on my 27th birthday, my mom called me to tell me about the night i was born; this is that. my mom was frustrated because i wouldn’t leave her womb. she said i was determined to be born on the first of the month. as she waddled to the car, scooting carefully over the chicago…
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by Marina Murayama Nir Fragments and Residue are the first two tracks of my upcoming album and magazine, Unfurl. The goal of the project is to explore what matriarchy means in my family, and to examine the nuances of being a first-generation person. The image that represents my album is of an ikebana (Japanese flower…
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The Culturework team is thrilled to present a playlist to accompany this issue’s theme: Matriarchy. We liked the idea of how expansive the theme could be, and hoped that the invitation would extend to everyone. We wanted to pose questions of how matriarchy is connected to femininity, togetherness and separateness, honor and expectation, protectiveness, pain,…
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By “April” Yueyi Zhu One day when my mother was in kindergarten, she was being loud around my grandmother who was cooking. Her behavior resulted in my grandmother chopping off her little finger. My mother screams and prosecutes like Queen of Hearts, just like hers did. My mother claims that my father loves her for…
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By Rebecca Bacon Ehlers One of the first memories I have of Burkina Faso, where I lived for two years, was of seeing a little girl through the window of a Peace Corps vehicle who was about five or six years old and had a baby on her hip. It makes me laugh to remember…
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Created by Jodi Bosin Jodi is a Philadelphia-based designer, illustrator, and writer. Her interests lie somewhere near the intersection of nihilism and human relationships. You can find more of her work at jodibosin.com.
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