AZE: Vol. 4, Issue 2
AZE Vol. 4, Issue 2
Lead Editor: Michael Paramo
Contributors: IV Sparrow (@IV_Sparrow), Lauren, Sho Mazing, Ellen Huang (@nocturnalxlight), Michael Paramo (@mxparamo.art), Thadeus Smith (@ThadeusOfNaz on Twitter and @ThadeusofNazereth on Instagram), Casey (@Poetgeist on Twitter and Instagram), Lynde, Sarah Fasco, Ginny N. (@ripplesofcosmos), Silena Nikolopoulo (@silenaart), Ben Umayam, and Fairuza Hanun (@fairuzahhan on Twitter and @writtenbyfai on Instagram)
Cover Artwork: “Petunia” by Michael Paramo
Article Artwork: “Untitled” by Sho Mazing, “The Sun Rises In Me” by Michael Paramo, “Erasure” (Still) by Sarah Fasco, “1queerfamily” by Silena Nikolopoulo, and 10 pieces by Michael Paramo
Date of Publication: March 2nd, 2021
I am only what I have shown you.
Before you realized you were different, you had already made peace with loneliness.
hooks says “imagine possible futures,” places where “life can be lived differently”
School was great in some ways, but it wasn’t easy being ace there.
And, let’s be honest, if you think about queerness in pop culture, you probably mostly think about queer romantic subplots, as if that is all that there is to being queer.
Art by Silena Nikolopoulou.
At my age, 64, I could use the help, especially with the carrot.
People say, “You’re in love, you’re married, and yet you haven’t had sex?” Is there only one form of love?