Archer Asks: Poet Eileen Myles on pathetic literature, rescue dogs and puppetry Archer Asks: Poet Eileen Myles on pathetic literature, rescue dogs and puppetry

Archer Asks: Poet Eileen Myles on pathetic literature, rescue dogs and puppetry

Archer Asks: Poet Eileen Myles on pathetic literature, rescue dogs and puppetry

“There’s nothing more pathetic than being at a party, somebody asking what you do, and saying, ‘I’m a poet.'” Eileen Myles chats with Alex Creece.

Archer Asks: Poet Eileen Myles on pathetic literature, rescue dogs and puppetry

Archer Asks: Poet Eileen Myles on pathetic literature, rescue dogs and puppetry

“There’s nothing more pathetic than being at a party, somebody asking what you do, and saying, ‘I’m a poet.'” Eileen Myles chats with Alex Creece.

Compulsory heterosexuality in dance: Did the dance studio make me straight? Compulsory heterosexuality in dance: Did the dance studio make me straight?

Compulsory heterosexuality in dance: Did the dance studio make me straight?

Compulsory heterosexuality in dance: Did the dance studio make me straight?

Did receiving praise for embodying gender norms and heterosexual narratives in dance manifest into falsely identifying as straight?

Compulsory heterosexuality in dance: Did the dance studio make me straight?

Compulsory heterosexuality in dance: Did the dance studio make me straight?

Did receiving praise for embodying gender norms and heterosexual narratives in dance manifest into falsely identifying as straight?

Wicked Words presented by Archer Magazine, Darebin Arts and Tiger Salmon Wicked Words presented by Archer Magazine, Darebin Arts and Tiger Salmon

Wicked Words presented by Archer Magazine, Darebin Arts and Tiger Salmon

Wicked Words presented by Archer Magazine, Darebin Arts and Tiger Salmon

Two magazines. One night of sexy storytelling. Thursday, 23 Jan 2025, 7:00PM, Northcote Town Hall. Grab your tickets now.

Wicked Words presented by Archer Magazine, Darebin Arts and Tiger Salmon

Wicked Words presented by Archer Magazine, Darebin Arts and Tiger Salmon

Two magazines. One night of sexy storytelling. Thursday, 23 Jan 2025, 7:00PM, Northcote Town Hall. Grab your tickets now.

Archer Magazine #20: the RESISTANCE issue Archer Magazine #20: the RESISTANCE issue

Archer Magazine #20: the RESISTANCE issue

Archer Magazine #20: the RESISTANCE issue

Archer Magazine #20: the RESISTANCE issue out 2024. Queer experience cannot be watered down into a single concept, but one thread that connects us all is resistance.

Archer Magazine #20: the RESISTANCE issue

Archer Magazine #20: the RESISTANCE issue

Archer Magazine #20: the RESISTANCE issue out 2024. Queer experience cannot be watered down into a single concept, but one thread that connects us all is resistance.

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“There’s nothing more pathetic than being at a party, somebody asking what you do, and saying, ‘I’m a poet.'” Eileen Myles chats with Alex Creece.

Did receiving praise for embodying gender norms and heterosexual narratives in dance manifest into falsely identifying as straight?

Two magazines. One night of sexy storytelling. Thursday, 23 Jan 2025, 7:00PM, Northcote Town Hall. Grab your tickets now.

From girlboss sex toys to pregnancy porn, queer disabled activism and so much more, here are Archer’s online editors’ top picks for 2024.

Being a mixed-race drag queen, I have been caught with a double whammy of judgment from both the white side and the Asian side of my communities.

From drag storytime to intersex solidarity to neuro-inclusive spaces, here are Archer Magazine’s most read online pieces of 2024.

It began as a curiosity – to explore gender and masculinity at close range, and frankly to have some really hot sex – and became an experience that altered the pathways in my brain.

Despite the high portion of carers in the LGBTQIA+ community, many of us don’t self-identify as such – we are ‘hidden carers’.

We should be allied against a right-wing that seeks to undermine feminist, queer, trans, anti-racist movements, to destroy unions and to engage in climate destruction for a profit.

Even in African countries with slightly more favourable LGBTQI+ legislation, queer people are still subject to prejudice and violence.

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