[Image: Sara Williams, shitfuck] By Sara Williams Be nobody. You are infinite space, pearly everlasting, a perfect, pure moment. Now, this: get in the bedroom and watch the dance—put a…
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NAME TAGS #10: my father’s son
by Guest Contributor March 1, 2018By Logan February A name is something given, passed like a note that was never meant to be read because the receiver already knows what it says. But I…
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Photo taken in 2008 in Gałów, Lower Silesia, with my grandmother, Jadwiga Chabsińska née Wilczyńska, shortly before her death. On the art of feeling lonely in language and feeling less-lonely…
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NAME TAGS #7: contrapuntal name tag
by Guest Contributor October 5, 2017By K[EI] Kaimana Art by Kristen Stone Note: This contrapuntal poem is best read on screen sizes with a width of 770 pixels or greater. Smaller screen sizes may rearrange lines into…
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NAME TAGS #6: Patron Saints
by Guest Contributor September 21, 2017By Julia Dauer Photograph courtesy Julia Dauer My mother got my name from a movie. Julia came out in 1977, eleven years before I was born. It starred Vanessa Redgrave…
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NAME TAGS #5: How Naming My Family’s White Supremacy Led Me to Change My Own Name
by Guest Contributor September 7, 2017By Jessie Daniels I changed my name after I discovered a book, and a family secret, on my great aunt’s bookshelf. “Why do you have this book, Aunt Marie?” I…
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Editor’s note: This column is part of a series called Name Tags, about issues related to names and naming. You can find the original Call for Submissions here. Art by…
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Editor’s note: This column is part of a new series called Name Tags, about issues related to names and naming. You can find the original Call for Submissions here. Art…
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Call for Submissions: Name Tags
by M./Maybe Henry Milks April 13, 2017[art by Kristen Stone] Hello! My Name Is Maybe Henry Milks, aka/fka Megan Milks, for now. I am pleased to introduce you to Name Tags, a new column devoted to…