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Nature
Written by Lillian Anderson Art by Lillian Anderson the feeling of staring at a mountain or landscapewhether it be open stretching meadowcraggy rock faceblanched desert sprawlnorthwest forest reachingand finding comfort in unfocused gazelike looking into the eyes of someone familiaryour grandmother, or friend with no effort to make yourself anythingbut a pair of eyes, lookingeasy… Read more
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American and Something Else as Well
Written by Audrey Orenstein Art by Greta Scheff If I had a nickel for every time a housemate informed me that a famous person had done something antisemitic, I’d have two nickels. In January, it was Elon Musk performing a Nazi salute and making Nazi jokes on Twitter—the only example of deadnaming I support—while in… Read more
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March ’25 Horoscopes
Written by Julia Cote Art by Christopher Chapman Watch out for falling icicles, readers! The ice is melting, but are your hearts? Sorry, Gossip Girl is on the mind (RIP Michelle Trachtenberg). Unfold yourselves from the winter and into spring with these genius prophecies. Aries: The historical figure you did a report on in fifth… Read more
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The Trickle Down Theory of Fashion
Written by Abigail Marble Art by Hadley-Rae Balmes You heard it here first, the 1950s are back! Time to bust out your leather jackets, poodle skirts, and saddle shoes. Okay, I’m exaggerating because it is definitely not as fun as it may sound. Conservatism is on the rise in America; in politics, in ideologies, and… Read more
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Untitled
Poem by Lillian Anderson Art by Lillian Anderson sitting idle under dust blanketdarting eyestensing, bracing,clinginganticipationof thundering roarimagining beast barrelingcinching neck between jawstotal decapitationclutching at my throattrembling, picturingchange emerging,or more like barging, in,rearing andsnarling clattering slobberinggnawing incessantrumbling roaringtrampling new buds flat and tearing open huge hole—beast pads in silently;unnoticed over the sound of my thinking.then, while… Read more
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Stonewall: A Riot, A Reckoning
Written by Parker Rogers Art by Lute Campbell In the summer of 1969, the air in New York City was thick–heavy with humidity and bubbling social change. The Civil Rights movement was taking the country by hold, along with the Women’s Liberation Movement, Anti-war protests, and the Counterculture movement. The nation was reaching its boiling… Read more
