“This fifth issue of MALA LECHE includes profoundly personal stories, poems, and creative artworks conceived from radical bodily exploration. These pages communicate a spectrum of human experiences spanning individual body dysmorphia to collective embodied euphoria from brave souls willing to share with us what they have learned within. I like to think of this assembly of individual pieces as the organs to the larger body of work that is MALA LECHE, each work essential to the story encompassed by the whole. I believe we expand into and within one another beyond these pages as we share our stories and seek embodiment together. Thank you for taking the time to listen.”

~ Jess Walters, Guest Editor of MALA LECHE #5

The Feminist Union of Charlottesville Creatives (FUCC) is proud to present the fifth issue of MALA LECHE, a quarterly radical art zine featuring the work of women, non-binary, and genderqueer artists and writers from Central Virginia. MALA LECHE #5 features the work of 21 artists and writers from the Central Virginia area.

The issue includes work of:

Gwendolyn Bright (@gwendolyn.bright)
Jam Chookaew (@damnitjammit)
Jaye Crues
Dana Espinosa (@ishtarsreturn)
Meesha Goldberg (@meeshagoldberg)
Laura Lee Gulledge (@lauraleegulledge)
Mak Johansen (@thingsimak)

Lev Keatts (@levi_k_sketch)
Zoe Krylova (@zoekrylova)
Rebecca Lee (awordofsubstance.com)
LR
Gabrielle McClure (@runningriverdesign)
Sophie McDowell (@sophiemcdude)
Allyson Mellberg Taylor (@allysonmellbergtaylor)

Alma Molina (@almarayen)
Audrey Parks (@as_always_audrey)
Aurora Powell (@skater_dyke)
Kori Price (@kpricewrites)
Miranda Elliott-Rader
Jess Walters (@art_by_chronicallyjess89)
Abigail Wilson (@the_abigailwilson)

We’re so grateful to be able to share this issue with you and are thankful for such a wonderful opportunity to collaborate, connect, and support such a vast and talented local community of artists and writers.

Learn more about MALA LECHE HERE and stay tuned for our next call for submissions (MALA LECHE #6) in late June 2022.

READ THE ISSUE ONLINE:

I WANT A PHYSICAL COPY. WHERE DO I GET ONE?

MALA LECHE is made for print; therefore, the physical copies are limited edition and distribution will be quarterly. This page will house an archive of online editions (if you can’t get your hands on a physical copy).

You can snag a print copy of our MALA LECHE #5 at the following locations:

  • RAD PRESS news stands outside The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative (209 Monticello Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22902)

  • McGuffey Art Center main desk (201 2nd Street NW, Charlottesville, VA 22902)

  • Second Street Gallery (115 2nd Street SE, Charlottesville, VA 22902)

  • Studio IX / JBird Coffee Supply (969 2nd St SE, Charlottesville, VA 22902)

  • Visible Records (1740 Broadway St, Charlottesville, VA 22902)

  • WTJU (2244 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903)

Coming soon to the following locations:

  • Green House Coffee (1260 Crozet Ave, Crozet, VA 22932)

  • Mudhouse Coffee (5793 The Square, Crozet, VA 22932)