Postscript Magazine No. 4

Postscript Magazine No. 4 (the Reverie Issue) is available now on loremnotipsum.com. For our fourth issue, we explore the theme of REVERIE, sharing stories of introspective realities, transcendental liberation and escapism. Featuring artists, academics and activists from the UK, US and across Africa, the issue questions the ways in which we can find hope in a chaotic world and considers the bridging of different realities to create new narratives about ourselves, as well as our communities.

Inside, you’ll find interviews with London-based doctor and writer Samara Linton, a conversation between artists Krista Franklin and Hamed Maiye and a roundtable discussion on sex and sexuality as African women. Throughout, whether in editorials or essays, we cover a host of topics on the multiplicity of self, the politics of pleasure and Afro-surrealist storytelling.

Postscript Magazine is a cultural anthology bringing together the multiplicity of perspectives of socially engaged and critical thinking women. As a journal, we aim to produce inspiring and informative content reframing women of culture in contemporary conversations. The publication focuses on a single theme per issue and features in-depth articles and essays, interviews and contributions from inspiring modern women. Released bi-annually, readers can expect to find topics relating to art and culture, alongside editorials and original works of artistic expression.

Content

SAMARA LINTON considers Black mental health and cultural contexts in mental illness
SAMANTHA RENNALLS & JESSICA DAVIES examine Narrative Therapy as a form of resistance against racist oppression and a tool of psychological liberation
LUNGA NTILA shares distorted self-portraits which expand on understandings of self and the world
ALMAZ OHENE questions what space there is for women of colour to be the architects of their own sexual desire and fantasy
ELVIRA VEDELAGO spotlights the work of two young visual artists who provide an oppositional gaze to the historical portrayal of Black female bodies
CALIDA RAWLES shares paintings which tell alternative stories of Black bodies, water and freedom
IRENOSEN OKOJIE examines the use of surrealism in the work of four Black artists who create escapist portals to experience Blackness in a fantastical way
KRISTA FRANKLIN & HAMED MAIYE consider surrealism as a vehicle for nuanced portrayals of the African diaspora
CRISTINA DE MIDDEL reimagines the story of the Zambian Space Program some 50 years ago

Details: Postscript Magazine No. 4

68 Pages, 38 x 30 cm