Mask: The Amnesia Issue

the new agitprop Robin Giordani of The Corner Society, Arianna Gil of BRUJAS, and CZARQUAN of Nocturnal Sons Posse bring us 1971. Photo: Ada Banks.
the lost years Hannah K. Gold took a walk down Myrtle Avenue with Daniel McGowan, the political prisoner who is adjusting to life after parole.
mother of materialism! we sat down with author of caliban and the witch to talk about how the legacy of wages for housework is still relevant today.
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En Rogue by Alex G. Brown

There’s a Scifi Hero Uniform for All of Us

Go bald. Put on a onesie, knee-high boots, and a helmet and you’ll be untouchable.

Punks Against Misogyny Amplification Series benefits sexual assault survivors who have been silenced by legal retaliation

We’re spiraling aninwaniwa unleashes a sonic cyclone in her Tāmaki Makaurau Megamix

Masque Up by Alesia Pullins

8 Acids That Will Fix Your Skin and Your Life

No skincare routine is complete without an acid. In this handy guide, Alesia breaks down the buzzwords to help you find the acid that’s right for you.

Fight Like Hell for the Living

XHOSA Premieres EP MISSLEADING Escape all the BS with XHOSA’s infectious melodies.

When the president began to speak, I knew it was time. I turned around.

No Turning Back

by Melissa Mesku

Only some compulsive hoarding is comprised of the need to acquire; many hoarders are driven only by the need to retain.

Stealth Care by Ruby Brunton

Putting Your Foot In

“Offending someone I care about feels like a burning hot hell fire. Read receipts are the hell fire’s fuel. Silence or a social media unfollow are the hell fire’s pokers.”

Shock therapy has been used since 1938 and involves sending electrical signals to the brain to induce a small seizure. Today, it is used as a last resort for severe depression. One of the most common symptoms is memory loss.

Shock Therapy: Three Stars

by Jonathan Pitts

Fuck 12 since 1492 New album by Oakland's Hip Hop slash Punk band War of Icaza just dropped.

In 1962, Centralia’s coal mine started burning and never stopped. The underground fire poisoned everything and everyone, and yet people refused to leave for decades. Is there a difference between staying in a toxic relationship and living in a toxic town? Kara McGinley drives straight into the hazard to find out.

American Inferno

by Kara McGinley

World Homeless Day There are millions of homeless people in the US and many, many more empty houses.

13th The Director who brought you Queen Sugar and the movie Selma is about to drop a documentary on the history of prison system.

Horoscopes by Corina Dross

October 2016

It’s officially Libra season. Plan wisely this month, and enjoy the sweetness as well as the fireworks.

Letters by Hanna Hurr

Must Have Slipped My Mind

This is the Amnesia Issue, in which we forget there’s an upcoming presidential election and imagine that the government is just a bunch of mind-controlling aliens.

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