About the Artist: Lizette Ayala is a Salvadoran-Mexican digital designer, creative technologist, curator, cultural strategist, and budding curandera based across New York City, Texas, and Mexico City. She’s a recent graduate of Parsons School of Design, where she majored in Design and Technology and studied experiential design, new media, and surveillance practices. Here, she produced … Read moreLizette Ayala Digital Design
When Joe Biden finally clinched his electoral victory against Donald Trump on Saturday, November 7th, it reminded me of the day President Obama announced the assassination of Osama Bin Laden. It was a day I remember feeling puzzled. Liberals celebrated in the streets and on social media, but I felt nothing. My initial thought was … Read moreThe Return of Fascism: Three Triggers of the Next Reactionary Wave by James Taichi Collins
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s early 20th Century bildungsroman novel series, Anne of Green Gables is available on Netflix as a three season mini adaptation: Anne With An E, however, it will break your heart and mend it through a discourse of collectivism, equality, fraternity and love unlike any other series. Highlighting indigenous populaces of Canada, the … Read moreEndemic love and Anne With An E by Rida Akhtar Ghumman
By Mariah Miranda
There are many perceptions of what Washington D.C. is and looks like as the Nation’s Capital. While it is a secondary home to many influential politicians, it is also home to a rich history of resilient people. A city that was once considered Chocolate City now struggles in the face of late Capitalism gentrification, rising costs continuing to burden individuals during the Covid 19 Pandemic. Amidst a time full of turmoil, individuals across the city have come together to provide mutual aid, virtual resources, and a sense of community through activism, all while navigating the limitations due to the virus.
There was a switch that went off in my mind and soul in the last month or so. I’ve decided to radically love myself. I look myself in the mirror and claim everything that I am: fat, curly-haired, wide nose, hooded lids, and absolutely breathtaking. This was after a long three-month depressive episode where not … Read moreDepression In 2020 Hits Different by Nancy Azcona
These are trying times. I think that for a while I tricked myself by doing ab challenges and drinking foamy coffee but y’all – it’s getting to me. The election. The pandemic. The disregard for human life that we see systemically everyday. THE COLD WEATHER! Everyone needs a breather, a change of scenery from time … Read moreThe Weekend Getaway: Mentally or Physically, Ya Need One by Rachel Cabeza
a bone cracks in my chest. it stretches like a river,
With this series, I wanted to play with the concept of childhood, using collage from fashion magazines and toys. As I am an intense person, always looking to experience the present, I seem to forget the past. There is not enough place in my mind for all the data, and that includes my childhood memories. … Read moreChildhood by Seigar
Assertion Gaze Illumination Emergence Resolve About the Artist: Isma Gul Hasan is an illustrator based in Lahore, Pakistan. She received her bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication Design from Beaconhouse National University in 2017, and completed an MA in Illustration with a distinction from Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London in 2020. Her … Read moreIsma Gul Hasan Illustrations
While I’ve not seen it personally, I have heard it said that Alaskan Wood Frogs survive winter by allowing their body to become two-thirds ice cube. Some fish in Antarctica have developed a method of creating antifreeze that bind to ice crystals that form in their blood. The non-flatteringly named Hagfish release a gooey slime … Read moreIf one wants to survive a hostile world, one must adapt by Chris Talbot- Heindl