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Heresies is a standalone editorial section on girlslikeusmagazine.com that sits alongside Issues, Events, About and SHOP in the site's main navigation. It holds individual written pieces — opinion, essay and commentary-style texts — rather than the themed, multi-contributor collections that make up each magazine issue. The clearest example visible on the site is "Their Trans Tube Heresies" by Grace Dunham, a New York-based piece that opens by noting YouTube is not just a repository for animal videos. If you want a single authored argument or reflection, start with Heresies; if you want a curated cluster of writing, images and objects around one theme, go to Issues.
How Heresies differs from Issues
The distinction is structural, not just editorial tone. Issues are numbered and theme-driven: Issue #12 is "Biography," Issue #11 is "Economy," Issue #10 is "Future." Each is framed as a collective exploration — the Biography issue describes life "not as singular and individual, but entangled and connected," and the Economy issue lists the many economies that "trade our emotional labour, desires, love, fertility, time, minds, queerness, politics and clicks." Heresies carries no issue number and no unifying theme across pieces; each entry stands on its own as a single voice.
| Dimension | Issues | Heresies |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | Numbered editions (#10, #11, #12) | Individual, unnumbered pieces |
| Curation | Themed collection of many contributors | Single-authored text |
| Framing | Collective, entangled narratives | One argument or viewpoint |
| Example | Issue #12 – Biography | "Their Trans Tube Heresies" by Grace Dunham |
| Best for | Browsing a theme across writers and media | Reading one perspective start to finish |
What you'll actually find there
Based on the site's own listing, Heresies entries are text-led and attributed to a named author with a location — Grace Dunham, New York, in the one fully visible case. The subject matter overlaps with the magazine's broader queer and cultural focus, but the form is closer to a column or op-ed than to a magazine feature. The section does not appear to bundle images, objects or event programming the way Issues and Events do.
How to use the site to find what you want
- Looking for a themed body of work — open Issues and pick a number. Expect a mix of writing, images and objects organized around one word (Biography, Economy, Future).
- Looking for a single essay or opinion piece — open Heresies. Read the piece as a standalone argument rather than part of a series.
- Looking for events or merchandise — use Events (listings such as the Brussels lesbian bar nights in December 2017 or the Issue #10 launch) and SHOP (which lists items like the "SECOND SKIN HARNESS" by Sara Manente, Inju Kaboom and Günbike Erdemir).
- Checking whether a piece is current — note that the visible event listings date to 2017, so treat dates on the site as archival rather than a live calendar.
Practical caveats
The site displays a notice that an old browser may make things "work and look a bit weird," so if navigation or layout misbehaves, try a current browser before assuming a link is broken. The visible page evidence does not show pricing, subscription terms or login requirements for Heresies content, so don't assume the section is free, paywalled or account-gated — check the page itself. And because only one Heresies entry is fully described in the available material, treat the "single-authored essay" pattern as the observed norm rather than a guaranteed format for every entry.