Category: 2023 Fall – Bi+ Joy
Crocheting Is Affirming
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Clara There are a couple of scenarios that come to mind in which I feel affirmed and euphoric...
Read MoreThe Whole Made of Parts
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Mar Bogdanis Mar Bogdanis is a nonbinary author from Poland, working as a graphic designer /...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Bi+ Joy
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Editor's Note
Most of the public discussion about bisexuality and other bi+ identities focuses on the vast ocean...
Read MoreAround the World: Shumi, Kolkata, India
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Around the World
By Shumi When speaking about LGBTQ+ related topics in my country, the first word that comes to...
Read MoreIntroducing Emily Solis, BWQ’s New Intern
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
Emily Solis (she/her) is a graduate student working towards becoming a certified mental...
Read MoreAffirmed
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By strega clare manning slurping soft udon before we use our warm lips to utter the word “bi,” in the backseat of your car, idling in front of my dorm. the roots wrapped around my aorta would not budge until i dared to water...
Read MoreThe “Bi Pride” Baseball Jersey
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Kaliisha Cole My mom and I walked into Spencer’s this past April with a couple of shopping bags...
Read MoreBisexual Love
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Amber McLaughlin As a bisexual, being in a relationship with another bisexual provides me with...
Read MoreWriting a Love Poem at Taco Bell About
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By Michaela Mayer how your smile is backlit with the radiance of the purple now hiring sign, no...
Read MoreThe Present
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy, Poetry
By Nicole Swisher In my daydreams, I see her: a woman as round as I am, as soft, with an awkward,...
Read MoreBudding Bisexual Disaster
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Annalies Mohle I want boys to think I’m tough and the girls to think I’m pretty And I want them all to think I’m smart and fun and witty This much self-consciousness is maybe vanity but I’m fifteen, so it’s allowed Let me...
Read MoreTo My First
Sep 1, 2023 | 2023 Fall - Bi+ Joy
By Kasma An open letter to the first female crush I ever had as a bisexual woman. I still remember back in seventh grade when I met you again. We had known each other sometime back in first grade, but I don’t think you...
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