5.5" x 8.5", full color The story: Fatima set the contribution deadline for midnight, which of course meant everyone was still elbow-deep in Canva at 11:59 pm. Watching everyone's pages fill in live, all of us racing the clock together from different corners of the world, coordinating over a Signal chat buzzing with 'wait, does this look okay?' and 'one sec, almost done!' It felt like a tiny global slumber party. All queer South Asian diasporic contributors. Contributors Haritha (she/they) Haritha is an artist who lives in Singapore. They draw their creative inspiration from hope. The world is big and overwhelming, and holding onto hope is the way they've found to keep sane. Ravjot Mehek Singh — @ravjotmehek (she/her) Ravjot is a queer Sikh filmmaker and art activist, known for her work in both Bollywood and the American entertainment industries, and for using her art to advocate for social change. Sakkshi — @3sakkshi33 (she/her) Sakkshi is a queer immigrant architect and mystic of worlds seen and unseen. Building from memory and myth, her practice bridges the tangible and the transcendent. Creation as birthright, devotion as ancestral calling. Nandita (she/they) Nandita is a queer Tamil writer based in Oakland. Inspired by the love she has experienced in her community, she knows a better world is possible. They see their writing as a practice in imagining liberated, care-centered futures. Kanica (she/they) Kanica is a queer artist and self-proclaimed serial hobbyist. With an eye toward detail, she hopes to remind us that even amongst grief and destruction, there is still so much beauty to be found and made in this life. Nikita Sajai (she/her) Nikita is a queer artist and scientist who blends inquiry with ancestral knowledge to produce resonant visual art, balancing striking uses of stroke and color with intricate, meaningful details. pridimensional — @pridimensional (they/them) pridimensional is an artist, social worker, and art therapy student who wields art as a tool for transformative healing. Weaving together personal storytelling and collective resilience, they honor the power of creativity to transmute pain into possibility.
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