intentions from MOONROOT issue one

to explore/revisit gender journeys; to explore roots & routes
to open up discussions on difficult experiences as asian amerikan womyn
to think through the way race influences our experiences of gender, and gender our experiences of race
to bring together womyn through collective experiences from contributors, readers, and the broader community; to create a support network through the sharing of experiences
to highlight multiplicities
to facilitate intimacy, experiment in speculative non-fiction
to archive, acknowledge, affirm; because we exist
to find/create our ways back to love
to heal
to make visible
to honor ourselves, and each other
to give ourselves/each other permission/inspiration to tell stories
to fill in missing gaps—the places where certain bodies have been silenced
the politics of language, speaking through the body
to subvert fragmentation, to resist categorization, for self-determination
because if not us, then who?
love
care
joy

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