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Pleasure
Cringe's 6th issue delves into the multi-faceted experience of pleasure, and all the complications that might arise in its pursuit.
Lucy Badger
Filmmaker
Lucy is a Scottish filmmaker and artist, who studied Film Practice at the London College of Communication.
Kyra Kerezovic
Poet
Kyra Kerezovic is an Irish-French second-year student studying Liberal Arts at Royal Holloway University of London.
Aoife Rae Pink
Artist
Aoife Rae Pink is a queer London-based artist who studied her BA Fine Art (Painting) at Wimbledon College of Arts and recently graduated from an MA Fine Art course at Central Saint Martins.
Veronica Clements
Artist
Veronica is a Chicago-based artist and curator. She received her BFA in Painting & Art History from the University of Illinois in 2018 and is currently pursuing her MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises from Northwestern University.
Madeleine Ringer
Writer
Madeleine is a writer and 2022 BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism graduate from the University for the Creative Arts.
Benedetta Manzino
Artist
Benedetta Manzino is an Italian artist and digital graphic designer and illustrator.
Oscar Pimlett
Writer
Oscar is a writer and primary school teacher from the North, now based in SE London.
Elza Lisovska
Artist
Elza is a Latvian artist, who recently graduated from the University of Lincoln specialising in illustration.
Julie Lamarche
Designer
Julie Lamarche is a fashion and textile designer experimenting with new materials in her laboratory of dreams.
Cherry Eckel
Poet
Cherry Eckel is a theatre-maker, spoken-word poet, performer, and storyteller, born and raised in London, currently studying in Manchester.
Dannii Jones
Photographer
Dannii-Jo Jones is a photographer who is a UWE graduate with a 1st Class BA in Photography.
Zoe Taylor
Artist
Zoe Taylor is an artist who studied fine art at the University of Brighton.
Jack Tennant
Photographer
Jack Tennant is a photographer working across fashion, art, and documentary, with a central interest in people and fashion.
Josephine Cowell
Stylist
Josephine is a material maker and stylist, working in a space between art and fashion.
Daisy Whalley
Writer
Daisy is a recent graduate in History and American Studies, and is based in Manchester.
Vic Harvey
Writer
Vic is a writer, performer and drama graduate from Exeter University currently based in the West Midlands.
Mina Cousins
Poet
Mina Cousins is a trans femme, amateur poet and postgraduate in History and Politics.
Evelyn Muggeridge
Poet
Evelyn Muggeridge is a non-binary poet and Media & Communications graduate from the south of England.
Jo Farrant
Poet
Jo Farrant is an artist and poet studying Art and Creative Writing at The University of Reading.
Gabriella Crean
Artist
Gabriella Crean is a photographer and multimedia artist based in New England.
Melina Wujanz
Artist
Melina grew up in Luxembourg and currently lives in Berlin where she works for a music agency.
Niamh Rogerson
Writer
Niamh recently graduated from UCL with a MA in History and has gone on to work in academic publishing.
ChloƩ Glevarec Giannelli
Writer
Chloe Glevarec Giannelli is a young French filmmaker. She is also a literature enthusiast.
Darcy Servais
Writer
Darcy is a freelance creative writer based in Cardiff, Wales and specialises in writing about mental health.
Arcadia Molinas
Writer
Arcadia Molinas is a London-based writer, editor and translator from Spain.
Gina Buckle
Writer
Gina puts words in varying combinations in the hopes of calling herself a writer.
Georgia Lay
Photographer
Georgia Lay is a 22-year-old photographer who studied Film, Photography and Media at the University of Leeds.
The Rat Girls
Artists
The Rat Girls (Ansi/Anne-Sophie Loretan and
Ginny/Virginia Zaretskie) try to navigate womanhood, humanhood, and rodent-hood through text, delve into topics of gender, sexuality, ambition, desire and societal expectations, all while manoeuvring the daily challenges of ADHD.
Bel (Isobel) Monteith
Writer
Bel is a writer from Newcastle upon Tyne and a non - graduate of the University of Edinburgh.