Lives

HOW YAOI HELPED ME AVOID A BAD ROMANCE

Kawai Shen on how reading yaoi manga as a teenager affected her view of sexuality. "It presented me with an erotic world where people didn’t think about their virginities or their bodies like precious little commodities."

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"Take me to the edge. Take me, firm but ethical. Plagiarize me as a form of flattery." New poetry by Johanna Linsley

BODY OF WORK

In 2012, an MRI scan revealed a cerebellar lesion on Katie Lew’s brain; reflecting on the aftermath of the doctors’ diagnoses, she challenges the traditional narrative of recovery from disability