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The Lovers
Venture into the gritty BDSM underground with this erotic short story by Alina Moore, a Chicago-based lesbian writer. As an up-and-coming dominatrix, Madame Zaza has no problem making clients fall to their knees and submit—but standing out against the competition is a different story. Enter Madame Nox, a magnetic “Dungeon Dom veteran” who challenges Zaza to see what they’re made of. If you’re mourning the end of Heated Rivalry, here’s a kinky sapphic competition that’ll be sure to leave you bruised…and dripping.
By Alina Moore
The Village
goodnight mom i love you
Brooklyn-based writer Lilura Chacez is pulling on our heartstrings in this poem exploring the loss of a mother. Chacez paints the softest images—from the garden growing nurse plants to a grandma plaiting hair—that rescue the speaker’s memories from time.
By Lilura Chacez
The Village
An illuminating ethnography written by Angolan writer and budding economist Noémia Rocha. This nonfiction piece unpacks the intersections of culture, migration, and identity through the lens of African hair braiding salons. This compilation of essays examines the significance of hair braiding within the African immigrant community in New York, and the evolving role of hair salons as cultural and economic spaces.
By Noémia Rocha
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Spell on You
The LoversSpell on YouBy Alina MooreA short story from our January newsletter TW: BDSM, bondage, impact play, pain, power dynamics Her eyes begin to close as my hand squeezes harder against her neck. “Now, once they are restrained like this and you have a good hold,...
goodnight mom i love you
The Selfgoodnight mom i love youBy Lilura Chacezin the garden of forking pathswhere we bury nurse plantsis where i lost youi wish i knew you before you knew meit’s late mom we should sleep grandma cornrows the branchesof our hair together in separate directionsthe...
Braiding Identity: African Women, Hair Salons, and Identity in New York
The VillageBraiding Identity: African Women, Hair Salons, and Identity in New YorkBy Noémia Rocha My first week in New York, I was bombarded with the immense diversity the city has to offer. I tried my first Indian food cart, saw people from cultures I had only...
I Wonder if I’m the Mongoose
The SelfI Wonder if I'm the MongooseBy JoliAmour DuBose-MorrisAn essay from "Perennial Song" Mongoose Sale “Buy a Mongoose Today! They’ll change your life,” an ad on Craigslist said. From where? East Village. It’s a rare creature, so it can’t be purchased on Jamaica...
(re)collection
The Village(re)collectionBy Flor KhanA shortlisted essay from "Perennial Song" Bismillah– I enter the mosque with my right foot, a sign of respect and humility, following the example of the Prophet Muhammed Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam This is a place of worship, a...
oprah tried to kill me
The Selfoprah tried to kill meBy k thompson when oprah and her goonsa mob of strangers anduniformed cops, came rushingtowards me, i swung at themwith all my might.my mind was miles awayfrom the truth, unaware that in reality,i was standing in a walgreens parking...
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