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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
Swamp Tears
The LoversSwamp TearsBy Talia Diane N'Sele Issue 20 how delightful must it be for you to put on your tears. dangling earrings dancing before dripping into rivers of misery. one, two, three trickling down your cheeks on an almost perfect beat. a tragic and...
Pink
The LoversPinkBy Jordan Stewart Issue 18 Everyone has the capacity for kindness. There’s joy in the small moments, too. None of us were meant to do this alone. And what if we found little pockets of love in moments of fading daylight? What if I rested in a...
dear future lover
The LoversDear Future LoverBy Cheyenne Edwards Issue 18 dear future lover, these days, not often, but often enough, you leak from my dreams into my daylight, as i imagine us in domestic bliss together. i think of us on the couch reading respective books while you...
it’s so easy with you
The LoversIt's So Easy With YouBy Niko Issue 18 vez, you are love in its purest form. when we first met in person, i was extremely nervous. i was sweating at the bus stop under my hoodie and flight jacket, sipping on strawberry soju trying to loosen myself up, and...
Love and Devotion
The LoversLove and DevotionBy Verza D. Issue 18 Dear lovie, I have such intense feelings for you. I always tell you how different I was before I met you, how I was running from love, how I thought I couldn’t handle it. But when I met you, my heart caught fire. I’d...
when my closet held my heart
The LoversWhen My Closet Held My HeartBy Mari Issue 18 I love you, I have always loved you. For keeping me safe, for allowing me to hide during the tremblings and seizings of my world, holding on to your frame during the quakes. Even though sometimes, it felt as...
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