Astray

What is a woman, if not a keeper of signs? A reader of quiet omens? A tender of things that grow in inconvenient places?

Borrowed Soil - Astray Every morning I stand on the balcony with a water pipe in my hand, sending a thin silver arc across a wall that should not matter as much as it does. Three banana plants are just there, on the other side, rooted in someone else's earth. I watch the water reach them and something in my chest releases

Cities in the West are swaddled in myth. Cities in India are rarely granted the same romantic filter.

The Tiffin Lady: Shifting Hate - Astray During my second year of university, I finally gave him a name: Noah. And whenever I don my chest binder, he appears.

During my second year of university, I finally gave him a name. And whenever I don my chest binder, he appears.

Becoming Noah: Crossplay and the Self I Found - Astray During my second year of university, I finally gave him a name: Noah. And whenever I don my chest binder, he appears.

‘Retreat’ can be a loaded and luxurious word in a world where the concept of “care” is commodified and sold back to us as an individualist pursuit only – often against the backdrop of a place where value is extracted and not returned.

This project is not that.

Feminist writing, creativity + care: a women's retreat in Kathmandu From a charming cottage and a woman-owned coworking space, we’ll gather daily for workshops, excursions and talks.

We just spent a week deep in conversation about identity, abstraction, recontextualisation and resistance with a team of writers from Singapore, India and the U.S.

What emerged were four incredible zines that push back against something deeply felt – printed on recycled paper using a Risograph machine and soy-based ink at in Tokyo, Japan.

In KACHA SUTA, meaning raw thread in Bengali, NY-based writer explores the breadth of her relationship to the clothing label 'Made in Bangladesh' – looking at conditions for women working in garment factories and the appropriation of Desi fashion into so-called Scandinavia core and Coachella wear.

published KNOW YOUR HINDUTVA to shed light on the rise of Hindu nationalism in India, critically examining key narratives, fabricated histories and the weaponisation of 'jihad' to expose the underlying Islamophobic propaganda fueling the Hindutva ideology (as distinct from Hinduism).

In an act of resistance against capitalism and cultural attitudes to mental health in Singapore, linguist .oee plunges readers into organised chaos with IN MY HEAD – breaking down stigmas, narratives of othering and the realities of being a young person who refuses to conform in a neoliberal surveillance state.

Pulling ideas from centuries-old Japanese gossip, Connie created her own version of Sei Shōnagon’s PILLOW BOOK. Inspired by scathing judgments of the Heian court and charming observations of all the beautiful little things in life, Connie’s zine explores the tension between two opposing narratives on women’s fashion: the status-obsessed utilitarianism of the industry, and the condemnation of fashion as consumerist sin. Like Shōnagon, Connie defends the pursuit of beauty and craftsmanship for its own sake

All print runs are super limited – contact us if you'd like to learn more about the authors and their work.

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I wish I could bake and walk door to door offering brownies 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯! 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦? 𝘔𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦’𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘺𝘰𝘴𝘪—𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶!

I Wish My Cat Liked Me - Astray I wish my cat liked me. I wish she lit up and meowed when she heard me call her name. I wish she ran to me in the morning or even just entered a room. I wish she climbed up onto the couch or my desk chair or the dining room table to sit with me, or on me.I wish she purred in my lap, rumbling away co

Create, design and assemble your own 16-page risograph zine with a team of writers, activists and printmakers in Tokyo this summer.

Dismantling Propaganda: Risograph Zine-Making in Tokyo, Japan Attend a series of critical media literacy workshops, then create, print and assemble your own risograph zine in Tokyo, Japan.

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