José Sanchez

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May 28, 2026

Please look stylish. Or at least slutty. Don’t give us nothing.

Meet Me in the Darkroom

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November 12, 2025

Zohran Mamdani standing at a podium in front of a row of flags. He holds his hand voer his chest and smiles. In the foreground, silhouettes of heads and cameras are visible.

JK Mehta, José Sanchez, Nikil Saval, Colin Vanderburg

Debs, Nehru, Mamdani

Reading Zohran's victory

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October 8, 2024

A large mural with an image of a smiling young Black woman repeated five times, against a red background. A train passes above the mural.

Eroticize the Hood

Newark's queer lives

In media and popular culture, Newark has long appeared as irredeemably unsexy, violent, destitute. “Queer Newark reclaims Newark,” Strub declares defiantly, “as a place of desire, love, eroticism, community, and resistance.” The book snuffs out the dominant view of the city, one ethnography and endnote at a time.

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