a zine by and for teens
Story by Zoe Allen Illustration by Li Ya Wen During the past decade, we, as high school and college-aged students, have faced exceedingly quixotic expectations. These expectations seem to be placed upon us in every sphere—educationally, athletically, influentially, and economically. The expectations we face are mostly normalized, taken at face value, and understood to be…
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This is the fourth installment of Crybaby’s monthly series, the Birth Control Diaries. The series was created by Story Editor Zoe Allen and Writer Irine Le to evoke conversation about and bring awareness to the trials and tribulations of birth control. Illustration by Sam Tuvesson Maggie Wilde, 20, third year at Concordia University (Montréal, QC)…
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Zoe Yu Gilligan interviews Crybaby’s Obsession Issue cover star, Raveena Aurora on her album “Lucid,” being an Asian-American women in music, healing and spirituality, her creative process, love as a verb, and of course, obsession. Photographed by Dana Trippe.
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Rosie Yasukochi and Amani Marshall pull up some interviews “from the archive,” featuring some of the voices behind Instagram’s dopest accounts.
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Nicolaia Rips debates the pros and cons of unprocessed obsession.
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Story Editor Zoe Allen discusses the ever expanding inability to discern the authenticity of romance among public figures.
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Chandra Johnson comes to terms with how her formative, adolescent crushes turned into real world dating repercussions.
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Lee Phillips interviews Brian Bell of Weezer on obsession, music, making it Los Angeles and everything in between.
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Crybaby’s “Girls On” series worked with Los Angeles-based photographer Autry Haydon Wilson for the Obsession issue.
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Writer Olivia Ferrucci analyzes what most of us have either proudly–or not so proudly–indulged in: fan fiction.
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