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007: DESIRE

April 2021

Ride it

Reckless

Word Count: 791

by Anne Marie Wirth Cauchon

Riding the waves of desire, with a statement from our Editor.

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With SHRINE MAIDENS OF THE UNSEELIE COURT
a video game by TABITHA NIKOLAI

THE DESICCATION OF CORAL

Word Count: 3,290

by Jamieson Webster

A tour through a dream, a rumination on the loss inherent to desire.

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With an excerpt from BEYOND THE NATION STATE I WANT TO DREAM
a video by DORINE VAN MEEL

Grey Area

Word Count: 694

by Derek Owusu

A lyric of the liminal, of breath, and smoke.

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With DWELLING
photography by STEPH HARTOP
 

“LIVING MY LIFE”: GRACE JONES PERFORMING THE UNDECIDABILITY OF FEAR AND DESIRE

Word Count: 2,293

by Sequoia Barnes

An analysis of Grace Jones subversion of white patriarchy’s oppressive desire.

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With KINSHIP MASKS
photographs by DAYNA DANGER

The Need to Know

Word Count: 1,306

by Rashida Taylor

How to explore our own desires outside of white male desire and its limitation to heteronormative standards?

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Fashion editorial with photographer
BERNICE MULENGA

EVAPORATE

Word Count: 1,745

by Youmna Chlala

Fiction of the Pacific coast, family, and the beautifully tragic solitude of life.

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With FLIGHT MODE
a video by DAIVA TUBUTYTĖ

نانی

Word Count: 604

by Sanah Ahsan

Poetry that blooms from grief to honor a grandmother’s life.

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With THE OTHER SIDE
artwork by LUCY XIAOCHUAN LIU

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