A WORD FROM

Robyn George, Executive Editor

I would like to thank my psychiatrist, Marisa Hiley, for making this Issue possible. If it werent for my Vyvanse perscription, this publication would be nothing but photos in several mislabeled google drive folders. I would also like to thank my situationship for cancelling on me. If he hadn’t, I surely would’ve procrastinated this even longer!

Unfortunately, Camille did not see our group chat message in time to send a bio and picture. Luckily for Camille she is very photogenic and we can’t nd any ACUALLY bad pictures.

-exec

Zack Zens, Deputy Executive Editor

With book bans, anti-LGBTQ legislation, and rising levels of surrealistic hate, the value and potency of creating art that epitomizes humanity free from restriction cannot be understated. While anger and division sew their gritty thread through American life, we face it all as a mirror re ecting back unabashed and authentic creative joy. It took a long time for me to love and accept myself, and that journey would have only been that much easier were I not so often traveling it alone. This publication, above everything else, can be that friend to anyone trekking the long steep climb to self-acceptance or facing the hot arrows of hate by demonstrating that we are here and proud to be ourselves. Proud of our hair, our fashion, our skin, our sexuality, our love, our language, and everything else. Thank you for reading and being proud, even when it feels out of reach.