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but make it fashion

Monday Roundtable

issues

Monday Roundtable: The Jewelry We Wear Every Day

“My favorite thing in the world is when people ask if it’s a mood ring so I can say yes.”

the team —

Dec 3, 2018

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issues

In Defense of Dyke Style

“It took me 14 years to recognize with certainty that I was a dyke. I wish I could say it was about the intellectual complexities of sexuality and gender, or…

Kamala Puligandla —

Nov 30, 2018

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the midwest

issues

Is She a Lesbian or Just From the Midwest?

Midwestern lesbian fashion — flannel, Birkenstocks, baseball caps — is ignored at best and looked down upon at worst compared to urban, Shane-esque queer style. What happens when it’s given…

Molly Priddy —

Nov 29, 2018

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fullscreen

issues

The Way in Which I Design Myself

“I was once a dancer, a synchronized swimmer, I played acrobat on thick, moss covered logs when I was at the lake, catching myself as I stumbled was a game.…

Tara —

Nov 28, 2018

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issues

Ode to My White Tees: A Gay Staple

“The guy I had a crush on made the shirt, and I hoped that the girl I had a crush on would notice me in it.”

Clover —

Nov 27, 2018

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personal essay

first person

How I Learned to Tie a Tie Without My Dad

Perhaps he would have loved me enough. I’ll never know, and my eschatology doesn’t include a heaven from which re-embodied souls watch over our earthly lives. All I have is…

Adrian —

Nov 26, 2018

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Monday Roundtable

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Monday Roundtable: Still Holding On

We’ve packed and unpacked these items through several apartments, hung them up with care, and regularly touch the sleeves contemplatively although today could be the day. Reader, it’s not going…

the team —

Nov 26, 2018

body image

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issues

The Loneliness of Being Fat at Camp

“I shower. Get dressed. Read or listen to music until my hair is mostly dry and I can brush it. I don’t wear makeup and I don’t know how to…

Allison —

Nov 21, 2018

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Monday Roundtable

issues

Monday Roundtable: The First Queer People Who Pinged Our Gaydars With Their Style

“I’d actually never even seen a woman in a blazer before. Like a men’s cut blazer. It really was like Fun Home. Inside I really did feel like I KNOW…

the team —

Nov 19, 2018

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illustration

issues

Blobs Get Dressed

Blobs explore what getting dressed feels like.

blobs feeling things —

Nov 16, 2018

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personal essay

issues

The Implication of a Bag

“I was unwilling to buy a binder. It seemed like a declaration, the kind I was nowhere near ready to make yet. But for that winter, I had the bag.”

L. B. —

Nov 15, 2018

africa

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issues

When You Wear An Agbada

“To understand my relationship with this symbol of masculinity, we’ll have to start with my journey of queerness I had no idea I had embarked upon until I was turning…

Itenoria —

Nov 14, 2018