Mask: The Heretic Issue

On The Cover jackie wang photographed by hanna hurr, check out the full interview.
Horoscopes resident astrologer corina dross rolls up her sleeves and guides us along our tumbling tantrum through the cosmos.
Call for Submissions want to write for the next issue of Mask? We're always looking for fresh blood.
Neo-Femme Art our interview with three queer artists redefining femme. See what they have to say.
Love for All the Dead a letter from the editors about what a society considers heresy reveals about life in those times.

If We Burn, You Burn with Us

by Ripley Soprano

watch: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night a feminist vengeance film starring a lonely female vampire.

This Tumblr fires racists. With over 15k followers, Racists Getting Fired shares people’s racist social media posts, and contact information to their work places.

Small Plates by Olivia Starkie

Death and Thanksgiving Recipes

I’m not really celebrating Thanksgiving this year. But just because I’m going to kick back and make a pizza today doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate with some Thanksgiving food goodness. So here: my favorite Spicy Beets, my dad’s Ginger Carrots, and delicious Comfort Sprouts!

Gearing up for the Ferguson decision. While waiting for the verdict on Darren Wilson, here are some links, resources, and hashtags to keep up with.

Dan Knows Best by Dan Allegretto

My Sobering Trip Home

Nostalgia is totally useless and depressing, but whenever I’m back home, I think about my childhood.

Neo-Femme Artists

watch: A hilarious and absurd web series about frenemies. Zhe Zhe is the perfect combination of glam rock and campy. Here's what you need to know before watching the season finale.

Since October, students in Mexico have repeatedly gathered in the thousands to protest a corrupt government, the disappearing of 43 students in Ayotzinapa, and the ongoing repression of activists and students. In recognition of the national day of protest being called for this Thursday, November 20th, Stefan Norman and Mariana Roa Oliva share their reflections on the last few months of student rebellion.

A Wave of Protests in Mexico

by Stefan Norman and Mariana Roa

What's up with visual culture’s obsession with naughty nuns?
Victoria Shelton takes a deeper look at the nunsploitation film genre, popular and provocative for its unapologetic use of blood and sex, lurid depictions of female sexuality, the strength of female communities, and the sadistic abuse of power common to oppressive systems of authority.

Nunsploitation and the Figure of the Naughty Nun

by Victoria Shelton

90s Babies Rap by Christopher Alley

Gangsta Rap Distilled to Its Most Marketable Core

Chief Keef is the face of Chiraq’s drill scene. His charisma managed to seduce millions of people into watching videos of a kid in house arrest at his Grandma’s, partying half-naked with other shirtless teenage boys.

Twerk Team’s Betty Butt died. She helped popularize twerking in mainstream hip-hop culture and immortalize the dance among millennials.

Princess Nokia lounges with her badass friends, plays with tamagotchis and butterflies in new music video “Nokia”.

Jackie Wang

It's LOL-core season – Kids’ toys for accessories, cartoons on everything, faux fur, and lots of color.

Letters by Hanna Hurr

Love for All the Dead

Throughout the middle ages, heretic movements and sects spread and spurred uprisings, prompting the barbarous reaction of the Holy Inquisition. “Popular heresy was less a deviation from the orthodox doctrine than a protest movement, aspiring to a radical democratization of social life.”

Mask mag november horoscope illustration

Horoscopes by Corina Dross

November 2014

With many planets moving through Scorpio this month, we’re still highly aware of all that is hidden and damaged, and the need for regeneration.

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