The southwest chief
“Oh wow, you look far too young to have a son in his fifties!” Maria says to Beverly. If we were in England now Beverly would say, “thank you”. We aren’t in England anymore Toto. “I was the victim of a violent crime you see,...
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Inside the head of…Alaina Varrone.
Illustration by Fabio Vermelho Alaina Varrone is an embroidery artist from New Haven, Connecticut. Born in 1982 to a family of weirdos and storytellers, she uses this natural creativity to tell her own stories in thread. Many of her works display strong female...
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Abeona lists; 8 Awesome Aviators
Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman was born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas to a family of sharecroppers of African American and Native American descent. She was born during a time when lynchings of African Americans were commonplace in the South, and the year after she was born...
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Inside the head of…Robbie Brindley
Illustration by Fabio Vermelho Robbie Brindley is a photographer from Hot Springs, Arkansas. Shooting mostly on film, many of Robbie’s photos capture the people of his hometown although his projects extend outside of that, including a series of dreamy polaroids...
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Sarah Crowder’s lists; things that can make me forget the world is ending, for a brief moment
I’m not advocating for laziness or complacency or apathy in a time where there are people that need your help and rights to fight for and action to be taken, but sometimes you need to do something that for a second or an hour makes you forget that the world as...
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Winter Tea Punch Recipe by Woody From Bastille
Illustration by Alicia Severson February. The Tuesday of months. Where nothing really happens and the blooming Snowdrops are our only notion of hope. When we’re left with the sad dregs of the season squeezing out the last of the cold before beautiful Spring is...
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Sarah Crowder’s lists; advice and true facts about storms
A version of this piece originally appeared in our Amtrak (adventures through the South) zine, and was inspired by the countless summer storms that sought us out from Birmingham, Alabama all the way to Terlingua in Texas. “The calm before the storm” is a...
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Inside the head of…Vanessa Jean Speckman
Illustration by Fabio Vermelho We first came into contact with artist, craftswoman and all-round awesome person Vanessa Jean Speckman a few years ago when our friend Frank was suggesting zinesters in California we could get in touch with. We’ve kept in touch...
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My Gut Feelings in Budapest; a culinary travel diary. Pt 3.
Day 7 The contraceptive pill was working it’s dark and ugly magic by the time I got to Szechenyi thermal baths. I felt infuriated by the guy on reception telling me that the massage wasn’t available without a gift voucher (but I couldn’t buy a gift...
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My Gut Feelings in Budapest; a culinary travel diary. Pt 2.
Day 4 – Massolit is a sweet little independent book store and coffee shop tucked away in the Jewish quarter. You (I, I’m projecting. I’m inviting you to imagine you are as useless as I am. I’m distancing myself from my own procrastination) have...
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My Gut Feelings in Budapest; a culinary travel diary. Pt 1.
This is going to be a new feature for the site, culinary (mostly, semi, partially, whatever) and emotional travel diaries. If you are interested in doing your own one then please email us. (all photos taken by me.) Day 1– The 10mg of Diazepam I had...
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Inside the head of…Esme Patterson
Esme Patterson is a singer songwriter from Denver, Colorado with three solo albums under her belt, and one with the band Paper Bird. We first discovered her when a friend of ours gave us a copy of Woman to Woman, her 2014 album which gives voice to the women...
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