Weaponizing Cuteness Fabric, foam, digital manipulation Electra Pelias is a multidisciplinary artist whose scrappy, heartfelt practice blends sculpture, fiber, printmaking, and digital media. She...
Alex Bortell I shed fistfuls. Natural poacher, confused when I’m born finless. You hold two catfish by the gills. Spear me in the Muskegon. The Cougar’s ashtray lined with buds. I sift through...
Megan Eralie-Henriques Look closely at my hands. Notice how I’ve shredded the skin around my jagged nails. Look closer. See my fingernails picking at wounds, scarcely able to scab over. Bleeding,...
To Grow, You Have to Look at Your Roots Acrylic on canvas Through visual storytelling, Larissa Monique Hauck confronts the complexities of queer feminine identity contrasted with the resilience of...
Apollo Chastain “You can win a pistol!!!” I remove the white chiclet gum, which I have been chewing so long it’s lost flavor, from under my tongue. I hand...
Jaime Gill September Well, this was a bloody stupid idea. About two months ago, you said, half-joking I think, that I should hire a therapist. “Don’t be absurd,” I said. “I’m...
Adon M. Oil on wood panel Jeni was born in Mill Valley, California across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Jeni moved down to Santa Monica, California and attended SMASH, an alternative...
Mandy Shunnarah Nobody ever asks who baked the bread, coaxed the yeast & flour with alchemy, or beckoned its rise with knuckles & patience. Nobody asks who smoked the fish, much...
Mays Kuhail “Dodi, Dodi!” Giza nudges me awake. “The wall is coming down.” I open my eyes, slowly adjusting them to dawn. The sun is making its way out of the valley’s horizon,...
Tariq Karibian It’s 11:53 AM. Your phone is at 57%. Since the Internet went down, you’ve been keeping it on Low Power mode and using it mostly as a clock. There is a lull in the chaos outside....
