Larisa Manescu, Author at Austere Magazine

You Art What You Do // Interview with Illustrator & Writer Mari Andrew

Mari offers an honest, relatable perspective to common situations, from moving to heartbreak to navigating issues of mental health. Her work tugs at your heart-strings in a comforting way, as if to say, "You are not alone." ... // Read More

ArtInterview6 min read

THE SEX ED REVOLUTION: Artists Lifting Shame & Stigma

Larisa Manescu

Together, we learn from one another, growing and healing out of the cracked sex ed system.... // Read More

Art8 min read

Comedy For Hope, Comedy For Reproductive Justice

Larisa Manescu

The team of comedians, writers, and other artists has a clear agenda for each stop: To let local abortion clinics know they are valued and not demonized by the local community and to provide people with the resources they need to put themselves in the fight for reproductive justice.... // Read More

Culture8 min read

Let’s Talk About It: 5 Misconceptions About Sexual Assault

Larisa Manescu

Conversations about healthy relationships and consent require everyone to be at the table.... // Read More

Culture5 min read

A Little Queer Dance Party Never Killed Nobody

Larisa Manescu

A look inside the resistance queer dance parties popping up across the nation. Oh Daddy Pence, Come Dance. ~~~... // Read More

CultureInterview8 min read

Poem: Our Corner

Larisa Manescu

A row of stern, suited men stand in a room Not just any room The Oval Office Around one seated Leader of the Free World, Puts his pen to paper, Chaining up bodies across the world. Knocking on death’s door, To let phantom lives in, Exponenti... // Read More

CulturePoem2 min read

The Politics of Listening

Larisa Manescu

What’s the point if we were all just there to grab sound bites, be entertained, bicker and walk away gripping our egos just as tightly as when we walked in? How do we fight for what's right without yelling at one another? How did we get here?... // Read More

CultureThink Piece5 min read

Boss Babes ATX: What Community Looks Like

Larisa Manescu

By Larisa Manescu -
Boss Babes ATX is a non-profit organization that hosts bi-monthly meets and a variety of workshops, screenings and other pop-up events for self-identified women in Austin. Like any movement, it came to life when people realized they weren't alone in the way they were feeling and decided to do something about it. ... // Read More

Culture18 min read

Survivor Speak: An Ocean Of Voices Turning The Tide

Larisa Manescu

By Larisa Manescu -
I wish my personal essay Calling Bullshit On Shame, Five Years Later hadn’t evoked as much of a response as it did. But I knew it would, that people would relate.... // Read More

CultureThink Piece8 min read

Calling Bullshit On Shame, Five Years Later

Larisa Manescu

By Larisa Manescu -
There's power in my story far beyond any statistic I could regurgitate for you. ... // Read More

CultureThink Piece10 min read

Culture

You could be booking event venues at home in your underwear with Zenu

Self-Realization With a Sexy Merman

A Certain Heavy

Music

Mi Amor // Jen Janet

// JMBLYA FEST 2017 //

Resistance Vibes // An Austere DAWN Playlist

Fashion

In Continuum // Misael Rodriguez

Neo Pink Panther // Davis Cleaver

Mi Amor // Jen Janet

Art

Mortraits // Michal Wijata

Draven’s View // An Interview

You Art What You Do // Interview with Illustrator & Writer Mari Andrew

Larisa Manescu

You Art What You Do // Interview with Illustrator & Writer Mari Andrew

THE SEX ED REVOLUTION: Artists Lifting Shame & Stigma

Comedy For Hope, Comedy For Reproductive Justice

A Little Queer Dance Party Never Killed Nobody

Poem: Our Corner

The Politics of Listening

Boss Babes ATX: What Community Looks Like

Survivor Speak: An Ocean Of Voices Turning The Tide

Calling Bullshit On Shame, Five Years Later

Larisa Manescu

In Continuum // Misael Rodriguez

You could be booking event venues at home in your underwear with Zenu

Mortraits // Michal Wijata

Neo Pink Panther // Davis Cleaver

Draven’s View // An Interview