Life is beginning to open up. We can hug friends and family, eat dinner in a restaurant, work out at our gyms, or visit our favourite gallery/museum.
But with this relative freedom comes trepidation. There’s still palpable anxiety about what will come next and whether we’ll face further lockdowns. We’re unsure how to be in social settings; we’re collectively processing what the f*ck we’ve all been through and finding new ways to operate in a society that is finding its feet again.
With all of this in mind, we’ve dedicated June’s digital edition to the theme of release and reset. We bring you stories of people who have gone through this process of releasing past emotional burdens and ideas on how we can reset our thinking around some of the big issues in our lives, from borders to a fairer and more ethical fashion industry.
Fardosa
Meet Fardosa, the young Finnish-Somali woman on a journey to reconcile the disparate parts of herself.
Your Body Is Still A Battleground
The charity trying to reset ideas around a girls period.
Beyond Borders
How can we reset our thinking around borders and what they say about our ideas of society as a whole.
What Happens When We Run
Why moving our bodies is about more than just aesthetics.
Tuire Kayapó (First Contact)
An intimate portrait of Tuire, the prominent female chief of the Kayapó people and why what happens to her tribe affects us all.
Cracking Bones
The delicious release of a body that cracks and pops.
Pre-Sleep Nap
Haydee Touitou gives you a lyrical prompt for the best nap of your life.
Say A Little Prayer
The power and comfort of prayer In a mad world.
Tender Is The Night
A look at how letting go of old modes of thinking is good for us all.
Underplayed
A new film that looks at the gender imbalance in music and asks how the industry can reset its thinking around real equality.
Shedding Skin
Liz Tran looks to nature for inspiration in dealing with her big reset.
This Seasons Must Have
Ideas for a new fashion industry.