You Are Masters Of The Fish And Birds And All The Animals
Images from American photographer Shane Rocheleau’s eponymous book form a portrait of the psyche of white heteronormative masculinity and its visceral manifestations in the United States – accompanied with an artist Q&A
Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, Black Fathers, and White Women
EIC Zoe Patterson weaves together an analysis of Kendrick Lamar's new album with grief over her relationship with an absent parent
Masculinity
Twisting myths, tropes, and figures – both human and animal – in and out of each other, Iranian multidisciplinary artist Zahra Mohamadi undercuts our constrictive constructions of gender
Spectacular Faults
TW: physical and sexual abuse
An excerpt from Sondra R. Brooks’ unpublished memoir, this personal essay paints a childhood haunted by the damaging spectre of hypermasculine, alpha father figures
A Knotty Problem: Politics of My Hair
When cutting your hair is a radical act – Lubnah Ansari unpacks the social paradigms surrounding the politics of female hair in the South Asian context
Patriarchal Woman
Chilean artist Matías Alvial's artwork interrogates the ways in which the eyes of a patriarchal society see women: as domestic and sexual servants
Excerpts from the Sisyphus Collection
In this project by Golbarg Jokar, women wear formal dress, but the housework is integrated with their body and costume – they cannot be separated from their responsibilities.
mina port (abu dhabi, uae)
New in milk & vodka, a poem about a woman walking alone through an Abu Dhabi port.
A Letter on Men, to Harry Styles
Sofia Sears takes us into the mind of a modern fangirl in this nuanced open letter.
Growing Up With Rohan
A queer realization set in India. New in fiction, by Kaashif Hajee.
me and hymn
A cynical, rhythmic poem on the expectations placed on women in matters of love.
powerful woman
“and what is a line but divide but a border but fate but a worry” – Vamika Sinha explores her postcolonial identity trapped between two sides of the equator, and reclaiming power over her sense of belonging as a woman.
Panic grass
A girl relenting to the loss of innocence, embracing power, sexuality, and female agency in a “man’s world.”
Calloused Hands
A love poem turned inwards, Mhraf Worku considers her palms and the roots they hold on to.
The Pond
New in fiction, by Zoe Jane Patterson.
Don't lie to me, mother
A poem on how women inherit and pass down patriarchal rigidity.
woman at sea
Invoking the likes of Safia Elhillo, Vamika Sinha writes about the voyaging woman of color, what she grows, gains and sacrifices.
yellow
Picking apart the loneliness of what it means to be a young woman, a sunflower, in a cold world.