Addie wears her hair short, with a black dress, and a floral and black bolero. They are wearing green and gold earrings, a gold watch, and gold necklaces, with their left hand tucked under the jacket at their right shoulder.
Addie Tsai
founder & Eic
(she/they) is the author of Dear Twin (2019), included in American Library Association’s Rainbow List in 2021, Unwieldy Creatures (2022), a Shirley Jackson finalist for Best Novel, and Straight White Men Can’t Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture (2025). She collaborated with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater on Victor Frankenstein and Camille Claudel, among others. Addie is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Creative Writing at William & Mary, where she is Affiliate Faculty in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies. Find her on Instagram and Bluesky @addieisunwieldy.
Addie likes: color as the point instead of the accent, ballgowns and waistcoats, men’s oxfords and tango heels, seersucker bowties, ruffled shirts, dandy collars, and mixing patterns.
☼ virgo ↑ libra ☽ capricorn
With his arms behind his back, Felix leans against a brick wall outdoors, in a denim jacket and a pastel buttoned shirt with flowers, revealing a heart-and-chain neck tattoo. He has curly dark hair and facial hair.
felix salmoran
editor-at-large
(he/him) is a poet, photographer, and musician of Mixtec ancestry. His creative practice centers the necessity to archive revolutionary lives, loves, and communities as a function of individual and collective grief. His work appears on Poets.org, Oyster River Pages, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and elsewhere. He is ½ of Last Plum Press, a collaboration with his husband, writer and artist Arden Shostak. Felix is currently pursuing his MFA in Creative Writing at Randolph College. Find him on IG: @kite.wings
Felix likes: denim, flames, chains, woven textiles of all kinds, large-scale patterns, zippers, buckles, monochromatic looks
☼ libra ↑ libra ☽ cancer
Chaim wears a black polo shirt.
Joey wears an olive jacket and a white top, with pearl accessories.
Emma wears a long patterned skirt, green sweater, patterned scarf, a black leather jacket, and a black-and-white patterned shoulder bag. They have brown hair with highlights and is looking up and to the side.
chaim ezra harrison managing editor
(he/him) is a content creator with a background in copywriting, editing, script coverage, and digital marketing. He has written for ReformJudaism.org, Inside Leadership, and eJewishPhilanthropy, and his work has been published in various anthologies related to social justice. He serves on the boards for Hillel at Miami University and the Bisexual Queer Alliance of Chicago, and is a Pride Committee member at the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. Chaim also has a passion for cinema, health and fitness, urban exploration, and spending time with his family and pets.
Chaim likes: snapbacks, army-style jackets, cargo pants, watches with wide bands, and anything with the colors of the bisexual flag (pink, lavender, and blue).
☼ sagittarius ↑ capricorn ☽ virgo
joey houska
editor/design coordinator
(they/them) is a genderqueer dyke from Ohio who takes a personal, professional, and political interest in utilizing art to build, sustain, and celebrate LGBTQIA+ community. They are currently pursuing their Master’s degree in Arts Administration with a certificate in the Public Humanities from the University of Akron. Joey has previous experience facilitating multi-collaborator DIY publishing projects and creative events, such as drag performances and fashion shows. Joey enjoys partaking in “slow hobbies” such as walking, textile art, and place-making practices.
Joey likes: Upcycling and visible mending, screen-printed designs, stripes, star motifs, anachronistic silhouettes, accessories sporting bones, beads, and buttons.
☼ virgo ↑ aries ☽ pisces
Emma Gatzulis production manager
(she/her) is an interdisciplinary printmaker from Northeastern Ohio. She received a BFA in Print Media and Fine Art Photography from Kent State University. Her work has been shown throughout the Midwest and resides in multiple permanent collections. In her work she uses the physicality of the printmaking process to represent the quality of memory. Outside of printmaking Emma also enjoys hiking, crocheting, and spending time with her cat.
emma likes: mixing patterns, layering, mary janes, vintage details, a touch of whimsy, patterned socks, twee, unique sweaters, vintage coats, weird t-shirts, pearls, and hair clips.
☼ aquarius ↑ leo ☽ virgo
jj has curly hair, and wears glasses, lip gloss, a black jacket, a blue-and-red bowtie, and a white button down shirt.
jj rowan
editor, lofi consultant, tiny closet wardrobe specialist
(they/them) is a queer nonbinary writer and dancer working in a web of fusion-based movement practices, diary, correspondence & collaboration, intuitive ritual, traveling scraps of paper, and, most recently, in a treehouse in a little wooded corner of New Hampshire. Their chapbook, a simple verb, is available from Bloof Books. Find them at www.jayjayrowan.com and on Instagram: @stepswritely
jj likes: monochromatics, bolo ties, pattern mixing, overalls, body armor jewelry, cropped t-shirts & slacks, toddler-inspired oufits, and thrifted everything.
☼ capricorn ↑ virgo ☽ aries
The illustration of Jo shows her in large black-framed glasses, and a tank top, with various tattoos showing across her shoulders and neck.
Jo davis-mcelligatt
editor/illustrator
(she/her) is queer black woman and mama to the best kid ever. She is the co-editor of three collections: Narratives of Marginalized Identities in Higher Education: Inside and Outside the Academy; Narrating History, Home, and Nation: Critical Essays on Edwidge Danticat; and BOOM! @*#&! Splat: Comics and Violence. She is currently writing her first monograph, Black and Immigrant: The New African Diaspora in American Literature after 1965.
Jo likes: bright primary colors, rompers and jumpsuits, whimsical patterns, African wax cloth prints, big glasses, sandals, eclectic handbags and backpacks, thrifted dresses, peplum shirts, embroidery, large necklaces, interesting sleeves, and vintage textiles.
☼ gemini ↑ scorpio ☽ leo
Qing wears a black suit with a white shirt and a black bow tie around his collar. He holds an old fashioned microphone in one hand and their other hand is at their waist.
qing blaze
video curator/editor
(they/he) is a multidisciplinary international performer, writer, and host known for their magnetic stage presence and unapologetic queer storytelling. Qing uses humor, vulnerability, and bold honesty to create work that celebrates queer joy, resilience, and community.
When not on stage, you can find them chasing good trouble, championing local artists, and raising hell with their wife and creative partner, Jo'Rie Tigerlily.
Qing likes: Bolo ties, clean lines, mixing elements of dandyism and Black Ivy aesthetics with streetwear, leather or silk vests, casual shirts and hoodies with slacks and loafers, functional fashion, layering vintage pieces with formal or streetwear, gold accessories, being slightly overdressed.
☼ aquarius ↑ leo ☽ capricorn
Destiny leans against a light brick wall outdoors, wearing a Bengals journey off one shoulder with her hand in the pocket of her jeans, with black-and-white sneakers. She drapes a black leather jacket over her other shoulder.
Destiny Hutcherson
social media coordinator
(she/her) earned a B.A. in English Literature from Ohio State University, where she served as the Communications Chair for English Undergraduate Organization. Destiny is interested in how social media can be used to uplift and center marginalized voices to develop creative expression and create community. She plans to pursue a graduate degree in media studies and communication. Destiny enjoys exploring and hyperfixating on random popular culture topics every month; her current hyperfixation is everything WICKED.
Destiny likes: 90s and early Y2K fashion, platform shoes, sneakers, mixing jewelry metals, functional statement bags, color blocking, and mixing professional and casual dress.
☼ taurus ↑ scorpio ☽ pisces