Where does identity begin? Before language, before memory, before the self can name itself — something is already there. Twelve writers explore what came first.
Origins is about what precedes choice. Before you could decide who to be, a great deal had already been decided — by the body you were given, the language you were born into, the stories your family told about who they were. These twelve pieces ask what that means. They do not agree. That is the point.
— Sofia Rakhimova, Editor in Chief
Issue 02 — Threshold
On change, transition, and the moment before you become someone you do not yet recognize.