Get Intimate With 'A F*cking Magazine' Issue 2
A mosaic of modern connections, with cover star Kelsey Lu shot by Nan Goldin.
Intimacy, connection and an elevated experience of human sexuality, this is Feeld, “the dating app for the curious.” The platform is launching the second issue of AFM (A F*cking Magazine / A Feeld Magazine), the print publication created together with its members. Issue 2, titled “Mind Games,” is a showcase of powerful artistic freedom and a platform for expression and experimentation.
Each issue offers a tactile experience, the physical artefact inviting readers to explore bold perspectives in arts and literature. “Mind Games” unpacks the puzzles our minds create, how they can deceive, change and reshape memory and love. You’ll find essays, photography, poetry and fiction from leading contemporary voices alongside intimate visuals, with contributors including Jamie Hood, Hannah Black, Sarah Miller and Catherine Lacey, among many others. The issue takes the rewrites we make to our own stories to turn assumptions upside down, with the artists offering their own perspectives on the tricks our minds play.
Cellist and musician Kelsey Lu graces the cover, lensed by famed photographer and activist Nan Goldin. The friendship between Lu and Goldin is felt through the pages, channeling a certain trust and beauty. Lu is also in conversation with music journalist Paju Patel, reflecting on creativity, control and desire. AFM also spotlights its own community, with a photography series by Kees de Klein offering a glimpse into the lives of Amsterdam members with community-sourced content, including solicited nudes, personal spaces and pre-date playlists. A tapestry of modern connection, this is a uniquely intimate experience.
“Each issue of AFM aims to make an incision in time: capturing the specificity of how we experience relationships now while creating something lasting and beautiful,” shared Maria Dimitrova, founding co-editor of AFM. Art and design director Merel van den Berg added, “Drawing inspiration from vintage erotica, literary publications and independent zines, our design explores the tension between digital and print, creating moments where tactile and screen-based experiences intersect, much like the interplay between on and offline dating.”
AFM Issue 2 expands on Feeld’s mission to broaden the conversations around intimacy and culture, inviting readers to look a little closer. The publication is now available to purchase via the AFM website.
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