How does it feel?
This issue’s cover star, Aurélie Guichard’s black and white photography series is a soft reflection on the past year
Limpieza pa’ la Tristeza
Cristalina Parra reflects on self-love and skincare in this stream of consciousness poem woven with her native Spanish
Haiku Series: Body Parts
Continuing our haiku series with a meditation on the politics of self-love, by Louise Gerodias.
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.
self-ish
“In a TV show, I’d be a supporting character you might feel conflicted about. I have spent too many moments of my life aspiring to be white” - inspired by Lyn Heijinian, Vamika Sinha prods at encapsulating identity in writing in this new prose poem.
My name, ምዕራፍ
Mhraf Worku's poem weaves Amharic and English in a personal reflection of self, cultural and national identity.