Issue 115: 23 July 2020

/Issue 115: 23 July 2020

Tail of Masculinity

By | 2020-07-22T09:50:11-07:00 July 23rd, 2020|Categories: Issue 115: 23 July 2020|Tags: , , , , , , |

By Ben P. Effiòng   I was born into a society Defined by fraternities In a hospital ward decorated with partiality My birth, celebrated like African obesity This was the privilege attached to my sexuality I was born a male, with the tail of masculinity Birthed into this artificiality Characteristic of ma/pa-triarchy I sat on the [...]

woman king

By | 2020-07-22T10:42:53-07:00 July 23rd, 2020|Categories: Issue 115: 23 July 2020|Tags: , , , , |

By Emily Mardelle   I cut my hair off because my father would slide his hands over my stomach and tell me how fat I was getting and I I think sometimes I want to make a woman king so the moon can finally avenge the girls in the nighttime imagine her thick hair long and [...]

My Last Teacher Said My Thesis Doesn’t Have to Be a Sentence

By | 2020-07-26T08:57:28-07:00 July 23rd, 2020|Categories: Issue 115: 23 July 2020|Tags: , , , , |

By Yennie Cheung   Bullshit. I call bullshit. It is bullshit that your last teacher ever said this, and bullshit that you think I'd ever believe that anyone who has ever assigned an essay in the history of essay-assigning would say that a thesis statement can be anything but a sentence. One sentence. Not a paragraph. [...]

Lamar Speaks for Lots and Lots of Us

By | 2020-07-22T09:26:31-07:00 July 23rd, 2020|Categories: Issue 115: 23 July 2020|Tags: , , |

By Philip Styrt   We know that the President lied As he tried to corrupt the election; Still, we’ll “let the people decide.”1 Whether he should be disqualified; But for now we’ll provide our protection. We know that the President lied, Though we think it should be classified, And we’ll try to deny the connection: Still, [...]

No Vacancy

By | 2020-07-22T11:15:57-07:00 July 23rd, 2020|Categories: Issue 115: 23 July 2020|Tags: , , |

By Elizabeth Shack   The hermit crab outgrows his shell and ranges across the ocean floor searching for a better home so he can grow a little more. Imagine the crabby billionaire hoarding the best and biggest shells while other crabs roam, all exposed without secure, protected cells. One crab has an enormous home; the less [...]