We’re so excited to announce that Dyke Queen’s third issue, Recipes from Queerantine, is out now!
Issue 03 - Recipes from Queerantine was born during the pandemic. Knowing that the pandemic induced feelings of loneliness and deep isolation, we wanted to explore how queer people coped during this challenging time. We asked our contributors to submit a “recipe” that brought them comfort during quarantine.
The recipes are not all “traditional” recipes—they’re “recipes” for finding joy in healing, for transporting yourself to another place, for opening your heart up to love, even in the time of COVID.
RECIPES FROM QUEERANTINE plays with the idea of recipe-making. Queerness is about the process of making ourselves—we make chosen families; we create our identities outside of heteronormativity; and we imagine new ways of loving ourselves and the world around us.
Issue 03 - Recipes from Queerantine features:
J Wortham, the New York Times Magazine writer and co-host of the Still Processing podcast, wrote a birthday meditation as an offering to a friend who was celebrating their birthday during the pandemic.
Renowned photographer Naima Green's gorgeous images —"juicy fruit" and "Soaking"—christen the front and back covers of Dyke Queen.
Kamala Puligandla, the novelist and former editor-in-chief of Autostraddle, authored a poignant, touching essay about how she fell in love with her partner over Zoom.
Given the inability to gather with friends in community during quarantine, Alexandra DiPalma and Kenya Denise, the co-founders of Domino Sound, the queer, disabled Black woman-owned production studio, inspire readers to travel to otherworldly places with a sip of their shroom tea recipe.
Bridget Ore, the designer and illustrator, draws up a beautiful, intimate portrayal of 24 hours in quarantine.
Koa Beck, the former editor-in-chief of Jezebel and the author of White Feminism, bookends the issue with a comforting, rich recipe for cinnamon and chocolate vegan scones.
***Along with our new issue, we released a limited-edition run of a t-shirt, featuring illustrations inspired by Recipes from Queerantine. The shirt is designed by Salvador de la Torre, a multidisciplinary artist who was featured in our second issue.