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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

Exist Otherwise cover image

Self-drawn image of two abstract life forms.

October 10, 2025

Foreigner Before a Woman*

Portrait of Golda Grais wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket

October 10, 2025

dove to cunt

manual of becoming Post feature image

October 10, 2025

manual of becoming

Very dark, grainy, low contrast photograph of an androgynous person with a cheroot in their mouth.

October 10, 2025

The Sacrifice of Iphigeneia

October 10, 2025

overstimulation of an empire’s fall

The author takes a photo of herself in the bathroom mirror.

October 10, 2025

Pretty Little Shades of Gray

Illustration of the character Alis from the video game Phantasy Star saying "kiss kiss".

October 10, 2025

Sexual Chemistry

October 10, 2025

Let Me Be Everything

Very dark, grainy, low contrast photograph of an androgynous person with a cheroot in their mouth.

October 10, 2025

“vous avez brûlé une sainte”

Poet Joshua St. Claire is standing in a forest. He is smiling with a brown beard.

October 10, 2025

The Friedmann Equations

A picture of Shivani in a green shirt-jacket getting ready to devour a plate of food.

October 10, 2025

I’m at the casino and I want to

A photo of, poet, Lyra Button wearing a long black skirt and a corset.

October 10, 2025

My life/ /My life for The Canon:

A white woman with long brown hair wearing a button down shirt with colorful squares on it, posing against a background of pine trees. She is smiling, her index finger alongside her chin.

October 10, 2025

Lactation/Laceration

Alex J. Tunney with his head framed by the yellow leaves of a tree.

October 10, 2025

Contain Myself

Responses for Issue 16 are Complete Post feature image

September 30, 2025

Responses for Issue 16 are Complete

Issue 15 is Live Post feature image

July 13, 2025

Issue 15 is Live

Issue 15 Slight Delay Post feature image

July 12, 2025

Issue 15 Slight Delay

The poet enjoying her vacation in a field of greenery

July 10, 2025

Civilians of Collapse

This author photo is a mirror image taken on June 19th, 2025.

July 10, 2025

Winter Thunder

Mark Blickley, New York City

July 10, 2025

Heads-Up Dream for Peace

to all student protestors a year ago Post feature image

July 10, 2025

to all student protestors a year ago

Indie Journalist: Melissa Ann Argay

July 10, 2025

Trans-Illumination

A young woman wearing glasses, with purple hair tied up in a bun. She is smiling and her head is at a 3/4 angle.

July 10, 2025

History Never Known

July 10, 2025

Experiential Ecotone: Hashimoto’s Disease & Gestational Diabetes

The Boxing Match Post feature image

July 10, 2025

The Boxing Match

Grainy and dark black and white photo of an androgynous person with tribal tattoos and a cheroot in their mouth.

July 10, 2025

De Miseria Condicionis Humane

Jungle Snow Post feature image

July 10, 2025

Jungle Snow

The poet stands in a black dress with a white blouse in front of a painting of a port in Italy, by her great-great aunt, Gigetta. Her hair is long and she is wearing red glasses and lipstick.

July 10, 2025

Someone Else’s Daughter

Soldier Post feature image

July 10, 2025

Soldier

Courtney sits on a bed with a book open in hand, looking and smiling at the camera.

July 10, 2025

I Saw Dead Children Way Before The Sixth Sense

Shiva: The Wild Dance in the Cruel Winter Post feature image

July 10, 2025

Shiva: The Wild Dance in the Cruel Winter

Samuel, a blxck boy by heritage and not complexion, sits on the only chair in his study room, wearing a smirk, multi-colered T-shirt, a wrist watch & a neck chain.

July 10, 2025

Greengrocery

Photo of an older white guy with short grey hair and rimless glasses with a bemused smile.

July 10, 2025

On Death, A Seventy-Nine-Year Perspective