Winter Solstice 2020

Poetry

Bailey Cohen-Vera

Diamond Forde

Jessica Lawson

Jocelyn Li

Julia Laxer

Lark Omura

Art

A Visual Poem by KT Herr

Fiction

Tight Little Vocal Cords: a novel excerpt by Loie Rawding

Essays

Ritual for Release 2020 by Courtney Morgan

Solstice Soliloquies—Notes from the Editors

Winter 2020

Poetry

The Body Becomes a Pool to Drink From–A Poem by Levi Cain

Three Poems–by Sequoia LeBreux

The Monarchs–Poems by Annette Hakiel

Learning to Cry–A Poem by Sidra

Fiction

Moving Water–by Alicia Cohn

The Hawk–by pavlos stavropoulos

Essays

Same Name–A Lyric Essay by Jessica Willingham

Podcast: Interview with Sydney Fowler–Author, Activist + Sensitivity Reader–by Courtney E. Morgan

Love Notes (Sort of) to Late Winter—Editorial by Courtney E. Morgan and Ansley Clark

The Search for Non-Capitalist Pleasure

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The Search for Non-Capitalist Pleasure

by Ansley Clark

One of my most pleasurable memories occurred in my friend’s tiny room, sitting in her plastic and unremarkable desk chair. We were English teachers living in Beauvais, France; my hair was full of split ends, and my friend offered a trim. Since none of us owned any glassware, she handed me red wine in a mug. Her fingers combed through my hair, occasionally skimming my scalp, while her scissors quietly and steadily snipped away, like small gentle insects.Continue Reading

I Don’t Want to Look How They Want Me to Look: On Tininess and Sexuality

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by Ansley Clark

She is on top, curled between his legs with her back against his groin, almost a fetal position. Her thin thighs press together, contained into a skinny tight v. Her arms wrap around her knees, her calves lifting to reveal tiny wet vulva lips, a cock sliding between them. She is a ball of tiny-shaped legs and a swell of belly barely there and thin arms and a sharply prominent rib cage. The caption reads: “I love this pic because it shows how tiny I am and how big he is.”Continue Reading

“There Is No Normal”: A Chat with Couples Therapist Jane Ryan on Sexuality and Relationships

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Jane Ryan is a couples and family therapist based out of Tacoma, Washington. She is also my mom. I was lucky enough to not only grow up learning from her wisdom, but to also chat with her recently about her work with relationships, the myths about sexuality and sex addictions, and the unique and vulnerable nature of each individual’s erotic template.

Ansley Clark: How did you get involved with sex therapy? When did you first discover that this was a field you were interested in and passionate about?Continue Reading