is waif
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
the very first time I came across the waifmagazine Instagram page (via briiiiiiiiiig's Instagram - because yes, I’m a Netflix serial binge-watcher / Instagram lover), I just thought "what does waif mean?". so I went to check the translation on wordreference – because yes, I’m also a French girl fascinated by the English language and the American culture - but the definition I found did not match or reflect what I saw... very well... at this moment my curiosity needed to be fed with answers. so here I am on a Saturday at the office looking for answers by reading the whole 4 issues of this newly born magazine.
well done waif magazine! (also, perfect way to kill boredom by the way)
now I know and I don't know at the same time. whAt iS WAIf ?? am I waif? I want to be waif! am I even using this word the right way?
I feel even more confused.
I ate the French version of Kix when I was a kid. then I ate Special K when I was a young adult. now I drink branded almond milk with brandless cereals from the nearest supermarket. does this make me waif? I’m 29 y.o. I feel too old for this shit and at the same time I feel like everyone that belongs to the Y generation is kinda waif. can you be "kinda" waif? I guess if you can't be half waif then you can't be kinda waif either…
issue 05
why the fuck do I want to be waif?
It feels like it’s the kind of “don’t care won’t care but still cares enough to make a statement about the things that matter and need to evolve” attitude that we all need. Am I right?
you people are a bunch of wizards you've messed with my brain now look at what you've done here's your reward I don't know who I am anymooore.
no I’m kidding I know who I am I’m here and queer loud and proud, does that make me automatically waif? I think it does. my girlfriend loves eating bread sandwiches with nothing but Dijon mustard and green salad and she thinks of our plants as her babies. is she waif?
I make furniture out of pallet wood, she studied mime art, I wear flip flops with my socks on when I’m home, she constantly craves for human contact, I don't but it's ok, she has the energy of a suricate, I have the energy of a panda. someone once told us we're the most anti-couple couple they've met in their entire life. I think we're waif. are we? is there any way to be sure? you should do a "are you waif" quiz. the answers would be yes you are no matter what.
anywaif it's been fun and nice to discover your work. keep up the weirdness, you're telling the stories the society needs to ear.
everybody should be more waif in their life.
Ps: here’s a picture of us 5 years ago. Can you guess who’s who?