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ISSUE ELEVEN ISSUE ELEVEN

RIP THE VEIL_

Delineations are at once ephemeral and utterly real—invisibilized boundaries that constrain even as they cry out for transgression. This month we explore the sometimes fraught intersection of feminism and genre: its consequences, as well as its boons.

WHY WOMEN WATCH HORROR_

BY LINDSAY LEE WALLACE — Horror media has become a vital and transgressive artistic inflection point for women.

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CRY HAVOC.

A shriek of rage and sonic hammerfall, pulling at the edges of structure and form while vibrating perilously into the actinic haze. This month our playlist acquaints the heat-haze eve with the feminine electrique.

“In the fairy’s song the earth recognized the names by which it called itself.”

— Susannah Clarke, “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell”

ARTICLES ARTICLES

FEATURES_

A raging multitude arises to reclaim, subvert, and reinvent ancient assumptions—while laying bare the illusions of those that have held tight the seat of power. This month we explore the realities and unrealities of experience, look to the machinery within, and broker deals with terrible powers.
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THE HACKNEYED HAG

BY NATALIA KEOGAN — The monster most emblematic of the past decade of horror is a naked old woman.

BY ROSE GUNN

BY MATILDA LEWIS

BY KELLY PAU

BY FRAN LOIACONO

STAY SHARP STAY SHARP

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