WAT is Zine? Issue 10: Community

ISSUE 10 — Community Editor-in-Chief Matt Comeau

TEAM LEADS

Submissions/Editing Lily Roth Layout Design Clara Xi Art Diana Tran Marketing Michelle Xie

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS Clara Xi Jacqueline Meldrum Jessica Castillo-Romero

Cover art Emily Hu

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LETTER FROM THE E DITOR y different Zine? is a mixture of man This issue of WAT is s year as thi les ugg str the s some of receive elements, that represent to e of peace we all hop er and brought, and the moment emb Nov of on year; A combinati towards the end of the wrap our and nes dli dea h pus d to December’s plan, the nee ies we’ve some of the difficult und aro ds hea e tiv oy this collec enj you t tha e eases. We hop experienced in our rel towards 2021. last issue, as we move for a couple h our theme of Community We decided to stick wit t help put tha to the group of people of reasons. It refers ial media, soc on e releases, promot this together, schedule receive. we ns sio mis sub the anizes t the contributes art and org por sup to e commitment we mak way, a But it also embodies the In oo. erl Wat of University our in artistic community at the s ist our support for the art se wca we wanted to reaffirm sho to ce spa ue to provide a e to tim student body and contin the es tak who one oyed by any their efforts to be enj d. rea stop and do to further lot about what we can We’ve been thinking a on. We can’t ati club and as a public our involvement, as a and will be d, use we e in person lik hold events and engage workshops in e digital meetups and looking to organize som e :) ). com to teaser for what is the New Year (a little Enjoy this last issue of the year.

So, I leave you with our 2021 and o int e mov s artists as we already little snapshot of UW’ t en’ hav you if ues iss past e in hav flick through some of our we t wha !). Stay tuned for ists art (there are quite a few our as h muc as s e our reader store; we want to involv in the work that we do. rest of the Season and a fantastic Have a great Holiday e. I, along pit you all a moment of res year. I hope it gives see you on l wil m at WAT is Zine? with the rest of the tea the other side.

Kind Regards, Matt Comeau Zine?

Editor-in-Chief, WAT is 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS 5. Dinner 6. Predicting 7. Am I Projecting Again?

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Dinner

I think, You know, That there is beauty in predictability.

The hum of all that is regular resonates in the soft, the sweet, the easy.

Yes. To recognize when i know myself, so mundanely, is the sweetest gift i might ever receive.

To recognize that, predictably, I have spilt something on my sweater- the same way my grandmother does, with all her smiles.

To know my bones will ache after a long shift, to draw a foot bath in a plastic tub long used for soaking laundry and storing halloween candies; To be my mother's daughter, to hold her tightly and squeeze her belly until she laughs, to cry into her nightdress All this All this is sweet.

To hold myself closely, To love me through the knowing of my own life, To fall into happy routine and rise at noon and make rice just the way i like it and listen to the crickets at midnight as i tiptoe to the fridge, to overwater a plant, and drink too much soda and watch the stars pass through me and to simply be?

At this, the world in my fist will say "I can slow down for you now. Now that you know how to Be as you like.

I know you exactly as you like." when i am predicting, i am in love With the me who has yet to exist.

With the me in my body.

And with the me that has always lived like this.

I could not bear to think of another way.

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Jacqueline Meldrum

AM I PROJECTING AGAIN? Jessica CastilloRomero

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CONTRIBUTORS

Clara Xi Layout designer for WAT Is Zine? and mathNEWS editor.

Jacqueline Meldrum | @redvelvetcreep Jacqueline is in her 1A term of Honours Arts for Theatre and Performance, and is also a member of the marketing team here at WAT Is Zine?! She loves cooking, embroidering, performing music, and writing sappy love poems in her spare time.

Jessica Castillo-Romero | @jess.cr.16 Jessica Castillo-Romero is a fourth year Fine Arts Studio Major who attends the University of Waterloo. She has lived in the Waterloo region her whole life, and currently resides with her two sisters and parents. Jessica is interested in exploring themes of introspection in relation to memory and nostalgia.

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Issue 10 December 2020