Issue.20

SARAH GRACE VILLARREAL Teresa “Resa” Resa had started the morning with a sense of impending doom. A feeling, while not unfamiliar, distressed her. She stared at herself in the mirror,…

JONAH CAMPBELL “Hey, I’ve got time now if you want to do that interview.” “Oh yeah, ok great, give me one second.” I amble back into the kitchen, laptop in…

ALEXANDRA REALE It’s a few minutes before the start of the Fourth of July parade in Huntington Beach, California, and the members of the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band are…

CELESTE CHEN He likes to watch her eat cake. This is what they do after fights. He will stop by Pete’s, the tight corner bakery up the road, and bring…

ANDREW WALKER In episode 6 of RuPaul’s Drag All Stars 2 (the one where Alaska infamously sends home Tatianna for a second time), RuPaul remarks during her critiques, “I marketed…

CALEB LEWIS Try to recall the last time you competed in a sport or a game. Did you do anything special before it started, just for you? Maybe you made…

In this issue, we explore the ways that people use sanctification, ritual, and superstition in modern life, and how these things show up in both religious and secular contexts.