
Petals N Teeth
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a note for youOn shedding armor
Letter from the editor
On shedding armor
and growing thorns...
We made this place for the tender and the tenacious—for voices learning that softness was never the opposite of strength.
— Editor-in-Chief
Dear reader,
May you keep every strange and beautiful part of yourself. May you bloom without asking permission, and learn exactly when to show your teeth.

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Visual essay · Issue IV
The Anatomy of
Soft Defiance
A visual meditation on remaining open in a world that asks us to harden.
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