Mr. John Dougherty

The Summer 2023 Issue showcases art and essays from a variety of international artists and writers. The theme of this issue is “her body,” challenging the notion that a woman’s worth lies in her physicality. Some works within Issue 9 explore topics such as sapphic connections to nature, the effect of the unified church and state on gender norms, intersex individuals’ struggle to find a place in the gender binary, myths surrounding the blood of Chinese women, the harmful nature of diet culture, and feminist artwork. Our international contributors provide a worldwide scope on pressing issues within the feminist discourse and advocate for direct action through their art and scholarship.

This annual issue showcases an international array of works exploring topics such as anti-abortion surveillance and women’s loss of privacy, motherhood, sexuality, pornography culture, justice for sexual violence survivors of war, biohacking multimedia, black women’s catharsis and political agency through poetry and blues music, and sapphic and feminist artwork. Our international contributors provide a worldwide scope on pressing issues within the feminist discourse and advocate for direct action through their art and scholarship.