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keepsake

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sun-kissed monarch landing on freckled nose.  the gentle whisper of willow’s wind. what it would mean to resign […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 BerkeleyToronto

the singularity of love is the infinity of now

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Edited by Alloe Mak, Oliver Francis Baker, and Annika Budhwani When I began to love her, I folded […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 BerkeleyPRIDE 2025

why quantum mechanics is the best description of my gender 

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Edited by Alloe Mak To simplify it in as few words as possible, quantum mechanics is the study […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

achilles on skyros; forty-niners in drag

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Edited by Alloe Mak 753 BCE There are no women in Rome. Romulus built the city with vagabonds […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

who’s afraid of queerness?

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queer.  a bruise-purple word.  a sticky syllable clinging to the  edge of my tongue.  what did you mean […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

Exhibition

Edited by Alloe Mak, Alyssa Zhang, and Sasha Rose Penwarden The start of the summer of my life […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 BerkeleyPRIDE 2025

notes from the in-between

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Edited by Alloe Mak androgyny is a tricky term that contradicts itself. it is the absence of feminine […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

The Butch Bar

Take me to the room where there is no violence. Where the music is loud & the laughter […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

How to Use the Fruit Machine: A Guide for Those Working in Service of Our Great Nation

Edited by Alloe Mak During the Red Scare of the 1960s, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) worked […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

Reflection

Edited by Alloe Mak I’ve watched as the queer community has been painted as a beacon of hope, […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

the monsters are always queercoded

Edited by Liam Mason They say I was born with claws coming out of my neck. I don’t […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

Chicken Alfredo Pasta

Edited by Alloe Mak and Liam Mason He used to make it for me when I would go […]

Posted on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 PRIDE 2025Toronto

Fairytale and Flora

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Encounters start, mostly, with small talk. Hello, how are you, what did you do today, cool shirt, you’re […]

Posted on May 31, 2025June 1, 2025 May FlowersToronto

The Luck-Based Happiness Index for BPD

Introduction In October 2024, I was diagnosed with high-functioning borderline personality disorder. Since then, I’ve begun reflecting on […]

Posted on May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 May FlowersToronto

May Comes Due

Annotations on Chappell Roan’s “My Kink is Karma” May connotes debts unpaid—to the rain, to flowers, to each […]

Posted on May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 May FlowersToronto

spring bouquet

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Posted on May 31, 2025June 30, 2025 May FlowersToronto

in vain, beloved boy (seven myths, a girl, and a garden)

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“giddyup!” he said, his fist wrapped tightly around my ponytail. i had long hair, then, down to my […]

Posted on May 31, 2025June 30, 2025 May FlowersToronto

I Went to The White Lotus Resort & Spa and All I Got Was This Lousy Ego Death

“To live is to be willing to die over and over again.”  —Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart […]

Posted on May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 May FlowersToronto

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