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

andy winter
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

andy winter
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