ISSUE ONE
Headless Friends is a digital magazine for creative queers with strange brains. Inspired by insightful conversations with dear friends, it’s a space to explore the intersections of creativity, mental health and queer culture.
Our first-ever issue delves into art, anxiety and adventure. This debut collection of four new articles looks at a range of interlinked topics, including learning to live in harmony with your bad wolf, looking after your mental health while travelling, why Birmingham is a great place to live as a queer creative, and how straight-laced subjects can inspire incredibly camp films.
Interview: Writer & Activist, Rosa Simonet
My good friend Rosa Simonet joins me for a chat about the power of storytelling, the importance of queer friendship and how to look after your mental health while travelling.
You Take The Same Brain With You
You take the same brain with you wherever you go. Whether you move to a new city or jet off to the moon, the “bad wolf” will still know where to find you. But that’s not a bad thing. The longer you live in the same body with the same brain, being visited by the same wolf, the more opportunity there is for you to learn about how it likes to be treated.
Why Birmingham?
Many people have asked what made me want to live in Birmingham. Let me explain why I think this big, creative, friendly city is such a wonderful place to live.
Queer film club: Conclave
Despite its almost entirely straight-male cast and famously straight-laced subject matter, this religious romp turned out to be a lot queerer than I expected it to be.