Nico Mara-McKay

Project Management | Strategic Storytelling | Community Engagement

Nico Mara-McKay

Project Management | Strategic Storytelling | Community Engagement

Writing

“Marks: Uniting Sprit and Flesh” published in Trigger93

I just received the latest issue of Trigger93, which contains my essay “Marks: Uniting Spirit and Flesh”.

The theme of this issue is “Flesh”, and my piece is a personal essay on spiritual tattoos.  Though the ways this theme has been interpreted are as varied as they are powerful, from the interview with Anna Blume on ACT UP’s AIDS activism in the 90s to field notes on crucifixion in the Philippines from Christina Verano Carter – complete with striking photographs, to editor Ayesha Adamo’s piece on method acting, and the path she took to really get inside her character.

It’s a great issue, and I’ve only touched on some of the content. It’s well worth checking out.

Nico Mara-McKay

Nico Mara-McKay (they/iel) is a historian, writer, editor, and occasional curator whose work focuses on histories of gender and sexuality through lenses of embodiment and identity. They write about queer and trans history, culture, and community ephemeralrecord.com, and share updates on Bluesky @nicomaramckay.com.