Winter Solstice 2020

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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

Ritual for Release 2020

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by Courtney E. Morgan

The following is a ritual which uses the powerful practice of tonglen meditation from Tibetan Buddhism to help us say goodbye to 2020. Tonglen means ‘giving and receiving’ or exchanging self with other. In this ritual, we take in the pain of 2020, transform it within our ourselves, and give or send out relief, compassion, love.Continue Reading

Winter 2020

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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

Queering a Path through the Universe: Sex & Love in Sci-Fi

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Queering a Path through the Universe: Sex & Love in Sci-Fi

by Courtney E. Morgan

There have been more and more representations of queer characters and relationships in mainstream media lately—more depictions of fully fleshed out, round protagonists, given fullness and complexity in their relationships and their narratives. Queer characters can be the leads in important movies, can win awards: Moonlight, Call Me By Your Name, Battle of the Sexes come to mind.[1] It’s a beautiful thing.Continue Reading

Why Audrie & Daisy is Required Watching in a Culture of Slut Shaming and “Locker Room Talk”

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by Courtney Morgan

 TW: Sexual assault, rape culture, suicide

Last Friday, October 7, 2016, was a big day in the media for sexual assault. President Obama signed the historic Sexual Assault Survivor’s Bill into law. The same day, Access Hollywood released tapes of presidential candidate, Donald Trump, in 2005 bragging about his propensity toward, and ability and history of committing acts of sexual assault against women. And I, that evening, just happened to watch Audrie & Daisy—the documentary (which premiered at Sundance and released on Netflix September 23), about the sexual assault cases of two American teenage girls, Audrie Potts and Daisy Coleman. This imbroglio of mixed messages sort of felt like an average day in America—but it also painted a pretty clear picture of what needs to change.Continue Reading