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Continue reading →: BlvckHndz – 50 Shades of Rageby Ben Matthews Below are some questions I formulated while listening to 50 shades of Rage. The intention of this interview is to examine the work of an artist to develop deeper understandings of the motives, groundings, and general framework for which you approach both your life and your creations. …
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Continue reading →: Some Games Aren’t Worth Playing: Make a Game of War, Make a World of WarThe United State’s existence as the predominant military presence in the world is an undisputed reality. With over 800 bases scattered from east to west, the face of the world weighs heavy with the grisly pock marks of US authority. The purpose of these bases was never simply to sit…
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Continue reading →: Myrtle Beach: DIY or DieInterview by Gunar Saxum + Photos by @watsonyomind Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. What’s the first thing you think of when you see think of this town? Golfing, vacation, tourists, overpriced crap on a dusty shelf? In the last two years, a DIY collective named Myrtle Beach Shows has been working…
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Continue reading →: Whispering PitchersWritten and Photographed by Hailey Nelms I’ve been an avid goer to Stanley Rehder’s Carnivorous Plant Garden for about three years now, and I do mean avid. There was a time in 2022 where I’d go three times a day to just listen, to cry, to reground my inner self,…
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Continue reading →: Heretic by Delos EP ReviewBy Kayla Prokop Have you ever heard of the Wilmington local psycho babble, shoegazy, riot girl band called Delos? You will be learning in this review who they are, what they stand for, and my opinion on their newest release Heretic. Here’s the rundown on the members, their names are…
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Continue reading →: What is worth a life?I’m eight years old in the living room under the bright but grainy glow of a TV bustling with words on an entertainment channel about foreigners stealing our tax dollars and jobs. My idiot father is hanging onto every word like it’s Sunday morning gospel. Brainwashed. I can’t help but…
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Continue reading →: Breaking Down the BopDecolonize by Vacant Company “Who will decide? Who will decolonize?” It’s no secret that I appreciate the world where hardcore and punk subgenre as a whole collides. A sludgy slow breakdown at the end antagonizes the message being shouted “Who will decide? Who will decolonize?” I grew up somewhere too…
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Continue reading →: Long Live FeminismLong live feminism. You cruel mistress. Taunting and teasing about fair pay, representation, and fundamental change (what do any of those things actually mean anymore?). This is not an ode to feminism. This is a eulogy. But not a very reverent one. I am sick to death of the words…
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Continue reading →: The Command Above AllAs 2025 unfurls itself into the light of day, the time has long since passed for us to examine, piercingly and unflinchingly, our relationship to the members of the elite, ruling classes, clearly displaying their unity and power on Trump’s inaugural stage. The billionaire class ceases to exist without the…
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Continue reading →: Years ahead hanging in the balance.I’m 25 years old and getting ready to turn 26 in February. For many people, it’s a day filled with the ideas of who will I spend it with, what will I do or what will I make of the day? My main question kind of always remains the same:…
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Immersed is an independent publication and mutual aid hub. Based in Wilmington, NC, what started as a zine by Chris Ponds in 2019 has grown into a team of writers, photographers, and activists working to share truth and bring awareness to global issues. We book DIY shows, feature musicians and artists of various mediums, alongside opinions and educational content based on intersectional justice issues.
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