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Fish Goddess words by anya shenillustration by jennifer fong li A major source of suffering for salmon and other farmed fish is the abundant presence of sea lice, which thrive in the filthy water. These lice create open lesions and sometimes eat down to the bones on a fish’s face—a ...

Don’t Flail words by eugene kim illustration by callie silverton A myriad of mechanical parts work in tandem, each performing a unique duty in order to produce a singular, unified movement, the summation of the synchronicity between appendages and limbs and trunk. In this manner, the human body, quite peculiarly, ...

artist statement words and artwork by zoe crepp The process for this piece started with a base image of my grandparents, Clomin and Bill Smith, getting married. In a sense, this photo is a representation of the beginning of our mixed-race family, as they were the first interracial couple on either ...

Fluidity and Change words by faith wershbaillustration by yoon-ji kweon When I was two, I had a green fleece onesie that I wore non-stop. It practically became part of my body, blurring the boundary between where I ended and where the harsh, outer world began. My mom tells me that ...

Dear reader, When we sat down to brainstorm themes for this magazine, fluidity came to us naturally. Maybe it’s because the past two years have been a tumultuous time, and we’ve felt a stagnation—a drought, if you will. Or maybe it’s because we’re university students and are familiar with the ...