Inside the Pages of KUTT, the OG Lesbian Magazine
Filled with unfiltered photographs and It-girls (including Chloë Sevigny).
The OG lesbian magazine of the 2000s is back. KUTT ran from 2002 to 2003 with only three issues published, but it quickly reached cult status. Founded and edited by Jessica Gysel, it was the sister publication to BUTT magazine, from Jop van Bennekom and Gert Jonkers. ‘Kut’ means ‘c-nt’ in Dutch, reclaiming the word and turning it into a celebration.
With the issues being so scarce, they rack up quite the price tag. IDEA sold a full run in 2012, and of all the rare books and magazines that the publisher has written about, KUTT is the most popular, with hundreds of emails being sent in the last decade of people trying to get their hands on a copy. From this, IDEA decided to create a facsimile edition, bringing all three issues together into one volume.
The publisher produced the page-by-page replica of the OG issues, with a new cover designed by van Bennekom and featuring a Viviane Sassen photograph. This image never made it as the cover previously, but now gets its moment (rightfully so). The lilac pages are filled with brazen photography from artists including Martien Mulder and Ryan McGinley, alongside star-studded interviews. Expect images of Chloë Sevigny, Eileen Myles, Collier Schorr and more.
This publication was completely original at the time, and nothing has filled its shoes since. It’s just as cool, queer and relevant 24 years later as it was in 2002.
The book is available at Dover Street Market in London. Be quick, as this one won’t be around for long.
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