volume 04: survive
letter from the editor
a note on access
cancel & gretel
sad clown club (julian miller and keiko maasai)
survival is cute! a sad clown club story
photos + essay
sarah sunfire
depth charge
photos + essay
scarlet novak
mobility aids are freedom
photo essay
fat + furious
salem ariel reid
the skin grows
creative nonfiction
the glow up
jazz bell
make-up: covid-era healing ritual
photos + essay
josephine lauren
from masking & makeup to baggage & barefaced beauty: an incest survivor finds healing in queer identity
creative nonfiction
mykki rios
lipgloss triptych and other poems
poetry
sarah sheppeck
skincare for grown folk
article
the mane attraction
e.m. lark
hair-story: a breakdown on breakdowns
poetry
felix salmoran
cutting it close
creative nonfiction
nnadi samuel
ellipsis for my feminine body
poetry
jas saunders
a medusa of my own
creative nonfiction
no scrubs
katlin marisol sweeney-romero
holding my own gaze
photos + essay
mirrored fatality (interviewed by jo davis-mcelligatt)
mirrored fatality survives the apocalypse
interview
(get your) thread in the game
jennifer elise wang
beanie season
haibun
winter chen
the crystal poem: a zuihitsu
poetry
sew what
a f carbajal
a bit of fluff
poetry
cavar
transfinite:: a dialogue
video/multimedia
jessie eoin
unexpected joy
comic
not what it seams
dali valentino (interviewed by sg huerta)
unraveling latine tender transness: behind dali valentino’s viral vaquero costume
interview
solemates
james daniels
these boots were made for walkin’
essay
sajah francesca
recalling mother
poetry
fiammetta gianni
ode to doc martens
photos + essay
abbie goldberg
sleeping bag socks
essay
thomas hobohm
sry
photos + poetry
geyl wells
pink skechers
photos + poetry
miguel wilson
rainbow platform crocs
essay
winter chen
the stiletto poem: a 'sharpened' duplex
poetry
triple thread(s)
tylyn johnson
burlesque justice
poetry
tylyn johnson
black man: femininity and fluidity
poetry
mykki rios
chemise
poetry
mykki rios
ode to adut akech’s walk for jacquemus
poetry
mykki rios and elizabeth kumaki
chemise a la cottagecore
photos + essay
features
aja barber (interviewed by addie tsai)
start with your own style
interview
dan clay (interviewed by addie tsai)
dan clay (aka carrie dragshaw) offers ten bajillion ways to becoming a queen
interview
erik fuhrer
the cost of healing
essay
marc schorin
you dress how they tell you to dress until you don't: queer taste and cishet fashion
photos + essay
rae thweatt (interviewed by sage lally)
body politic hair studios founder rae thweatt offers “a safer space”
interview
elizabeth j. wenger (illustrations by bethany labit)
what to wear when teaching queer
photos + essay
evelyn rude
dapperq’s 7th annual queer new york fashion week show in brooklyn museum
essay