Katie J. Moore
The first time I met My Favorite Band, I said exactly four words to them, “Hi,” “thank you,” and “bye.” I had been aware of them for less than a year, but they had already changed my life as I sat listening to them, an anxious and – as I […]
Enemies to Lovers
By Grace Selvig Enemies to lovers as a literary trope/device is pretty self-explanatory. Two people who quarrel in some way develop a relationship over the course of the story. Some people see this genre and roll their eyes. They think that it is cringe or see it as people developing […]
American BDSM
By Melisa Ferati Safety and freedom are two concepts often placed at opposite ends of a spectrum, whether in circumstances as frivolous as taking personality quizzes or as serious as surviving and navigating sociopolitical cycles determining the fate of human rights. Two states that should be able to feasibly coexist […]
That One Summer Day I Forgot Fruit in My Room
By Kaylee Padilla I remember a stench that summer creates under its hot sun. Something that was just as encapsulating of the skin, but not by warmth that every inch of flesh craved after the season’s long withdrawal, but it was fruit flies, fluttering specs that complied to their invasive […]
On Trans Liberation and the Origin of Transphobia
By Elise Grage So far in 2023, 492 anti-trans bills have been introduced in 47 states. 26 have passed, 422 are active, and 44 have failed. These bills range from bathroom bans, bans on drag in public, and banning trans youth from accessing life-saving medication. This sudden rise in hatred […]
Tessie Forster’s First Death by Maeve Howser
Compiler’s note: Compiled Evidence Regarding Tessie Forster’s First Death makes explicit mention of guns, police, weight/diet, misogyny, and mental illness. As the author, I can’t in good conscience recommend that you engage with this article if these are difficult points for you. Compiled Evidence Regarding Tessie Forster’s First Death Compiled […]
Kit Mora
By Hero Winsor Content Warning: mention of abuse, child abuse, transphobia, police Kit Mora (they/them) is a nonbinary, indigenous 17 year old missing out of Omak, Washington. I interviewed Kit’s adoptive older sister Charlotte Groo, who has been leading the search for her sibling, about the details surrounding Kit’s disappearance. […]