drabble Drabble 187 – Omnium Gatherum Thoughts on things, and a hundred-word story on the theme of omnium gatherum, or a collection of random objects.
drabble Drabble 186 – Intrepid I’ve been thinking a lot about bravery in the past few days, in no small part because I am writing a review...
drabble Drabble 185 – Hypnopompic This morning I opened my fridge to see several bowls full of summer fruit, and this brought me an almost unbelievable am...
drabble Drabble 184 – Sotto Voce I took band for two years in middle school. It seemed like the kind of thing I should do, being someone who loves music,...
drabble Drabble 183 – Hypermnesia I have an extremely good memory for things that annoy me and a significantly worse memory for things that don’t. I...
drabble Drabble 182 – Allotheism I find a lot of value in being wrong. When I was a tutor, the lesson I most wanted to share with my students is that the...
drabble Drabble 181 – Dépaysement In my most recent newsletter, I talked about traveling. It’s a privilege to be able to travel, and it’s anot...
blog Drabble 180 – Affetuoso I think a lot about what it means to be sentimental or, heaven forbid, corny. I suspect that I am often both. No doubt,...
drabble Drabble 179 – Aeaeae Today’s word—aeaeae—is likely a neologism. When I searched for it, most of the results were of the hex code, w...
drabble Drabble 178 – Melolognia There are very few things I’ve been able to dedicate myself to. I’ve always had a fear of commitment, which ...
!["[Food] is how we care for and nourish ourselves, each other, and our communities."
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There are many terrible things about this pandemic. One of the ones I'm struggling with the most is that it's not safe for me to see friends, and therefore it's not safe for me to cook for them or eat with them. Going out for coffee or dinner is one of my favorite things to do with friends, along with cooking and playing games in person. We're staying connected as best we can, but eating chips and salsa over Discord just isn't the same as eating them together.
The Corners of Their Mouth is a queer food zine, exploring some of the relationships queer folks have with food. It begins with a question: what is the queerest food? Many answers are provided by a variety of people, including nachos, cocoa, figs, pancakes and honey, and rainbow goldfish. I think mango is my answer, but "queer food," to me, is anything cooked by or for my friends. Queer food is us gathered in the kitchen, me cussing as I screw up our Friendsgiving turkey for the sixth year in a row. Queer food is us dropping spinach dip all over my Gloom cards. Queer food is the ramen we made the last time we hung out together before the pandemic, when I was sick and we all hoped it wouldn't be the last time this year we'd get to interact in person.
But right, the zine. It's very good. The Corners of Their Mouth Press do a wonderful job of putting together thought-provoking content on queerness and living with great sensitivity. It's not just about showcasing queer life; it's about caring for it, nurturing it, letting it blossom in its own unique way. If you come upon one of their zines, pick them up, read them. They're lovely and strong things.
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