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PARAPHILIA

Greek Meaning:

παρά --para: beside, near, past, beyond, above, contrary, resembling, apart from, irregular and abnormal.

φιλία --philia: a love that designates friendship, love between friends, a desire or enjoyment of an activity, as well as between lovers, family and community.

Medical Psychology Meaning: Sexual Fetishes.

Metaphysical Meaning: Friendship from Beyond.

The restraints and constraints of cultural conditioning are omnipresent, spreading like knotweed into every crevice of humankind's psyche, thus throttling genuine expression at its roots.

Over the years, wo/man has progressively acquiesced, and at times, eagerly collaborated in the widespread poisoning, consequently imposing cretinizing and debilitating conditions on expression, all in the name of propriety, popularity, and profit. Nowadays, artists often consider their careers before even embarking on the creative process. The insidious whispering of the superego and almighty dollar is looming over their shoulders, ensuring that the original, sincere, and thought-provoking is vetted and curbed.

Not surprisingly, the epidemic has spread beyond the mainstream, giving birth to a generic, contrived, ersatz version of the avant-garde that's been shamelessly commodified and mass-marketed, driving otherwise normal human beings to assume conspicuous yet transparent costumes, all in an effort to fit in or cash in. It's now burgeoned into an absurd masquerade that's garnered a sizeable attendance.

Enter Paraphilia, an unlicensed, underground enterprise that renounces rules, regulations, guidelines, genres, categories, and all other manmade shackles. Paraphilia recognizes that expression is a fundamental function of the human organism, and within these walls, it will only be presented in the purest, rawest, most unfettered form. The sole requirement for admission is an open mind, so do come in, we embrace your presence.

PARAPHILIA MAGAZINE is currently a non-profit venture, thus we are unable to provide financial compensation for published works. All copyrights, of course, belong to the writers, artists, photographers, etc...

PLEASE SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO:

paraphiliamagazine@gmail.com

Díre McCain
D M Mitchell
(Editors)

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