The Devil in the Zeitgeist: Clovice Holt’s ‘out of your arms, I gotta go daddy’
Darkness needs a face. Humans need myths to make sense of the unknown world around us. All myths are man-made. Thought by thought, pixel by pixel, one idea after the other, one figment of imagination...
View ArticlePremiere: Atlanta's Often debuts otherworldly new track "By Summer"
PHOTO: Kate Carson Often has had a similarly rough ride with religion. “I grew up in a subset of Christianity that for lack of more eloquent words, truly fucked me up“ she shared. Even after coming...
View ArticleCi Majr’s Reveals Dreams on Queer Pop 'Side Effects' EP
PHOTO: Maggy Swain (IG @flacidflower) Ci Majr’s pop sensibilities are pure sunshine and the underground non-binary artist is anything but amateur. The self-written co-produced 5-track collection of...
View ArticleThe Lie-Abolishing Technology of JEB’s Eye to Eye
Gloria and Charmaine. Baltimore, Maryland. 1979 © JEB (Joan. E. Biren) from Eye to Eye Portraits of Lesbians Published by Anthology Editions When Joan E. Biren (better known as JEB) was putting...
View Article4 Poems by Darren Rosenzweig
Darren Rosenzweig is based in Los Angeles, CA. Find Darren on twitter at @earthtodarrenPhoto by Alex Conradt from Unsplash.com
View ArticleLOUDSPEAKER:: Poetry by Kayla "Kiki" Goldstein
WUSSY is proud to present poetry by Atlanta Artist, Kayla “Kiki” Goldstein. If you would like to send in a writing submission, please contact Nicholas Goodly. Cheers to Cheap BeerShards of glass...
View Article'The Other Two' - The Queerest Show You May Have Missed
Our modern television landscape has led to basic cable conversations being silenced. While streaming platforms prosper, our previous television consumption patterns are slowly becoming extinct. It’s a...
View ArticleLOUDSPEAKER: Poetry by Shore Grae
WUSSY is proud to present poetry by Shore Grae. If you would like to send in a writing submission, please contact Nicholas Goodly.AbominationHe called me an abominationand at first I laughedat the...
View ArticleVirtuosity Now - Sean Nguyen-Hilton’s 'this room is a body'
PHOTO: Christina Massad When our creative virtues come from institutions that we now want to dismantle, what do we do with the skills that we have cultivated? How can we play within the disciplines we...
View ArticleLOUDSPEAKER: Poetry by Benjamin Rhein
WUSSY is proud to present poetry by Benjamin Rhein. If you would like to send in a writing submission, please contact Nicholas Goodly.Small MomentsI miss you mostIn small of momentsIn food you love,...
View ArticlePoetry Review: Drakkar Noir by Michael Chang and The Poetry of Thinking Out Loud
The mind of a poet is usually a secret place. How a writer receives stimuli and turns it into art is typically a meticulous and personal process, informed by one’s own identity, experiences, and...
View ArticleThe Resurgence of Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy in the COVID-19 era
“I feel like a gerbil smothering in Richard Gere’s butthole.” Jordan White states somewhat nonchalantly in The Doom Generation, and honestly, more often than not, same. The year 2020 (still heavy on...
View ArticleMaking Magic Through Queer Performance - Corian Ellisor’s 'Charmed Ones'
PHOTO: Jon Dean A few blocks before my boyfriend and I arrive at the theater, we run into two dear friends on their way to the same show. After masked hugs we make our way to the parking lot behind 7...
View ArticleWith “It’s Pride Again,” SNL Heralds an Authentically Queer Comedy Era
In 2015, refusing to pay the exorbitant entrance fee to a lesbian party at Pensacola Pride – and drunk enough to think it was a good idea – my friend and I scaled a 20-foot beachfront wall to sneak...
View ArticleSpace Glam: Making the Case for an Animated Queer Herstory
I want to take the time, if I may, to address how queer cartoons are. Many of you will probably be saying, “Duh, knew that!” But really, do you know? You may have shipped Peppermint Patty and Marcie...
View ArticleRyan O’Connell Talks Queer Sex, Pushing the Envelope, and Special season 2
PHOTOS by Ryan Pfluger The following interview and photo set appeared in WUSSY vol.09. To see the full feature, order your copy at the link here. Ryan O’Connell describes himself as the “Nora Ephron...
View ArticlePremiere: PRINCXX Crafts Goth-Infused Fantasy in ‘Sorry It’s My First Time' EP
PHOTO: Jon Dean, COSTUME: Trevor Howell Sounding a call to goth, anime-loving queers near and far, PRINCXX has arrived with their fully fleshed out project, just waiting to be consumed.PRINCXX is the...
View ArticleFX’s Pride is an Authentically Queer Document of Community and Resistance
CeCe McDonald in PRIDE “1980s: “2000s: Y2Gay” Episode 6. Photo credit: FX. Ahh, June. The magical month that comes but once a year! Originally meant to honor the rebellion of our elders at the...
View ArticleYear of The Yang: Bowen Yang and the Unsinkable Joy of Queer Comedy
Photos by Justin J Wee (@djdumpling) The following interview and photo set appeared in WUSSY vol.09. To see the full feature, order your copy at the link here.“Is that top from LOEWE’s Studio Ghibli...
View ArticleSlayyyter finds her underground sound in 'Troubled Paradise'
PHOTO: Revolving Style @revolvingstyle “I felt a little limited only making very pink and sexy Y2K pop,” Slayyyter confesses. “Pop is constantly shifting and changing and what we consider to be pop...
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