Issue #84

Issue August 2025

In a world shaped by performance, transition, and fragmented selves, these three essays navigate the complex terrain of identity in modern life. From digital divas glitching through capitalism’s spotlight, to the fading glamour of Hollywood haunted by AI, to the quiet revolution of cardboard boxes in a Stockholm apartment—each piece invites us to reconsider what it means to become. These aren’t stories of fixed categories or clear conclusions. They are meditations on motion, memory, and the messy, beautiful business of being. Step into a space where performance becomes protest, nostalgia is a form of architecture, and adulthood arrives gently, not neatly.

Cover made by Niusha Khanmohammadi

Lily Kensington holding a basket with a phone in it. Lily is wearing a mask with a dog snout and a pink dress.

Lily Kensington: Diva as Dialectic

“I no longer believe in authenticity. I believe in staging.” In the city, performance ...

Cobra Clutch

I had felt nauseous for days, unable to bring myself to eat. Then one ...

So Many Boxes, So Little Shelf Space

So Many Boxes, So Little Shelf Space

In this warm, reflective essay, the author unpacks more than furniture in her new ...