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REBELLE ZINE

TRANSCEND

ISSUE 06 | FALL 2023

RELATIONSHIP WITH DEATH

BY SYD | @SNAPDRG0NPHOTOGRAPHY

“A new passion project I'm developing using ghost imagery and different editing styles to achieve more cinematic styles.”

IDENTITY MALFUNCTION

BY ZINEB ALLAOUI | @ZINEBALLAOUI

"These are not just lines, these are my emotions.
Imagining a fictional world in my biological reality.
I am not desiring it, I am just observing and painting the confusion away.
But are you a boy or a girl?
This question brings me back to reality.
I am challenging my patriarchy with black paint on a white canvas
Naturally creating characters with no gender.
Does it have to do with my lack of femininity or the need for more masculinity?
Trying my best not to fall into the trap of having to choose between two things that equally make me who I am."

A CRITICAL APPROACH TO MANIFESTATION

BY HILARY THURSTON | @THETAROTOLOGIST

As a Tarot Card Reader, Mental Health Counsellor and PhD candidate specializing in Critical Theory, I find myself pulled between two positions in the discourse about the validity of manifestation as a spiritual practice. The popular spiritual concept of manifestation is based on the Law of Attraction, which contends that your emotional energy attracts like circumstances…

MARK SIZZUM IS SLEAZING THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION IN THE NOVA SCOTIA DRAG SCENE

BY ROWAN O’BRIEN | @ROWANOHBEE

In Dungeons and Dragons, magic is divided into eight categories. The magic of creation — making something physically tangible out of an idea — is known as “conjuration”. You may be surprised to find out that conjuration wizards exist in the real world, and one of the most powerful mages I know is Halifax-based drag king Mark Sizzum…

IN THE FUTURE WE ARE STARS

BY KARUNA VELLINO | @KARUNAVELLINO

“Karuna Vellino is a nonbinary disabled lesbian with a passion for poetry and theatre creation. Their first chapbook A Year in Violets was published in 2019 by Grey Borders Books. Their poem 'The 80s' won Carleton University's George Johnston Prize for Poetry. They have recently been published in Corporeal Magazine and Engendered Magazine. They are currently working on their first full length poetry book. In their spare time they enjoy spending time in nature, petting their cats and doing yoga.”

 

In the future                    we are stars 

fuming balls of gaseous 

                                             light

already dead 

                     or in the process of 

dying 

our bodies         full with fire 

                     blood curdling to magma 

incandescent to a small speck 

millions of light years          away 

                    important only in our 

vastness 

our slow      spread         across skies 

our echo spark 

more beautiful         as a memory 

              then if they saw us 

raw and            breaking apart the night

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  • EDITOR
    Maeve Devries

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    Sarah McIntyre

    PROJECT MANAGER
    Marissa Trott

    WRITER
    Rowan O’Brien

    COMMUNICATIONS/ SOCIAL MEDIA
    Leila Poupada
    Erica Wilk
    Hashneet (Crescent) Choudhary Ella Grieg

    WEB DESIGNERS
    Dina Elhanan 

    Salem Paige 

    Amal Khurram
    Simay Ozturk

    GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
    Serina Knight
    Aryanna Diaz

    CONTENT CREATOR
    Estrella Lo

    FINANCIAL COORDINATOR
    Kim De La Cruz

    EVENT COORDINATOR
    Faye Yang

    ZINE CONTRIBUTORS
    Ralph
    Erin
    Veronica Canning
    Mark Sizzum
    Calista
    Isabela Guzman Yepes
    Hannah Taylor
    Fatoumata Gandega
    Syd
    Hilary Thurston
    Zineb Allaoui
    Karuna Vellino

    SOCIAL MEDIA CONTRIBUTORS
    Logan McNelly 

    Sonny Walker 

    Jordyn Tareaz 

    Hira Kiani 

    Frances Young 

    Gray Willow 

    Parvati Kumar
    Taylor Neal 

    Andrea 

    Catherine Eratzo 

    Kseniia