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Love is a Bitch! and Other Lessons in Love
by Emel PeksözRead more: Love is a Bitch! and Other Lessons in LoveAt the start of September, I went to my first Monday lecture of the new academic year. I was met with the bold declaration that love is, in fact, a bitch. Our lecturer, the terrific Dutch scholar Margriet van Heesch, did not sugarcoat her words. She might have even saltcoated them. Her message was clear:…
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Cycle Syncing: The Myth of Alignment
by Pia JungRead more: Cycle Syncing: The Myth of AlignmentWhen I was in 8th grade, about 13 years young, my high school had a sex education project week that was supposed to inform and teach us everything there was to know about sex, pregnancy, intimacy and contraception. Besides having to pull a condom over a rubber dildo while being watched by my teacher as…
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Writer’s Block #52
Read more: Writer’s Block #52As promised – Issue #52 is here! We hope this issue fosters a nurturing space that safeguards critical andartistic voices. With that said, we’d like to thank all of our dedicated and talented contributors for having the courage to present their work. You can download the magazine below or find a printed copy at the…
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The Present
by Pia JungRead more: The PresentThe first glimpse of summer was here, and I felt my life-force reviving. Sitting under a majestic tree, surrounded by beautiful blooming nature, a body of serene water close by, listening to the whispers of the wind and the sweet melodies carried by the birds, I smiled to myself, for I was whole again. I…
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How Videogames Solve Art’s Oldest Problem
Read more: How Videogames Solve Art’s Oldest ProblemGame of Goose, by José Guadalupe Posada The videogame is a young artform. It’s roughly 500,000 years younger than architecture; 72,936 years younger than art; and 4,061 years younger than literature. An odd road it’s been from the Kalambo River wood structure, Leang Karampuang cave painting, and Epic of Gilgamesh to Steve Russel’s Spacewar! Despite…
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