Body Curious

CAINNE @criticalsxxtheory (xe/xim/xyr) is an Afrox agender art worker, body worker and sxx worker born on Lenape Land currently residing on Wurundjeri Land. At Cubby Art Party, Cainne has given birth to “The Law of Beauty” and “De Bussy”. They are one half of disabled dance initiative, Disabled Pole Dancers, and a massage and movement therapist at Yahdy Studio. Their arts practice flows through poetry, prose, self publication, event production, music production, curation and dance. You can read their writing in @MoreThnMelanin, @TheNoncompliant.Artspublication and the first anthology publication from @swnarrativesalon and Cubby Art Parties self titled Arts Magazine.

KRIS KNEEN is the award-winning author of fiction, poetry and non-fiction including An Uncertain Grace which was shortlisted for the Stella Prize, Wintering, shortlisted for the Davitt award and three QPLA awards, and The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen which was shortlisted for two QPLA awards and the Margarey Medal. Their poetry collection Eating My Grandmother won the Thomas Shapcott Prize. Their latest book Fat Girl Dancing was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. They have written and directed broadcast television documentaries and were the Copyright Agency Ltd Non-fiction Fellow in 2020.

Ari is a proud Kuku Yalanji and Nangu multidisciplinary artist with a strong focus in poetry and fashion design. The subject matter they focus on is the ways Love Studies coincide with Country, exploring these relationships in the experiences of Black Queer Peoples.

Stephanie Powell is a poet based in Naarm / Melbourne. Her forthcoming collection, Small Acts, will be published in late 2024 by Liquid Amber Press. Her book, Gentle Creatures, was published by Vagabond Press in 2023. Her poetry has been translated into Braille and published widely. She is the winner of the 2024 Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize.

2024 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST

Mx. Sly (they/them) is a non-binary writer, performer, arts producer, and flight attendant. Originally from Tiohtià:ke (Montreal, Canada) and now based in Naarm, they pursue contentment through incessant meal planning, doing Yoga with Adriene, making love like a beast, and making out in Melbourne’s laneways. Their first memoir, TRANSLAND: Consent, Kink & Pleasure, is a finalist for a 2024 Lambda Literary Award in the Transgender Non-Fiction category. When Sly isn’t in the sky, they run the arts collective Tender Container, which is developing Canada’s first all–trans and non-binary performance anthology for Playwrights Canada Press.