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Negotiating Identity Under Hypervisibility: The Role of Gendered Self-Expression in Opposite-Sex Dizygotic Twin Dyads

Nonfiction-Issue-Seven

Negotiating Identity Under Hypervisibility: The Role of Gendered Self-Expression in Opposite-Sex Dizygotic Twin Dyads

By Emma Sharon Meet the Author Emma Sharon is a 2026 prospective graduate from Marymount Manhattan College. For her senior thesis, she explored the relationships within fraternal dizygotic twin pairs. Written as a traditional research paper, "Negotiating Identity Under Hypervisibility: The Role of Gendered Self-Expression in Opposite-Sex Dizygotic Twin

The Young are at the Gates

Performance-Issue-Seven

The Young are at the Gates

By Ashlyn Volk Meet the Director & Choreographer I am a double major in Dance and Politics and Human Rights. I have been dancing since I was two and have been politically active for the last 10 years. Growing up I always said I wanted to be the first woman

Nonfiction-Issue-Seven

'Et Tu Brute

By Joli M Flynn Meet the Author My Senior Thesis examines the addictive Parasocial Relationships consumers/audiences develop with public media figures (Celebrities, Social Media Influencers, etc). Everyday people, or 'the audience', unintentionally get sucked into the orbit of the Public Media Figure in a way they can&

Nothing Lasts Forever

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Nothing Lasts Forever

By Marsal Soren Meet the Photographer This is a photograph of a rose during its final moments, that I captured last summer in June 2025 in my garden. I always follow how these flowers bloom and wither from season to season just to remind myself that nothing lasts forever. I

Poetry-Issue-Seven

Please?

By Nia Bernard Meet the Poet Hello, my name is Nia Bernard. I am a Senior at Marymount Manhattan and a Creative Writing BFA and a Dance Minor. My Poetry deals with ordinary objects that normally people do not think about in full detail. We use these objects everyday, in

Poetry-Issue-Seven

Bad Manicure

By Nia Bernard Meet the Poet Hello, my name is Nia Bernard. I am a Senior at Marymount Manhattan and a Creative Writing BFA and a Dance Minor. My Poetry deals with ordinary objects that normally people do not think about in full detail. We use these objects everyday, in

God, I Hate Poetry

Poetry-Issue-Seven

God, I Hate Poetry

By Nia Bernard Meet the Poet Hello, my name is Nia Bernard. I am a Senior at Marymount Manhattan and a Creative Writing BFA and a Dance Minor. My Poetry deals with ordinary objects that normally people do not think about in full detail. We use these objects everyday, in

Multimedia-Issue-Seven

Category Is...

By Ryan McDonald Meet the Creater My digital zine, "Category Is..." reflects my orbit as a queer person who is deeply in awe of drag as an art form. To be queer is to acknowledge those within our orbit who have fought for our rights – many of whom

The Vine My Vine

Performance-Issue-Seven

The Vine My Vine

By Anna Montgomery Meet the Creater Hi! I’m Anna Montgomery (she/her), and I am currently a junior at Marymount getting a BA in Dance and Media with a minor in media production. I love being outside, good music, and creating things that make people feel good (whether that’

Eclipsed in Time

Poetry-Issue-Seven

Eclipsed in Time

By Pand Milo Meet the Poet Pand Milo is a publishing professional by day, writer and book reviewer by night.

Synecdoche in New York

Poetry-Issue-Seven

Synecdoche in New York

By Pand Milo Meet the Poet Pand Milo is a publishing professional by day, writer and book reviewer by night.

Photographed in Nantucket and in Newburypory, Massachusetts

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Photographed in Nantucket and in Newburypory, Massachusetts

By Leah Oates Meet the Photographer The work I'm sending in was shot at beaches in Nantucket and in Newburypory, Massachusetts and the ocean tides are effected by the cycles of the moon.

Creature of Habit

Performance-Issue-Seven

Creature of Habit

By Emily Roche “Creature of Habit” explores ritualistic behaviors and resistance to change. The dancers explore movement motifs and partner work, portraying how we get caught in routines and struggle to escape them, and how in tumultuous times, we need to rely on each other to elicit positive change Meet

Poetry-Issue-Seven

Mirror Arcs

By Rohan Buettel Meet the Poet Rohan Buettel lives in Canberra, Australia. His haiku appear in Australian and international journals (including Presence, Cattails and The Heron’s Nest). His longer poetry appears in various journals, including Rattle, The Goodlife Review, Meanjin, Meniscus and Quadrant.

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Moonlock

By Rohan Buettel Meet the Poet Rohan Buettel lives in Canberra, Australia. His haiku appear in Australian and international journals (including Presence, Cattails and The Heron’s Nest). His longer poetry appears in various journals, including Rattle, The Goodlife Review, Meanjin, Meniscus and Quadrant.

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Nightfall

By Rohan Buettel Meet the Poet Rohan Buettel lives in Canberra, Australia. His haiku appear in Australian and international journals (including Presence, Cattails and The Heron’s Nest). His longer poetry appears in various journals, including Rattle, The Goodlife Review, Meanjin, Meniscus and Quadrant.

Poetry-Issue-Seven

Acolyte

By Lázaro Gutiérrez Meet the Poet Lázaro Gutiérrez is a Cuban-American poet and writer. He immigrated to the United States at the age of eight. His work details his upbringing in Cuba, his immigration journey as a child, and his life experiences. His pieces are published or forthcoming in numerous

Poetry-Issue-Seven

The Sun and Me

By Mark Taudevin Meet the Poet These two pieces of Poetry: “The Sun and Me”, and “Raindrops have friends too” each deal with orbital relationships in the sense of belonging we all share, and that I feel so deeply. We all crave belonging with our loved ones, with the world

Raindrops Have Friends Too

Poetry-Issue-Seven

Raindrops Have Friends Too

By Mark Taudevin These two pieces of Poetry: “The Sun and Me”, and “Raindrops have friends too” each deal with orbital relationships in the sense of belonging we all share, and that I feel so deeply. We all crave belonging with our loved ones, with the world around us, with

Multimedia-Issue-Seven

POOL

By Isabel Torok Meet the Artist My name is Isabel Torok, and I am a multidisciplinary artist and choreographer based in NYC. I will graduate in May of 2026 from Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA in Dance (Choreography) and an Arts Management minor. My work draws attention to the

Up Down Up Down Up

Nonfiction-Issue-Seven

Up Down Up Down Up

By Erik Peters Meet the Author This piece of non-fiction is based on experiences with my eldest daughter. Like all children, she does not understand how dependent she is on those around her: this is a beautiful thing. Yet it is human nature to attribute good fortune to our own

Poetry-Issue-Seven

Pluto

By Jim Wile Meet the Poet This is a poem about the former planet Pluto who orbits Earth in the part of the solar system called the Kuiper Belt. It describes why Pluto got stripped of his planethood and what he decided to do about it.

whistle, whistle, little birdy

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whistle, whistle, little birdy

By Brenda Liliana Jovel Meet the Author My submission connects to the theme of "Orbit" through the use of sound, and how sound draws me back into a space of comfort and peace. They ground me into a familiar past that is distant from my current state. This

Sexonomy, or My Body as Capital

Nonfiction-Issue-Seven

Sexonomy, or My Body as Capital

By Katie McHugh Meet the Author My creative nonfiction essay, "Sexonomy, or My Body as Capital" engages with the theme of Orbit by exploring how desire, attention, and power function as gravitational forces that organize bodies and relationships. Throughout the essay, I trace how I move in and

INTIMATE CURRENTS

Poetry-Issue-Seven

INTIMATE CURRENTS

By Gary Keenan Meet the Poet My three poems examine contrary impulses and imagination's work to embrace contradictions as a means of survival and acknowledgement of the present as the place of creation. Here's my short bio: Gary Keenan lives in Tunia, Cauca, a village of