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Variants of Unknown Significance

  • Mai Tran
  • June 3, 2020
My gynecologist won’t stop bothering me about getting a genetic test done.
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We Do Not Belong Everywhere

  • Max Delsohn
  • May 11, 2020
It is an unimaginable gift until you’ve done it, shaving off a self.
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On Loss of Land and Loss of Girlhood: Taneum Bambrick’s Vantage

  • Aria Aber
  • May 1, 2020
Girlhood remains, like the land, a constant site of male fascination, desire, and violence.
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Everyone You Meet Is God in Drag

  • Robert Julius
  • April 14, 2020
If the art of drag has taught me one thing, it’s that I am not unique.
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Queer Disruptions: Talking with Bishakh Som

  • Vidhu Aggarwal
  • April 13, 2020
Bishakh Som discusses her debut graphic story collection, APSARA ENGINE.
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Doing This Wild Thing: A Conversation with Leesa Cross-Smith

  • Monet Patrice Thomas
  • March 6, 2020
Leesa Cross-Smith discusses her new story collection, SO WE CAN GLOW.
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ENOUGH: They Have So Many Ways to Keep Us Quiet

  • The Rumpus
  • January 21, 2020
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Thread: Lacuna

  • Marissa Korbel
  • January 14, 2020
If nobody tells you what to call a feeling, your emotions have a gap.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Erin McKeown’s Dress

  • Allyson McCabe and Esme Blegvad
  • December 19, 2019
I still had the dress and decided to wear it.
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The Thread: Hairy Mary Full of Grace

  • Marissa Korbel
  • December 17, 2019
What a strange depiction. Mary, mother of Jesus, covered in hair.
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Imagine a River of Milk

  • Rebekah Denison Hewitt
  • December 12, 2019
What does a newborn’s swallow sound like?
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The Image-Maker: A Conversation with Sam Brown

  • Ash Green
  • November 22, 2019
Artist Sam Brown discusses the highs and lows of big artistic dreams.
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