The Identity Issue 2025
The “I Am” Issue
I AM HEATHER BISH
“Oh are you related to Molly Bish?” The cashier asks as I hand her my license to prove I am over 21 and can buy this beer. “Yes, she was my sister.”
I AM A WOMAN ENGINEER MICHELLE SANCHEZ HENRY & JUDY NITSCH
“You know, we are individuals and it doesn’t matter if you’re male or female. You’re working your reputation to stand on itself. I am just a person who takes the task that I’ve been given, the project I’ve been given, I execute on it.” -Michelle Sanchez Henry
“I look back at I what I did at age 35. I was confident in myself, confident we could do the work. There were things that frustrated me, like, you couldn’t get bank funding as a woman to start a business back in 1989, 1991, 1992, I finally did in 1994, and then I went on the bank board.” - Judy Nitsch
Columnists
Candy O’Terry
“As time marches on, career accomplishments don’t matter as much as legacy, passing on what we have learned, doing good, and giving back. But as we age, the number one thing we all wish for is more time.”
Sam Correia
“Maybe the love for physical ephemera in the queer community was the desire to have a physical item that says ‘I was there,’ when society so often tries to erase those histories.”
Marie Romilus
“When I had to change my career path, it was no question, I did it for my child. I needed to because my goal is to have a family, be there for my children. But what if this is it? What if this is as large as the family will get?”
Jaya Pandey
“While I enjoy trips to India, my heart always yearns for the comforts and clarity of my home in the U.S. I call myself a global citizen—belonging everywhere and nowhere—but I’m grateful to experience the best of both worlds.”
Kim Miles
“I will celebrate the woman who wants to proudly prance around in a pair of paisley pants, as long as they respect the fact that they’ll never convince me that I’ll look good in them.”
Just a Moment (Art, Fiction, Photography, Poetry)
Lucky Leslie Lawrence
A photographic memoir of a breast cancer survivor
The “I Am” Issue
I AM HEATHER BISH
“Oh are you related to Molly Bish?” The cashier asks as I hand her my license to prove I am over 21 and can buy this beer. “Yes, she was my sister.”
I AM A WOMAN ENGINEER MICHELLE SANCHEZ HENRY & JUDY NITSCH
“You know, we are individuals and it doesn’t matter if you’re male or female. You’re working your reputation to stand on itself. I am just a person who takes the task that I’ve been given, the project I’ve been given, I execute on it.” -Michelle Sanchez Henry
“I look back at I what I did at age 35. I was confident in myself, confident we could do the work. There were things that frustrated me, like, you couldn’t get bank funding as a woman to start a business back in 1989, 1991, 1992, I finally did in 1994, and then I went on the bank board.” - Judy Nitsch
Columnists
Candy O’Terry
“As time marches on, career accomplishments don’t matter as much as legacy, passing on what we have learned, doing good, and giving back. But as we age, the number one thing we all wish for is more time.”
Sam Correia
“Maybe the love for physical ephemera in the queer community was the desire to have a physical item that says ‘I was there,’ when society so often tries to erase those histories.”
Marie Romilus
“When I had to change my career path, it was no question, I did it for my child. I needed to because my goal is to have a family, be there for my children. But what if this is it? What if this is as large as the family will get?”
Jaya Pandey
“While I enjoy trips to India, my heart always yearns for the comforts and clarity of my home in the U.S. I call myself a global citizen—belonging everywhere and nowhere—but I’m grateful to experience the best of both worlds.”
Kim Miles
“I will celebrate the woman who wants to proudly prance around in a pair of paisley pants, as long as they respect the fact that they’ll never convince me that I’ll look good in them.”
Just a Moment (Art, Fiction, Photography, Poetry)
Lucky Leslie Lawrence
A photographic memoir of a breast cancer survivor
The “I Am” Issue
I AM HEATHER BISH
“Oh are you related to Molly Bish?” The cashier asks as I hand her my license to prove I am over 21 and can buy this beer. “Yes, she was my sister.”
I AM A WOMAN ENGINEER MICHELLE SANCHEZ HENRY & JUDY NITSCH
“You know, we are individuals and it doesn’t matter if you’re male or female. You’re working your reputation to stand on itself. I am just a person who takes the task that I’ve been given, the project I’ve been given, I execute on it.” -Michelle Sanchez Henry
“I look back at I what I did at age 35. I was confident in myself, confident we could do the work. There were things that frustrated me, like, you couldn’t get bank funding as a woman to start a business back in 1989, 1991, 1992, I finally did in 1994, and then I went on the bank board.” - Judy Nitsch
Columnists
Candy O’Terry
“As time marches on, career accomplishments don’t matter as much as legacy, passing on what we have learned, doing good, and giving back. But as we age, the number one thing we all wish for is more time.”
Sam Correia
“Maybe the love for physical ephemera in the queer community was the desire to have a physical item that says ‘I was there,’ when society so often tries to erase those histories.”
Marie Romilus
“When I had to change my career path, it was no question, I did it for my child. I needed to because my goal is to have a family, be there for my children. But what if this is it? What if this is as large as the family will get?”
Jaya Pandey
“While I enjoy trips to India, my heart always yearns for the comforts and clarity of my home in the U.S. I call myself a global citizen—belonging everywhere and nowhere—but I’m grateful to experience the best of both worlds.”
Kim Miles
“I will celebrate the woman who wants to proudly prance around in a pair of paisley pants, as long as they respect the fact that they’ll never convince me that I’ll look good in them.”
Just a Moment (Art, Fiction, Photography, Poetry)
Lucky Leslie Lawrence
A photographic memoir of a breast cancer survivor
