PHYLL MAGAZINE | Courage
2020, spring. The world was closing in. In the midst of a numbing pandemic sprang: A need to feel and speak. A desire for radical tenderness and generous creativity. A space to share.
It was the beginning of Phyll Magazine, an independently published online magazine.
In May 2021, we released our Issue 0 :: COURAGE. In it, FLINTA* reclaim their vulnerabilities, voices and bodies on their own terms. “Courage” gets dissected and refracted through different lenses and stories in three parts: BODY, CHOICE & MEDIUM.
I conducted interviews with activist and legal researcher Kosovare Duraku, writer and illustrator Tessel ten Zweege and internationally exhibited photographer Renate Ariadne van der Togt and wrote an aching piece of creative non-fiction: En dan eindelijk het bloed • Und dann endlich das Blut.
TW: PHYLL Magazine ISSUE 0 features text and images related to chronic illness, fertility issues, eating disorders, racism, death threats, sexual violence, abuse and nudity.
WHO WE ARE
Phyll was founded by Verena Meyer, Sophia Volk and Mirthe van Popering: three women who united to create a place of virtual exchange. A creative space for self-expression and a safe space for people facing discrimination based on their identities.
We locate ourselves in (queer) feminism and aim to create a format that develops both the artistic and political vigor to capture intersectional nuances of feminist issues. A medium that speaks to the heart and connects; a pause and an anchor point.
Top photo: Paul Henschel | Slideshow: Verena Meyer • Renate Ariadne • Kosovare Duraku • Tessel ten Zweege
© Phyll Magazine with courtesy of the artists
Mirthe van Popering 