The Monster Issue.
There is a lot to fear in our current world, including a consequential presidential election running up against rampant voter suppression, a growing current of white supremacist violence, a never-ending pandemic, and a climate change crisis that could soon bring our entire existence to a screeching halt. Yet, our horror canon rarely considers these real-life monsters that are always lurking, always waiting to pounce and upend our lives. This issue brings these monstrous systems to the forefront, illuminating the prison-industrial complex, colorism, surveillance, and a range of other factors that invade our daily lives and require more than garlic to ward off. Monsters are real and we must confront them in order to eventually vanquish them.
DISPATCHES
Joke to Trope: On the Pop Culture Villainization of Aunties | Shailee Koranne
White and Whimsical: The Reformation of Fashion’s History | Nandi Howard
Witching Hour: Divine Sisterhood Has Always Come in Threes | Rebecca Long
FEATURES
Uncaging Humanity: Rethinking Accountability in the Age of Abolition | Mariame Kaba, Josie Duffy Rice, and Reina Sultan
Sobering Realities: Women Writer Their Way into the Addiction Canon | Britni de la Cretaz
Wake-Up Call: The Red Pill Is Radicalizing Without Substance | s.e. smith
Avenging Eve: The Death of Eden and the Birth of Patriarchy | McKenzie Schwark
Phantom Pain: U.S Imperialism Haunts Korea’s Cosmetic-Surgery Boom | Hannah Amaris Roh
And more!