Pseudo Mag

A letter about the hiatus from the editors of Pseudo Mag

Dear Pseudonauts,

This project began in 2015, when we were 19/20 years old. The purpose was to create a platform for writing that is personal, passionate, raw, experimental and weird enough to not fit anywhere else but here, and to make art that is indifferent to “likes” and “views” in the time of Instagram and SEO analytics. 

We loved collaborating with our favourite poets and fiction writers…

Presenting Pseudo Mag Issue 16: 'Performance’ featuring Seigar, Genie, Kimaya, Stephanie and Omkar. We are so proud of this issue and hope that you enjoy it as much as we did.

This issue is a bittersweet one, as we will be taking a break from the magazine for some time after this. An official letter about that from Kimaya and Tanvi will make its way to you soon.

Until then, enjoy, share, and let us know what you think of the current issue!

issue 16: ‘Performance’ by Seigar

El Convento Cabaret is a show based in Tenerife, The Canary Islands, Spain. It’s the spin off of Clarabett. Actors and actresses use wit and intelligence to make people laugh but also they shock viewers putting them on a mirror, presenting social and political issues that really matter in Spain and in all countries around the world. Sarcasm, irony and comedy are on stage. What they never miss is…

reading

eating

Everything

cut em short or keep em long

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performance

  Every action, every move (especially if it is made by a woman) is perceived as a performance.

Whatever she performs, be it something as simple as walking, eating, reading, etc., her performance is judged based on the unspoken and unwritten rules (created by men) determining what a woman should do and should not, what a woman should look like and not.

There are thousands of pairs of eyes constantly staring, looking at her and judging her performance.

But the only pair that really matters, woman, is your own.

Genie is an artist and a feminist but not a misandrist.

She has an unusual affinity towards grass. You’ll find her walking bare feet on lush green lawns or sitting under a tree, reading a book or sketching the view ahead in some corner of the world.

issue 16, You and the Film: About ‘The Love Witch

by Kimaya Kulkarni

  “Do you know that most men have never even seen a used tampon?”

I watched The Love Witch(2016) written and directed by Anna Biller yesterday (4 July, 2018). I came across the film a few months ago when I was searching for films that were about witches, but at first, the premise of the film as it was described on the internet didn’t appeal to me. That was a period in life…

issue 16: ‘Performance’ by Steffi Buchler

The Dance of the Virgin

I was trembling that night, carrying in my hands the slightest bit of confidence, so fragile it would have shattered into a billion pieces if someone had dared to sneeze in the room next door. Yet I was standing tall, just like mothers tell their daughters to stand, so they will be taken for granted when they have to speak in front of a man.

When I was eight and crying beca…

issue 16: ‘Performance’ by Omkar Mankame

  Omkar Nishikant Mankame is doing his MFA in Portraiture from Sir J J School of Arts and has completed his Bachelors in Painting from the same school. He is fond of nature and music, and has been learning Indian Classical music since 4 years. He is learning the sitar and the flute as well.

“She will tell you the story of her death. She was found almost drowned in the sea. I had the feeling of being slowly dipped up, she says, of being drunk! I was gliding down the drinker’s gullet and it was agreeable, rewarding, very agreeable, because I knew I tasted sweet!”

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Photo by Zara Rai

Also, check out the submission guidelines for the next issue here: https://pseudomag.com/contact-and-submissions/

Submissions are open till 20th of February. The theme is #Performance. Our inbox is made for you. Go for it.

Here are the guidelines:

The Cure by Alison McBain

Meredith Faulkner for Pseudo Mag Issue 14