Sunstroke is a print GEN Z-ine and arts collective. By upcycling past philosophies and practices, we’re reimagining what the future could look like. We’re a community of young adults using our creativity to initiate conversation and change.

Birdy Francis

Alex Ramos

Sunstroke Magazine

We’re looking for pitches and pre-made works of writing, photography and visual art that challenge social norms, critique mainstream aesthetics, and depict and make visible the experiences and voices of Gen Z BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, femme, gender nonconforming and non-binary people and communities.

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Activism; Creative Writing and Flash Fiction; Culture; Fashion; Film; Music; Philosophy and History; Self-care and Spirituality; Sex Education and Intimacy; Social Justice; 
Sustainability.


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Born and raised in Papaioea, Lara writes poetry, procrastinates, and sometimes makes art. They’re currently working towards a museum studies degree. They’re usually found behind the desk of a community library and sometimes they like to act as well.

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Born and raised in Aotearoa New Zealand, Lara writes poetry, procrastinates, and sometimes makes art. They’re currently working towards a museum studies degree. They’re usually found behind the desk of a community library and sometimes they like to act as well.

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Born and raised in Papaioea, Lara (Ngāitai, Whakatōhea) writes poetry, procrastinates, and sometimes makes art. They’re currently working towards a museum studies degree. They’re usually found behind the desk of a community library and sometimes they like to act as well.

NZ Iwi Mention

Lesbophobia is Homophobia With a Side Order of Sexism

Phoebe Bridgers's Sad Music in Late Capitalism is My Punctum 

"Brown’s third collection of poetry is obsessive and breathless, distant yet stirringly intimate. Intertwining existential musings with everyday moments of beauty and concern, the poet brings us closer to a love fraught with modern-day dangers."

Love in All Its Contemporary Glory: Strange, Sexy Paradoxes in Savannah Brown's 'Closer Baby Closer'

"Self-loathing, confessions of childhood hurt, fresh, raw anger over mistreatment merge with uptempo arrangements to form ... songs that are meditative ... refreshingly delicious, calling Swift’s extensive pop past to mind without being derivative."

Sprinkler Splashes and Fireplace Ashes: How Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' Glitters With Intimate Hindsight

"Sometimes I imagine we grew up together as children. That I was there when you took an apple from the tree, before you were allergic. I can’t be sure you’d have loved me then. I can’t be sure you love me now."

I Will Keep Your Middle Name: A Friend Breakup Grief Diary

"With a mix of sharp-witted comedy and heartfelt intimacy, Our Flag Means Death does more than simply remix history with humor — it creates an indulgent, complex, and real queer love story that queer people everywhere have latched onto."

It Feels Easy: How ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Creates Queer Comfort

"They live as archetypes in your favorite fairy tales and myths; they are being hunted for how they depart from the norm in your history books. The witch is your friendly, albeit distant, neighbor with talismans and an herb garden."

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