SICK magazine

12/08/2024

Emma Yearwood in issue 6 ⚡️💛⚡️
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ID: on a pink and green gradient, a quote reads: I move slowly. I rest before going out, and then I rest upon returning. A family wedding = two days lying down to prepare + ⚡️⚡️⚡️ + two days lying down to recover. Everything becomes a calculation, a careful calibration, and yet it is still so prone to error. — from On Making Mulch by Emma Yearwood / SICK magazine issue 6

02/08/2024

Where in the world are you reading SICK? Order your copy of issue 6 now via link in bio 🌱
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ID: seven images showing interior pages of SICK on couches, beds, and tables.

20/07/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who celebrated issue 6 with us at our launch party last week! 🎉🎈🎊

Grateful to have been able to host beautiful readings from & , plus a hypnotic performance from ❤️

With thanks to…arts for the amazing venue
for support via project grant
for organizing
for the beautiful floral arrangements
for the custom cookies
for getting this thing done with me!

Now I am off to rest 💥order your copy of issue 6 via link in bio! ID in comments

12/07/2024

A sneak peek of what you could win at tomorrow’s raffle! Many more amazing prizes you don’t wanna miss 🤩💛😍

08/07/2024

Issue 6 has arrived 🌱 UK pre-orders will be going out later this week and US pre-orders sent the following!

Edited by
Designed by
Cover illustration by
Inside illustrations by
With assistance from and
118 pages of writing, artwork, poetry, interviews and more from 25 contributors 💓

01/07/2024

💥EVENT UPDATE!💥

We are so excited to be joined by Lisa/Liza who will be performing some of her beautiful music at our ISSUE 6 LAUNCH!

Join us to celebrate ISSUE 6 on JULY 13th! 🎈💐🎉 Our launch party will be at .arts Greene Block & Studios from 2-5pm, featuring a 3pm reading and performance from Lisa/Liza, Catriona Morton, and Emerson Whitney!❤️

We will have refreshments and desserts, temporary tattoos, zine-making and crafting, and a RAFFLE with amazing prizes such as art prints, gift bundles from local stores, ceramics, gift cards, and more! Magazines, books, and merch will be for sale.

ACCESS: Greene Block is an ADA-accessible building with step-free access. This event will take place on the ground floor with garage doors open at street level. There is street parking available on Main Street, including a couple disabled spots. There is also parking behind Greene Block (on Google Maps, this parking lot is called Spring Street Connector). There are disabled parking spots by the door, and a dropped curb to enter. If you enter from this parking lot, you will need to take the elevator up to the ground floor. ADA-compliant accessible bathrooms are on the ground floor.

An ASL interpreter will be present for the reading. Masks are required and provided.

There will be various seating options available: high tables with wooden stools, lightweight, comfortable couches, and lightweight, moveable chairs. Seating will be set up for the 3pm reading & performance, which will be approximately 40 minutes. With the street-level garage doors open, it will be possible to hear the reading from the sidewalk (noise-level dependant).

There will be light refreshments including seltzer, water, and iced tea. Desserts will consist of cookies and cakes, with gluten free options. There will be music playing at a low volume and a photographer will be present.

A zine-making & crafting table will be set up with chairs around it and supplies. It will be open to all and no guidance or instruction is provided. The table will be slightly separate from the main room.

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09/06/2024

Join us to celebrate ISSUE 6 on JULY 13th! 🎈💐🎉 Our issue 6 launch party will be at .arts Greene Block & Studios from 2-5pm, featuring a 3pm reading and performance from , , and ! ❤️

We will have refreshments and desserts, temporary tattoos, zine-making and crafting, and a RAFFLE! Magazines, books, and merch will be for sale 💥

ACCESS: Greene Block is an ADA-accessible building with step-free access. This event will take place on the ground floor with garage doors open at street level. There is street parking available on Main Street, including a couple disabled spots. There is also parking behind Greene Block (on Google Maps, this parking lot is called Spring Street Connector). There are disabled parking spots by the door, and a dropped curb to enter. If you enter from this parking lot, you will need to take the elevator up to the ground floor. ADA-compliant accessible bathrooms are on the ground floor.

An ASL interpreter will be present for the reading. Masks are required and provided.

There will be various seating options available: high tables with wooden stools, lightweight, comfortable couches, and lightweight, moveable chairs. Seating will be set up for the 3pm reading & performance, which will be approximately 40 minutes. With the street-level garage doors open, it will be possible to hear the reading from the sidewalk (noise-level dependant).

There will be light refreshments including seltzer, water, and iced tea. Desserts will consist of cookies and cakes, with gluten free options. There will be music playing at a low volume and a photographer will be present.

A zine-making & crafting table will be set up with chairs around it and supplies. It will be open to all and no guidance or instruction is provided. The table will be slightly separate from the main room.

Raffle tickets will be available to purchase at the event and the draw will take place at 4:30pm.

Support for Issue 6 is provided by The Ellis Beauregard Foundation project grants!

ID IN COMMENTS!

05/06/2024

NOW AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER! Sliding scale starting at £8 / $12 and we now have a US STORE! https://sickmagazine.org/shop-1

Pre-orders are so important for us and a great way to support our indie publication - we are hoping to do our biggest print run yet with your support!

SICK magazine stands for a free P@lestine 🍉 and have added an option to donate to Crips for eSims for G@za with your pre-order. You can also donate directly here (https://chuffed.org/project/crips-for-esims-for-gaza) with thanks to Jane Shi, Alice Wong, and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha for organizing ❤️

ID: the front & back cover of issue 6 is shown on a mint green gradient background with the words 'pre-order now!' beneath. The cover illustration is of a person sleeping on a red couch under a yellow blanket. Beside the couch is a glowing pink lamp, and on the other side, a plant on a stand. Behind the couch are blue and green mountains in the distance, and SICK is written at the top as the sky flows from yellow to pink. In front of the couch is a puddle showing the persons reflection in different, glowing colors. The back cover lists all contributor names in the center, surrounded by objects such as a lamp, glasses, mug, table, window, candle, glass, and chair, which have blue shadows behind them. The second image has the cover next to a oval sticker that says SICK, with the words “free sticker with US pre-orders” underneath

03/06/2024

Issue 6 is almost here! We are so excited to reveal this stunning cover illustration by 🌸🌱🌸 pre-orders will be live in a couple days!

Issue 6 features writing, artwork, poetry, interviews and more from Vida Adamczewski, A/Bel Andrade, Amy Berkowitz, Khairani Barokka, Jax Bulstrode, Sarah Courville, Jen Deerinwater, Amy Dickinson, Mizy Judah Clifton, Alton Melvar M Dapanas, Dead Gowns, Hanecdote, Sergey Isakov, Theo LeGro, Elias Lowe, Cathleen Luo, Jameisha Prescod, Olivia Spring, Leigh Sugar, Oriele Steiner, Emerson Whitney, Hanna Norberg-Williams, Chantal Wnuk, Caroline Wolff, & Emma Yearwood!

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ID: the cover of issue 6 is shown on a month green gradient background. The cover illustration is of a person sleeping on a red couch under a yellow blanket. Beside the couch is a glowing pink lamp, and on the other side, a plant on a stand. Behind the couch are blue and green mountains in the distance, and SICK is written at the top as the sky flows from yellow to pink. In front of the couch is a puddle showing the persons reflection in different, glowing colors.

30/05/2024

Introducing our issue 6 contributors! Very excited to have this issue out soon-more details next week 🌱

ID: two images listing the names of all contributors in red in a pink background: ISSUE 6 contributors

Vida Adamczewski, A/Bel Andrade, Amy Berkowitz, Khairani Barokka, Jax Bulstrode, Sarah Courville, Jen Deerinwater, Amy Dickinson, Mizy Judah Clifton, Alton Melvar M Dapanas, Dead Gowns, Hanecdote, Sergey Isakov, Theo LeGro, Elias Lowe, Cathleen Luo, Jameisha Prescod, Olivia Spring, Leigh Sugar, Oriele Steiner, Emerson Whitney, Hanna Norberg-Williams, Chantal Wnuk, Caroline Wolff, Emma Yearwood

22/04/2024

We want to hear from our readers! 💌 For our issue 6 community column, we want to know:
What is one thing in your care practice you wish non-disabled folks would either incorporate into their own routines or acknowledge as a valid form of self-care?

What does ‘rest as resistance’ mean to you? In what ways do you rest/does your rest feel like a revolution?

Comment, DM, or email [email protected] with the subject line ‘Community Column’ to share your response to one or both questions.

Please be sure keep your responses to 65 words or less and include your name as you would like it to appear in the magazine, as well as your location. Due to limited space, please note that submitting a response does not guarantee publication.

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Image 1: On a pink background, read text reads Community Column / Questions for our readers with an illustration of an open magazine in the middle

Image 2: on a pink bubble, text in a speech bubble reads “ What is one thing in your care practice you wish non-disabled folks would either incorporate into their own routines or acknowledge as a valid form of self-care?” With the SICK logo beneath

Image 3: on a pink bubble, text in a speech bubble reads “What does ‘rest as resistance’ mean to you? In what ways do you rest/does your rest feel like a revolution?”

16/04/2024

From ‘Curated for Curves’, an interview with of by ❤️‍🔥

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ID: on a colorful gradient, black text reads:’ It’s hard working as a stylist in the industry, especially working with brands that aren’t size-inclusive, knowing the brand will never make pieces for you. I do love being fat and styling other fat models—so often stylists will show up to set and won’t have clothes that fit a plus-size model despite being given the model’s measurements. For me to show up on set with clothes that I know are going to fit the model feels good, and it’s what plus-size models deserve.’  — from ‘Curated for Curves’, an interview with Emma Zack

03/04/2024

From ‘Self-Sabotage as Rest by 🌱 in issue 5

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On a red gradient, black text reads: ‘I had begun writing about illness when my own body ruptured and failed to fix itself. I had been dwelling there for years, writing about chronic illness and politics and productivity, turning to q***r and crip theory to prove to myself that I could be okay, that it could be okay to limit what I made or did.’ — from ‘Self Sabotage as Rest’ by Leora Fridman / SICK Magazine issue 5

18/03/2024

From ‘Clay Body’ by in issue 5 💥

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ID: On a yellow, blue, and pink gradient, black text reads: ‘As always, I feel the weighty guilt of my reduced productivity, but I try to reframe these cyclical hibernations for what they are: an embodied practice of self-care.’   — from ‘Clay Body’ by Michelle Kuan / SICK magazine issue 5

11/03/2024

Submissions for issue 6 are now closed! Thank you so much to everyone who reached out ⭐️ we received over 650 submissions - by far the most ever! We will do our best to respond to everyone by April 1st, but if you do not hear from us by this date, unfortunately your work was not accepted at this time.

Artwork by my grandmother and issue 01 contributor Pam Jones (1934-2018) 💓

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ID: A thin body lies in bed, looking out of a large window. They are under a light blue duvet with long arms resting on top. There is an orange, blue, and white rug on the wood floor, and a chair with a tall back in front of a blue desk that holds paper and utensils. On the wall, there is clothing and hats hanging from a coat rack.

22/02/2024

SICK is accepting submissions for Issue 6 until March 10th ✨❤️💥 submission guidelines are on our website (https://sickmagazine.org/submit) - we can’t wait to see all your brilliant work! 💫
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ID: Image 1: On a red background, cream-coloured text reads ‘SICK ISSUE 6 / open for submissions February 22nd - March 10th’

Image 2: Text reads: ‘WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
- Personal essays, creative and experimental nonfiction
- Poetry
- Reported features
- Op-eds
- Book & film reviews
- Interviews with writers, artists, creatives, activists
- Visual art of any medium

Image 3: PAYMENT:
800 - 1,000 words: $150 / £115
1,100 - 1,500 words: $225 / £175
1,600 - 2,000 words: $300 / £235
2,100 - 2,500 words: $345 / £270
Flat rate of $100 / £80 for poetry

Image 4: Please read our full submission guidelines and FAQ before submitting: sickmagazine.org/submit

15/02/2024

SICK will be accepting submissions for our sixth issue very soon! ✨ We are very excited to share that we received a project grant from the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation that will go towards producing this issue. This has also allowed us to open our submission window earlier in the year, pushing forward our publication timeline by about two months. For our sixth issue, we will be publishing work selected from our open submission period in addition to work by people we admire who were invited to contribute.

I know how difficult it can be to put a submission together in a short amount of time while dealing with illness and disability. I am hoping that announcing submissions are opening soon will give folks a bit of extra time to prepare. Our updated submission guidelines are available to read on our website, and I can’t wait to see your work! Please do not submit until the window officially opens - more info next week!

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ID: on a red gradient, cream-colored text reads: “SICK ISSUE 6 / submission window opening soon”. Between the text is an illustration of an open magazine.

20/11/2023

14/11/2023

What a weekend at ! Thank you to all who stopped by 💓 meeting readers & chatting with other sick folks always brings me joy ✨
Maine friends - see you this Saturday in Waterville at ⚡️
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06/11/2023

Last year, was such a beautiful, fun, & inspiring few days of community building & gathering - and I can’t wait to do it again this weekend 💓
Find me at Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama (539 Tremont st) this Friday from 6-9pm (ticketed preview party), Saturday 12-7, & Sunday 12-5. Masks will be required ONLY for a two hour window on Sunday from 12-2.
AND THEN! I will be at in Waterville on Saturday the 18th (11-4) and artist market in Freeport on Sunday the 26th (11-4) 💓✨💓
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10/10/2023

Here are a bunch of stores you can find issue 5 in! Be sure to call ahead if you’re hoping to grab a copy, or visit the stockist page on our website for links & stock checks: https://sickmagazine.org/stockists 💓
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ID: on a yellow and blue gradient, texts reads: SICK ISSUE 5 stockists September 2023

Slide 1: United States: NYC: Printed Matter, Iconic Magazines, McNally Jackson, Quimby’s Bookstore, Diane’s Neighbor / Maine: Hinge Collaborative (Waterville), Stone Broke Bread & Books (Gardiner), The Merchant Co. (Portland), hello hello books (Rockland), Topo Gallery (Camden) / LA: Skylight Books / San Francisco: Heath Newsstand / Chicago: Inga Bookshop / North Carolina: The Concern / Florida: Kelev Magazines

Slide 2: United Kingdom: London: Housmans, ICA Bookshop, Artwords, Tate Modern, magCulture, Charlotte Street Magazine / Bristol: Arnolfini, Bookhaus, Rova Editions / Bath: Magalleria / Rushden: Magazine Heaven / Sheffield: La Biblioteka, Site Gallery / ​​Manchester: UNITOM / Liverpool: News From Nowhere / Leeds: Colours May Vary / Newcastle: The NewBridge Project / Glasgow: Good Press / Llandudno: Mostyn Gallery

Slide 3: everywhere else:
Germany: do you read me?!, ROSA WOLF, She Said (Berlin), Funk Magazine (Cologne) / Belgium: IMS Tijdschriften / Portugal: Under The Cover / Netherlands: Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum / Sweden: Papercut / Canada: Maktaba Bookshop (Montreal), Glass Bookshop (Edmonton) / Australia: Fiend / Taiwan: Multi-Arts Corporation / Singapore: Basheer Graphic Books / Japan: Magazine Isn’t Dead

01/10/2023

I am so excited to announce a new grant opportunity for disabled sculptors 🌟Sponsored by the Robert J. Spring Endowment, SICK will be awarding two $250 micro grants to sick/disabled sculptors/artists. Applications via Google forms are open now until October 31st: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfb_2iPLtkBqJWu7ihJF6v4a2khU4x1wO0I1GQ15JejVYnUBw/viewform

Eligibility: Chronically ill/mentally ill/disabled artists working in sculpture or an artist looking to expand their practice to include sculpture. You must be at least 18 years old and able to receive payment via Paypal. Artists may be located anywhere in the world.

If you have any questions, please DM us or email [email protected]. If our Google form is inaccessible to you, please reach out so we can find an alternative.

About RJSE/ for transparency: SICK micro-grants are sponsored by The Robert J. Spring Endowment for Sculptors. Robert (Bob) Spring was my grandfather, who worked as the president of Modern Art Foundry for over 45 years. He took over operations from his father, who founded the lost wax bronze casting foundry in Astoria, Queens, in 1932. Bob was an iconic figure in the industry, working closely with artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Jacques Lipchitz, and Tracey Emin, among many others, to bring their creations to life. My father, Jeffrey Spring, now runs the foundry’s operations and began the Modern Art Foundry Foundation and Robert J. Spring Endowment in honor and celebration of Bob and his ambitious, larger-than-life personality, in addition to his commitment to serving artists and the world of casting. I (Olivia) now sit on the MAFF Board of Directors alongside my father, Jeffrey, Lani Tarozzi, Laura Spring, Mary Jo Bursig, and Matthew Bursig. Learn more at foundationmaf.org

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28/09/2023

A peek inside issue 5 ✨❤️‍🔥🌟 order now at https://sickmagazine.bigcartel.com/ or from one of our 45+ stockists across 14 countries! Visit our website to find a store near you : https://sickmagazine.org/stockists
Issue 5 is edited by Olivia Spring, designed by Kaiya Waerea, with illustrations by Josephine Guan.
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ID: eight scans of issue 5 page spreads on a black background.
Image 1: on the left page on a red background, the title reads ‘Grief (as lost time) by Gigi El-Halaby with an illustration of a person looking over their shoulder. The right page is filled with text.
Image 2: the table of contents in red on a yellow, blue and pink gradient background.
Image 3: Colourful artwork by Cortney Cassidy depicting different parts of the body
Image 4: a spread of William Gee’s poetry on a pink and yellow gradient background.
Image 5: Two pages of text from an article by Kiersten Adams, with a pull quote in red that says ‘How many times must Black women say “I know my body best”? Whether it’s women like Mia, or even Serena Williams, this isn’t the plight of womanhood, but of Black womanhood under the restraints of a healthcare system that does not see or treat us as fully human.
Image 6: An collage by Cassio alongside his title page, statement, and bio.
Image 7: on the left page on a red background, the title reads ‘Intrusive’ by Anonymous.The right page is filled with text and illustrations.
Image 8: Two pages showing SICK recommends for Poetry and Memoir. Book covers are shown on the left and titles listed on the right.

16/09/2023

Thinking about last week 🎈💓🌷
thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the launch of issue 5! It was a beautiful afternoon of readings, crafting, chatting, meeting community members, and making new friends ❤️‍🔥
Our reading featured three chronically ill Maine writers - issue 5 cover artist, Calla King-Clements, read from her self-published artist book Walls; Jennifer Lunden read from her recently published non-fiction book American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life; and Arisa White read from her poetic memoir Who’s Your Daddy, plus a new poem on brain fog.
Thank you to Colby Arts for supporting this event and for making Greene Block such a vibrant community space, to Kate Hunter for being a supportive planning queen, TreatsByEl for the amazing custom cookies, Certified Interpreting for providing ASL interpretation, Nithun Senthil Selva Murugan for the photos, and SPACE'sThe Kindling Fund for awarding us a grant that made this all possible. A recording of the reading will be available soon!
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25/08/2023

ISSUE 5 OUT NOW! 🌟🌿🌷
https://sickmagazine.bigcartel.com/
I am so excited to have this out in the world and to share such brilliant work from our many contributors. I will be selling copies at the New England Art Book Fair next weekend, and then at our launch party in Waterville, Maine on September 9th. Link in bio to order now! (Please note all orders placed from now until the 31st won’t be sent until the 4th)
Cover art by Calla King-Clements, design by Kaiya Waerea, edited by Olivia Spring 💛
ID: a copy of issue 5 on a white tablecloth. On the cover, an abstract blue body rests on a bed. The bed is covered in a green and tan duvet, with green squiggles and leaves alluding to the natural world. There are two yellow, lightly patterned pillows and a pink pillow beneath a black headboard. The wall behind the bed is red, drawn in marker and showing brushstrokes. The header SICK is in tan, and below it, a small blue window.

09/08/2023

Our first event since 2019! Join us to celebrate the launch of issue 5 with an afternoon of readings, crafting, desserts, and light refreshments. I am so excited to have Calla King-Clements (our cover artist!), Jennifer Lunden, and Arisa White be reading at our launch, which we will stream on Instagram live. Magazines and books will be for sale and I can’t wait to celebrate this issue with you all! 🧁🎈📚

ACCESS:
Greene Block is an ADA-accessible building with step-free access. This event will take place on the ground floor with garage doors open at street level. More info about the venue available at sickmagazine.org/launch.

Masks are required and provided. An ASL interpreter will be present for the reading. The space is large enough to allow for social distancing, and it should be possible to hear the reading from the sidewalk for those who are unable to be indoors.

There will be various seating options available: high tables with stools, comfortable couches, and lightweight, moveable chairs. Seating will be set up for the reading, which will be approximately half an hour.

There will be light refreshments including seltzer, water, and iced tea. Desserts will consist of cookies and cakes, with gluten free options. There will be music playing at a low volume and a photographer will be present.

A zine-making & crafting table will be set up with chairs around it and supplies. It will be open to all and no guidance or instruction is provided. The table will be slightly separate from the main room.

Support for Issue 5 is provided by The Kindling Fund, a grant program administered by SPACE as part of the Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program.

ID: on a yellow, pink, and blue gradient, red text reads: SICK magazine issue 5 launch party / Saturday, September 9th 2-5pm / Greene Block + Studios, 18 Main Street, Waterville
/ light refreshments & desserts / zine-making & crafts / 3pm reading featuring Calla King-Clements, Jennifer Lunden, & Arisa White / Greene Block is an ADA-accessible building with step-free access. This event will take place on the ground floor with garage doors open at street level. An ASL interpreter will be present for the reading. Masks are required. More info at: www.sickmagazine.org/launch

14/07/2023

PRE-ORDER ISSUE 5! Domestic shipping for US readers available exclusively as a pre-order until August 6th ✨ https://tinyurl.com/sickshop

Edited by Olivia Spring
Designed by Kaiya Waerea
Cover art by Calla King-Clements
Illustrations by Josephine Guan

114 pages of writing, poetry, artwork, interviews and more from Kiersten Adams, Lindsey Allen, Anonymous, Mira Brunner, Kinsey Cantrell, Cortney Cassidy, Cassio, Calla King-Clements, amy etherington, Leora Fridman, William Gee, Josephine Guan, Gigi El-Halaby, Faye Harnest, Sullivan Jordan, Kahlil Kasir, Michelle Kuan, Eliza Lutz, Nila Narain, Hayley Cranberry Small, Kaiya Waerea, Katie (Tom) Walters, Hanna Norberg-Williams, and Emma Zack.

Support for SICK issue 5 is provided by The Kindling Fund, a grant program administered by SPACE as part of the Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program.

ID: The front cover and back cover side by side on a pink and yellow gradient background. The front cover is an illustration of an abstract blue body resting on a bed. The bed is covered in a green and tan duvet, with green squiggles and leaves alluding to the natural world. There are two yellow, lightly patterned pillows and a pink pillow beneath a black headboard. The wall behind the bed is red, drawn in marker and showing brushstrokes. The header SICK is in tan, and below it, a small blue window. The back cover is an extension of this room, wrapping around to show the rest of the duvet, with a bedside table holding a green lamp and a yellow dresser that lists all the contributor names vertically. In the corner is a mirror reflecting part of the blue body and bed, and part of a desk.

10/07/2023

Getting to put together a zine-focused reading room about disability & chronic illness was a dream! I could have filled this room with so many more more books and zines. My aim was to include a diverse range of voices, experiences, and styles through different formats, while keeping texts at a short enough length for people to either read in one sitting, or be able to dip in and out of with ease. Full list of titles below!

Sick (21. 6. 2023 - 18. 7. 2023) at / curated by Urška Aplinc & Lara Plavčak / featuring Johanna Hedva, Finnegan Shannon, Olivia Spring (SICK Magazine), & RA Walden

‘The exhibition Sick features works by artists who identify as disabled and/or chronically ill and thus wishes to bring the experience of illness and disability, often associated with the private, into the public sphere. The exhibition includes works by international artists Johanna Hedva, Finnegan Shannon and RA Walden, as well as a reading room curated by writer Olivia Spring. In their practice and artworks, the artists explore the lived experience of illness/disability as that nexus of class, race and gender that is usually overlooked in discussions of intersectionality and political activism.’

Magazines
SICK issues 1-4
Ache issues 1 & 2
Lassitude issue 1
Able issue 2
Look Deeper issue 3
Bed issue 3

Zines
Being Chronically Ill Sucks by Sabrina Sims
Sick Of It issues 2 & 3
Lazy and Let me know if there's anything I can do by Mick Moran
Collapse by Olivia Spring
Primer and ẍây ithřa by RA Walden

Anthologies
A Q***r Anthology of Sickness (Pilot Press, 2019)
I Felt That (Ache, 2023)

Poetry
Paring by Travis Chi Wing Lau
The Amputee's Guide to S*x by Jillian Weise
Tender Points by Amy Berkowitz
Toungebreaker by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Artist books
Walls by Calla King-Clements

Photo Simao Bessa © Škuc Gallery

06/07/2023

Introducing Issue 5! Our magical cover artwork is by Maine-based artist & writer Calla King-Clements (.art). 🌿✨💛

Issue 5 contributors include Kiersten Adams, Lindsey Allen, Anonymous, Mira Brunner, Kinsey Cantrell, Cortney Cassidy, Cassio, Calla King-Clements, amy etherington, Leora Fridman, William Gee, Josephine Guan, Gigi El-Halaby, Faye Harnest, Sullivan Jordan, Kahlil Kasir, Michelle Kuan, Eliza Lutz, Nila Narain, Hayley Cranberry Small, Kaiya Waerea, Katie (Tom) Walters, Hanna Norberg-Williams, and Emma Zack.

More details and pre-orders coming next week! 🌷💊⚡️

ID: An abstract blue body rests on a bed. The bed is covered in a green and tan duvet, with green squiggles and leaves alluding to the natural world. There are two yellow, lightly patterned pillows and a pink pillow beneath a black headboard. The wall behind the bed is red, drawn in marker and showing brushstrokes. The header SICK is in tan, and below it, a small blue window.

14/06/2023

‘More than one way to bloom’ by Megan Williams in issue 4 🌷🍄🥀
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ID: Id: A surreal collage. The background is a vintage newspaper. In the foreground is a hill, with a girl sitting on it, her legs stretched out. Where her head should be, there is a large brown mushroom. A fly is perched on it. More mushrooms emerge from beside her, and from her wrists.