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Exist Otherwise

Exist Otherwise is a Literary & Art Journal inspired by the gender-nonconforming artists and anti-fascist activists, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.

Oakland, CA

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April 15, 2026

Website Access Problem

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April 14, 2026

Submission Guidelines Have Changed

Azalea Withrow posing on a Brooklyn rooftop while in New York for a visit in March.

April 09, 2026

My Girlfriend’s Ex-Girlfriend Has a Gun

April 09, 2026

Gluttony

Susan is outdoors; the sun is shining on her face. She has shoulder-length black hair and wears glasses with purple tortoiseshell frames.

April 09, 2026

NOT WAS THIS

Watercolor painting of a tomato sliced in half with the flat side up. The image is somewhat sensual.

April 09, 2026

Our Neighbours Are Making Love

Bald male who looks 30 to 40 years old, with brown eyes and a short graying beard. His eyes are looking up and to his right, away from the viewer.

April 09, 2026

Villain

An androgynous person with bleached, shaved hair and dark eyebrows smiles widely. They are wearing large gold hoops and a necklace that reads Auslander.

April 09, 2026

gender is a scam

Selfie taken in a bathroom mirror framed with ornately painted tiles.

April 09, 2026

Angel

Candid snapshot of Deanna Faye looking at her camera.

April 09, 2026

Why Bother?

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April 09, 2026

Slur

Person with long red hair and tattoos.

April 09, 2026

Earth Cradle

The author, Jessica Bao, Asian woman with black hair, sitting outside on the staircase at the entrance to the The Frick Collection in New York City.

April 09, 2026

On Writing

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April 09, 2026

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A Requiem for the Fallen/Apart Post feature image

April 09, 2026

A Requiem for the Fallen/Apart

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April 09, 2026

How Does War Affect the Stock Market?

Pale freckled woman with wavy tied-back hair and a pinkish shirt and backpack on smiling at a walking stick that is crawling on her shoulder, a tropical forest is visible in the background.

April 09, 2026

Autobiography of a Queer Bug Child

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April 09, 2026

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March 09, 2026

Issue 19 Theme is Announced

Portion of a surreal photomontage, which shows Claude Cahun with a gun against her head, several birds, and other face.

January 20, 2026

A Month of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

Photo collage with several different images of Claude Cahun's head. In most of them she is using her hands to frame her face.

January 13, 2026

Issue 17 is Live

Photo of a woman with light skin, short brown hair, wearing glasses, with a broad smile.

January 09, 2026

Techno-Puritanism

Photo of a light skinned woman with shoulder length brown hair.

January 09, 2026

Moon Water

The author in a baseball cap looks back at the camera and smiles in front of a crowd of dancing people.

January 09, 2026

Wingspan

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January 09, 2026

Terminal Blue

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January 09, 2026

The Side of Death

Poet, Blue Sunshine, wearing trad-goth inspired makeup.

January 09, 2026

Hyde

An 1800s living room. A man sits at a desk with an open book watching a woman who is holding sheet music for La Traviata. There is a piano against the far wall, and several paintings.

January 09, 2026

On Being Violetta When All Medicine Has Failed You

Photo of smiling woman in a purple shirt. She has red hair, freckles, and glasses.

January 09, 2026

Who Do You Worship

Man wearing orange shirt standing on boat overlooking harbor.

January 09, 2026

The Politics of No Longer Starving

A neon-colored digital painting of a hand holding a paintbrush over a glittery intestine-patterned background.

January 09, 2026

Seventh Period

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January 09, 2026

Stumble Stone

With a serious expression, Fendy pays attention to tone and emotion on stage, connecting with the audience through his songs.

January 09, 2026

How to Be a Room