Category: Essays

Conserving Pangolins from a Distance

Trang Đặng develops an ethics of care for pangolins, despite living a world away. Her “respectful distance” is a form of companionship rooted in humility, one that acknowledges interdependence without claiming possession and embraces intimacy without proximity.

Acacia trees form a line at the edge of the Tambass wetland. Tufts of grass poke out of the water.

The Queer Ecologies of the Tambass Wetlands

Richard Watts, Maureen Ryan, and Danny Hoffman wade through the queer ecology and relations that characterize the Tambass wetlands, shaped as they are by precarity, impermanence, and survivance.

A light grey parrot perches atop a wooden, horizontal pole. The bird is crouched down with its head extended toward the left side of the picture. Its black beak is slightly ajar.

Parrots at Play in the Arab Soundscape

Joseph Leidy deciphers the cacophany of parrot voices on Arab social media, from faithful recitations of the Quran to playful banter. The parrots speak to autonomy and play in multispecies companionships.

Computer-generated image of fantastical creatures, above and below ground.

Role-Playing Queer Assemblages Amidst Capitalist Ruins

Nat Mesnard’s new game, Assemblage, allows players to build and role-play an imaginary multispecies universe. Even more interesting than the creatures themselves: the stunning meditation they elicit on extinction, grief, and collaborative, queer survival in the Anthropocene.