Through a Rose-Colored Lense
a photo series by liz stewart Continue reading Through a Rose-Colored Lense
Third Wave Feminism: Where It Has Been and Where It Still Has to Go
by Lucia Zheng Recently, in a conversation with a group of highly accomplished, intelligent young men, I was told, with great insistence and conviction, that “third wave feminism has no place in the 21st century”. I’ll give them some credit for their investment in this conversation. They cited women’s suffrage, Title IX and access to birth control as major accomplishments of the feminist movement. But … Continue reading Third Wave Feminism: Where It Has Been and Where It Still Has to Go
The A Word
a piece by Sofia Sears, recently published on the political blog OpinYoung, copied here: “No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.” – Margaret Sanger The free reign of rape apologists and anti-abortion activists (often synonymous)– is a topic we ought to scrupulously dissect. However, in a country as embedded with deep-seated fear of the potential “dangers” intrinsic to women … Continue reading The A Word
wabi sabi
A slam poem by Perry Mayo Wabi sabi: a free style Let’s talk wabi sabi. Sabi- a mindset, aesthetic of the Japs Ain’t nothing perfect bout this world, this body or this rap Wars are raging, lives at stake Boys wield guns, girls seem free to take This earth is divided by language and belief There’s no time to reconnect, to help or send relief … Continue reading wabi sabi
dark days
Photographs by Julianna Yablans Photographs taken at the Luxembourg Palace, Paris, France. Continue reading dark days
shrinking girl
Disappointment smells like the burnt edges of the books in Fahrenheit 451 The city becomes too small at night. The world will close in and curtains must be drawn The shadows will not go. I will hold myself into anything; abyss solitude emptiness I will carry myself through hell but it will not be beautiful The sun still rises and people … Continue reading shrinking girl
self-reflection- a playlist
This month, we have a playlist curated by a guest contributor, Austin Astrup, centered around the theme of “self-reflection”. It is meant to accompany you while engaging in the very confusing, disconcerting, but ever-evolving experience that is self-contemplation and self-reflection. Enjoy, below (and follow Austin on soundcloud for more). Continue reading self-reflection- a playlist
six am
An anonymous poem Six a.m. We lie, lying on these zero-slopes, lying to ourselves Unencumbered by the light that forces us to face eternal gloom, we zoom- Out of reality, leaving it a speck, horrifyingly tangible yet so far down repressed: Like a spring it will take rise, but relish as we must the intermediary time. We ourselves are poisoned, poisoned by our beds to … Continue reading six am
conformity- a playlist
Beginning now, we will continually post a monthly playlist in accordance with the monthly theme, curated by different, varying humans. If you’d like your playlist to be featured, please submit ideas/pitches to us before each month. Here is this month’s playlist, Conformity, below. This playlist is a small compilation of songs that defy and play with the status quo and conformist, traditional expectations of oneself and … Continue reading conformity- a playlist
goodbyes like these
An anonymous submission/poem I cut it out of me I cut it out and I didn’t look down I didn’t speak nor did I change my mind It was done Infinitely, deliberately, beautiful It was gone Out of me, you are You small bump of human suffering I saved you from this hellhole A universe of female bodies being legislated Where my humanity shreds itself … Continue reading goodbyes like these
The Odyssey Zine 