UNBECOMING
A poem that questions the lines between love, care, gender, and sexuality and what it means to be and become
Three Poems
New in our milk & vodka column, a trio of crashing, biting, tender poems by Laura Evers on womanhood
Two Poems
“Saturday morning my hair meets this drain” and “Not a snow day” are two poems by Tawanda Mulalu that reckon with loving, existing, belonging, and all the gaps in between
whatever you want to call me is fine
The question of pronouns should not be a question – Hannah Coakley distills a limpid sense of resistance in this new poem
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
Hard Job: Three Poems
Three new poems by Garreth Chan, exploring sex work and sexual labor.
Sex Club
A tongue-in-cheek poem by Tzy Jiun Tan.
absence of the latina intellectual: some abstract theory for your ass
New in milk & vodka, a searing poem about agency, sexuality and discrimination of women, by Kim Morales.
Ethan, Or the First Time I Laid Eyes on You
“You’re the laid back type unlike the boys / I’m used to, who prance about in search of toxic masculinity” – Shane Allison’s new poem enacts a queer romance in a bar.
Beautiful Adonis of a Lake Bradford Sandwich Shop
“I watch your lips move as you / Ask if I want mayonnaise, mustard” – Shane Allison cloaks queer lust in rich food imagery.
I'm a Slave to Strawberry Ice-Cream
When ice-cream is your “cold bitch” “dominatrix.” New in poetry, by Shane Allison.
Fried Bologna Sandwiches
A queer erotic poem masked under hot dogs and mayo, by Shane Allison.
cambridge, ma
A melancholic love poem set at Harvard.
We Take What We're Given
A powerful personal essay by Samantha Neugebauer about self-image, weight, travel, love, and body positivity.
The Water in the Sun
A surreal, subtly erotic poem by S K Garcia.
The Mantids' Debt
New in milk & vodka, S K Garcia uses natural imagery of flowers and the Venus flytrap to make a commentary on sex and power.
The Morning After
Zoe Jane Patterson lays out the aftermath of a hookup.
Frida
Zoe Jane Patterson wanders through the streets, playing out her life in a Frida Kahlo lens.
The Strange Man, Me, and Spaghetti
Ruobing Sabrina Zhao reimagines a fictional Murakami scene in this new poem.
On the Beach at Night Alone
A whimsical, dreaming young woman “knocks on the heart of another tree” in this poem by Ruobing Sabrina Zhao.