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Presenting: a conversation with Writer of Things/Maker of Films, MJ Slide, on their zine, PRISMATIC SLANT.

In which: we discuss their now year-old monthly zine, PRISMATIC SLANT, and the juxtapositions, situations, lives, tools, and process behind each issue. Along the way, we manage – speaking of juxtapositions – to work in dirt, homemade jam and saunas, canning, typefaces, the Twitter of yore, Detroit, the freedom of fan fiction, and more.

About MJ

Maddox Julien Slide (They/Them), mostly known as MJ by friends and creative comrades is a Black Queer Writer of Things/Maker of Films based in the lower east side of Detroit, MI. When they're not on set or pounding away at their keyboard working on editorial or scripted content you'll find them meandering the streets on their bicycle, tending to their co-op's backyard garden or mucking about in the kitchen crafting mocktails and many variations of ramen.

Chapters

  • 00:00 - Introduction

  • 01:00 - "I've found it to be... the most cyberpunk city in the United States."

  • 05:43 - "I realized that I needed to find a medium to express the things I was feeling... without nuancing it to death."

  • 11:39 - "I'm not going to write these 3700 word essays and put them on Medium..."

  • 17:53 - "It's just me goofing around... angrily muttering to myself in my bedroom."

  • 23:55 - Tools: InDesign, Lightroom, Grammerly, NY Public Library public domain archive / We Are Legion.

  • 27:49 - "I know what it's like to think everything's going to be ok then get hit with something at the end of the month that you're not expecting – that shouldn't stop you from having things that bring you joy."

  • 33:28 - "We are so interconnected: why do we feel so lonely?"

  • 40:00 - What's a medium you'd most like to play with that you haven't?

  • 42:10 - "I try to limit the places people can get ahold of me... I want to be able to give people the time they deserve."

  • 44:00 - Thanks and jealousy and inspiration and conclusion.

Linkage

  • If you're interested in joining the Prismatic Slant list, send MJ an email: MJ(at)junkinkfilms(dot)com

  • The Noun Project, home of very, very cool icons and design inspiration.

Theme music, INTERSECTIONS, by Uziel Colon; all rights reserved.

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