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The Village
A Conversation with Saffy Osei on “Deeper: A Collection of Offerings”
I wanted to craft it in a way to tell the story of who I am. I have always considered myself to be a writer…Having a pre-med/public health background, [I wondered] “How can I take a step back from the science side and be more intentional with the human side?” That’s when I started to write more personal essays. That’s how this memoir began.
By Sophie Koutsoftas
The Village
Meet Pucker Up! The punk band for bad bitches
When Pucker Up! was still in the works, Shug and Demi—the band’s lead singer and bassist respectively—sipped on drinks at The Bog, a beloved local bar in their hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. A man approached them soon after sitting down.
By Ava Pauline Emilione
The Self
You and I in Technicolor
They tell me in the moving pictures
that boys like you need girls like me
to grow them up into men who save people;
to grow them up into men who love people.
By Cadence Beck
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Against the Tide
Against the Tide: Community Care in the Collapse of Empire is a testament to the power of grassroots organizing and resistance. Featuring essays and interviews with U.S.-based activists in the wake of the 2024 election, Against the Tide is a freedom cry and a call to action. Our editors went to The Free Black Women’s Library in Bed-Stuy, to enviornmental land trusts in New Mexico, to raves led by Black queer DJs, to non-profits in Texas, and beyond to connect with community leaders building a liberated future. Our 23rd issue reveals that oppression is not the end of our stories. With imagination and action, it is only the beginning.
The Village
The stories across the Black Diaspora
You and I in Technicolor
The SelfYou and I in Technicolor By Cadence Beck Ivory fingers on redbone skin, your eyes were dead and filled with the sins of your daddy’s daddy long before I thought that someone might help things by keeping cans of light beer in the fridge for you. By keeping...
A Conversation with Saffy Osei about Deeper: A Collection of Offerings
The VillageA Conversation with Saffy Osei on Deeper: A Collection of OfferingsBy Sophie Koutsoftas My first introduction to Saffy Osei as a writer was their piece Love Letter to Saffy written for Issue 18 of Ebony Tomatoes Collective. Simply put, Love Letter to Saffy...
Meet Pucker Up! The punk band for bad bitches
The VillageMeet Pucker Up! The punk band for bad bitchesBy Ava Pauline Emilione When Pucker Up! was still in the works, Shug and Demi—the band’s lead singer and bassist respectively—sipped on drinks at The Bog, a beloved local bar in their hometown, Scranton,...
Gndr
The SelfGndrBy Phaïssa Grenaëlle Verdilus “How do you identify”? I unhinge my mouth to answer but no sound comes out “How do you identify”? I identify as fire NO. Not like the fading flicker of a lighter But like a hell mouth where parents, strangers, and politicians...
Marbles
The SelfMarblesBy Mon Misir CW: Self-harm, purging Grace Martin, at eight years old, held the world record for filling her mouth with marbles. Only, her name wasn’t Grace Martin then. She was Kaysha Williams. Her parents wanted her to have a fierce knowledge of her...
Review: The Ghost of Leslie-Fucking-Feinberg + What Could’ve Been
The VillageReview: The Ghost of Leslie-Fucking-Feinberg +What Could've BeenBy Cheyenne Edwards It’s a dewy, drizzling night in Williamsburg, burdened by similar winds that brought Dorothy and Toto to Oz. Inside The Vino Theater, there’s a sea of queer and trans...
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