words/photography: Joshua M. Jenkins model/art by: Mino Sanchez (@cocteautwinks) Last May, an old (tattoo) artist buddy of mine from college posted a photo of one of his drawings on Instagram. It was a picture of Bert from Sesame Street wearing a sweater with Garfield on the front, captioned with, "WHO CARES". I had wanted more tattoos for awhile (I had two at the time, both of which I can best describe as "meh"), so seeing these two beloved characters from my childhood with

Artist - Lauralee Benjamin (website | instagram) Photos - New York Rye (website | instagram) Words - Liza Tuchfarber Women (and so many other marginalized groups) have been fucked over hard this election season. Enduring the verbal ejaculate coming from our so called “leaders” and its continued smearing across the news, internet, and any other stainable surface has been infuriating and defeating. Was there ever an American election where so many people wept in fear over the r

My pre-summer (May) New York vacation this year was, thus far, no less than ideal. I shot and interviewed for The Set Standard's debut feature, ran into and met the talented illustrator Richard Haines outside a Starbucks in Soho, and uncomfortably laughed myself to tears at Comedy Cellar. Now, it's Sunday morning - approximately 1:00am. I stand idly outside of Metropolitan - a bustling gay bar in Williamsburg whose bathrooms have seen more blow than a wind farm. I inhaled my