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The Travel Diary: A nostalgic stroll through the streets of LA
Travel

The Travel Diary: A nostalgic stroll through the streets of LA

What you see along the way — Photographer Lorena Endara shoots the freeways, businesses, and housing projects of Boyle Heights for her latest photo series, LA (Latin America) Dreams.

Written by: Lorena Endara

In Trump's America, there is nowhere for LGBT people to hide
Activism

In Trump's America, there is nowhere for LGBT people to hide

My Month With Trump — Each month until Trump leaves office we'll be hearing how he's impacted individual lives in our column My Month With Trump. As the Bigot-in-Chief looks poised to sign an anti-LGBT executive order, LA-based Jeff Leavell hits out at his fellow white gay men just like him sitting silently by in his community as the flames of prejudice spread. There is no safe space to hide in.

Written by: Jeff Leavell

The reproductive rights zine informing American women
Print

The reproductive rights zine informing American women

Your body, your choice — Three young artists and activists have created an accessible and participatory publication to help women take charge of their bodies after the US election.

Written by: Marta Bausells

The photographer removing gang members' tattoos to help us see past the ink
Photography

The photographer removing gang members' tattoos to help us see past the ink

Skin Deep — Tattoos are an integral part of American gang culture, and for those wishing to make fresh starts these permanent marks are hard to escape. By capturing ex-gang members and photoshopping out their tats, photographer Steven Burton's latest project, 'Skin Deep', helps us see past the ink.

Written by: Khadija Ahmed

The all-girl hip-hop label taking on the boys and killing it
Culture

The all-girl hip-hop label taking on the boys and killing it

Welcome to Peach House — Redefining what it means to be a woman in the male-dominated music industry, Blimes Brixton and her Los Angeles girl gang have been making waves with their independent label, Peach House.

Written by: Ella Sadie Guthrie

LA's cycling movements are about more than just riding the highway
Bike

LA's cycling movements are about more than just riding the highway

CicLAvia 2016 — Taking to the streets has long been a mode of resistance around the world, and in Los Angeles it's not different. William Warrener traces collisions between transport, status and race at CicLAvia, Los Angeles’s biggest bicycle event.

Written by: William Warrener

The all-female bike crews taking over our streets
Magazine

The all-female bike crews taking over our streets

Rebellious therapy — In 1896, women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony proclaimed the bicycle as the “greatest feminist technology of its time”. Now it's the motorbike's turn.

Written by: Max Gayler

The all-female bike crew reclaiming the streets of East LA
Outdoors

The all-female bike crew reclaiming the streets of East LA

Breaking the cycle — Cycling collective Ovarian Psycos are on a mission to take back the city in the name of sisterhood.

Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray

Into the fires of Hell: Author Ryan Gattis on the LA riots, tattoos and the Lynwood Vikings
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Into the fires of Hell: Author Ryan Gattis on the LA riots, tattoos and the Lynwood Vikings

The Spiel Sesh: No. 4 — Novelist Ryan Gattis, who penned the LA Riots odyssey All Involved, answers our quick-fire Q&A series, the The Spiel Sesh.

Written by: Zach Sebastian (interview)

Video: Los Angeles skate culture through the eyes of photographer Jacob Messex
Skate

Video: Los Angeles skate culture through the eyes of photographer Jacob Messex

Analogue snaps of LA youth — The Berrics’ Hellchild video profile on Jacob Messex coincides with the twenty-year-old skate and youth culture documentarian’s solo show and Filmus zine release at Kingswell.

Written by: Alex King

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