INTERVIEW: THANDO MLAMBO

AN OPENING AND A CLOSING

The musician and visual artist tells us about using the internet to stay inspired and connect with friends worldwide  · by Victoria Campa

"When I put pen to paper, I became the omniscient narrator, instead of the heartbroken protagonist"  · by Alia Wilhelm

INTERVIEW: TINA TONA

The artist discusses spending more time with family, turning to Solange for reassurance, and creating more compassion in the world · by Victoria Campa

DEAR DAUGHTER

"You will not remember this year, your mother knows, but one day you will read this letter and see it as a record of your resilience " · by Sande Chen

INTERVIEW: SHRIYA SAMAVAI

On learning Hindi through film, being inspired by business owners during the pandemic, and an Allen Ginsberg poem for uncertain times · by Victoria Campa

EDITOR'S LETTER: JULY 2020

"How has your sense of belonging changed?" · by Alia Wilhelm & Anna White

INTERVIEW: ANNA BILLER

INTERVIEW: NIKKI VAN DE POEL

"At the core of Anna Biller’s cinematic philosophy is a relentless devotion to depicting female pleasure on the silver screen. " · by Nicole Stunwyck

"Nikki’s photographs are gentle in their touch and striking in their mellow, natural light · by Victoria Campa

QUARANTINE DIARIES

"Today the only thing I really did was watch my dad eat a bowl of microwaved corn with a spoon" · by Jaclyn Skurie

INTERVIEW: NEREA GARRO

"On discovering other forms of creativity in isolation and finding escape in science fiction" · by Victoria Campa

DON'T OVERTHINK IT

"Whether you know it or not, getting a tattoo forces you to grapple with the idea of your own mortality" · by Lohi Wean 

A SHELTER OF ONE'S OWN

"The healing comes in small steps, in simply sitting and feeling that I have a room of my own" · by Syd Shaw

INTERVIEW: JULIA CHAN

An interview with actress Julia Chan, who stars in "Katy Keene" as the cheeky Pepper Smith, and is due to give birth to her first kid in June · Alia Wilhelm

STAGES OF QUARANTINE GRIEF: OHMME'S  DISCOGRAPHY

"The easiest way to find faith during this unprecedented lull is to explore what’s being made by others and let it inspire us" · Pia Parisi-Marcoux

EDITORS' LETTER: JUNE 2020

"The future feels less out of reach"  · by  Alia Wilhelm & Anna White

IN / OUT

"My thesis transformed from a burden I didn’t want to shoulder to an abject relic that physically could not take place" · by  Emma Seely-Katz

LIVESTREAMING FALCONS

"With the days stripped of nearly all their familiar architecture, I’ve found myself using animal livestreams to build a new rhythm" · by  Julia Murray

A DREAM OF TOUCH

"To engage in celibacy, whether accidentally or on purpose, is to simultaneously dream of touch and be unfazed by it" · by  Alexa Lemoine

A QUARANTINE SOB STORY

"The pandemic has forced some of us to return to old circumstances where we lack agency" · by  Shruti Mittal

THIS IS A LOVE STORY

"I thought love would feel like a daydream, a devastating wish, some kind of drunk wonderment" · by  Agustina Zabala

A SUDDEN ENDING

"The right place to die could only be in the midst of wild, absolute life" · by  Maeve Brammer

WAKING LIFE

"Panic eventually gave way to peace, but the news of mass injustice has woken me again as this period takes a new shape" · by Grim Hunny

LIVING ON DEPARTURE

"My grandfather kept more things than I’d even remembered sending" · by  Amanda Kraley

MEMORIES OF MY FATHER

"At a time when days and nights blend into each other and empty hours need to be filled, I have only my memories to run back to" · by  Zea Asis

FELINE FUNDAMENTALS

"Self-isolation is having an impact not just on our daily lives but also on the lives of our favourite felines" · by Frasie Molina

ON GIRLY ESCAPISM

"Reconnecting with my childhood self during these harsh times is my way of coping with the panic" · by Nicole Stunwyck

EDITORS' LETTER: MAY 2020

"We feel closer already" · by Anna White & Alia Wilhelm

THERAPY, REMOTE

"As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, my therapy sessions have moved online" · by Dagny Safon

ON REVISITING MY TEENAGE BEDROOM

"I picture myself in "The Virgin Suicides" when I watch the sisters float around their bedroom and dream of far away places" · by Emmeline Armitage

FEELING MYSELF

"As strange as this month has been, it’s been disarming to consider how much harder it would have been pre-transition" · by Annie Howard

HANDWASHING AND OTHER HABITS

"I was free to exist in our safe haven of shoegaze and synth pop"· by Pamela Guerra

THIS TIME LAST YEAR

"There's a lot of common ground between how I felt when I was sick last year, and many people's experiences of self isolating now" · by El Hardwick

ON REWILDING

"As the circumscribed space that I occupy shrinks, I feel nearer to the physical place of my home" · by Michele Moses

THIS IS JUST SUMMER BREAK

"Being self-isolated is eerily nostalgic of my teenage years" · by Upasna Barath

ON RETAIL AND RELIEF

"It's startling to realize that I used to exist in the fringes of my own life" · by Rosie Accola

SKIN HUNGER

A single mother, her infatuation with her daughter's ex-piano teacher, and the desire to be touched · by Margaret O'Connell

IN SEARCH OF MISSING MUSIC

"Sirens and newsreels have overwhelmed our soundscape recently, meaning chance encounters with music harder to come by" · by Lily Goldberg

TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR

"For the first time in a long time, my acoustic guitar and I have become best friends" · by Stella Harvey

HOW TO SURVIVE AN APOCALYPSE

"I spent my whole childhood preparing for the end of the world" · by Amber Anderson

A QUARANTINE DUOLOGY

"I could feel the end coming like I was cleaning out my locker at the end of a school year" · by Rosie Accola

IN PRAISE OF REVISITING

Ways to commune more deeply with your favourite books, movies and songs during this time · by Tavi Gevinson

APRIL 2020: EDITORS' LETTER

"Beautiful and thoughtful work about what’s going on in the world right now feels necessary" · by Anna White & Alia Wilhelm