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Untitled Words and Photo by Max Lees The hunting party sets out Into the mudsucking swamp stumbling through thick fog and shooting at answers to a question they’re still looking for Carrying black-and-white binoculars, chanting to a two- beat stomp chasing ghosts and waving excitedly at some object in the ...
Illustration of Don Quixote with squire Sancho looking into the distance

Don Quixote: A delusional hero for delirious times

When you can't keep up with the world, make yourself a new one
Illustration of a slice of cake

Cake: Letter from the Editor

Dear reader, I’m not keen to admit this, but the theme for this magazine emerged from a meme: namely, the “everything is cake” trend from summer 2020. Slicing into everyday objects only to reveal an interior of cake is unsettling, to say the least. And yet, is this not the ...
Illustration of well-dressed masculine figure about to eat several courses of sweets on a table

The Bakery Thief

Words by Milo ZhuVisuals by Yoon-Ji Kweon Note From the Poet: I wrote this poem to criticize the misogynistic men who sexualize others’ bodies, and the ways in which women are subjected to objectification. This poem references sexual assault and depicts some heavy topics that may bring discomfort. If you ...
Illustration of birthday cake with Happy Birthday message as cake design with candles shaped in numbers that indicate various ages

Cake through the ages

The meaning of cake through different stages of life
Realistic portrait illustration of woman wearing rose-tinted glasses

Take off the rose-tinted glasses, Canada

Take off the rose-tinted glasses, Canada Words by Abi AkinladeIllustration by Helen Yu The Bible’s Book of Exodus refers to “a land flowing with milk and honey”; it alludes to an idyllic utopia in which its inhabitants never suffer from grief or hunger. According to the likes of Doug Ford ...
Abstract illustration of models in fashionable dresses that look like cakes

To be a slice of funfetti cake

Frosting and fashion: questions of authenticity
Illustration of young girl picking peach from a tree

June

June Words by Rion Levy Illustration by Natalie Song I prefer my peaches without their skins Because then I’m left to only chew The sweetness of their flesh While their skins and pits can run and hide. I prefer my people, too, like I prefer my peaches I want to ...
A cartoon drawing of Marie Antoinette in the dark, lit only by the candle on the slice of cake she holds.

Marie

Words by Anna SokolovaVisuals by Seavey van Walsum told them to let us eat,right? How did the papers frame it—queen of depravity? Opaqueas a mannequin in her skirts (though the libelles showed the world:this succubus won’t let us eat),she takes her last walk. Justice waitsfor the future her head obscures. ...
Illustration of two models on fashion runway in fantasy setting

midnight

midnight Words by Eva Chang Illustration by Aida Javan rosewood straddled art and the study of it, an anxiety disorder and an inflated ego, a yellow sertraline pill and a jeweled black corset. they straddled boys and girls, sometimes. they loved the clinical study of the body, naked in chiaroscuro; ...