Village X Magazine

Volume 09 - Labor 

SEPTEMBER 2021

Paid Time Off is a call to see a world beyond capitalism, beyond grind culture, beyond the carceral state. These pages call us to celebrate and imagine that we are truly free. What if our liberation were not radical, but a fact of life? What would change if everyday were Labor Day? What would stay the same? What would be the work you choose?

In our publication, we are joined by brilliant artists and cultural workers across the country who answered this call, who bravely offered their political imagination as a prayer for a new world. Paid Time Off is a space to see what is possible and what is already here. May this expression of freedom usher in more work that grows from abundance, not scarcity. And may it be the first of many. 

Asé,
MacKenzie River Foy
Editor-in-Chief, Village X Magazine

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This volume was made in partnership with Paid Time Off Magazine, and support from the Progressive Multiplier Fund. 

Cover Art: Tabitha Karol
Editors: MacKenzie River Foy, Emily Griffin, David Tigabu, Nick Voutsinos
Featuring: Morgan Butler, Gregory Hom, Piotr Szyhalski, Jules Hathaway, Dan Townes, Justine Norton-Kerston, Kahlia Phillips, Justus Pugh