The Stuff of Stupid Teenage Dreams

By Ellis Fox

I wanted to write a piece about how love doesn’t always stack up to real, grown-up, desperate, and tragic kinds of memory and grief.

Ellis Fox is a 23-year-old writer and musician from London, England. He is currently completing his MA in Literary Studies. He primarily writes short stories and non-fiction articles, however he has written poetry and is set to publish a chapter in an upcoming book about the pandemic. His literary subjects include political and social concerns (e.g., climate change and austerity), as well as relationships, love, and intimacy. These are frequently foregrounded and explored through his personal struggles with depression and anxiety.

Instagram - @ellisfoxguitar

Golddust Editors - Louis Chapman and Isabel Judd

I think I'm nineteen

By Jai Rajwadi

These two pieces explore my relationship to the ‘female’ body as something which is naturally everchanging. My writing piece looks at my own experience growing up with a ‘female’ body, in a society which has many rules for how it should look in order to be deemed acceptable. It looks at how it might feel for your body to go through changes in different situations and time periods throughout growing up.

Jai Rajwadi is a second year Fine Art student from London, studying at Goldsmiths. They enjoy making work which explores their own relationship to the ‘female’ body, gender expression, and femininity as a non binary person. They do this through different mediums which include writing, drawing, and video work.

Instagram - @jairajwadiart

Editors Comments - Isabel Judd

Jai’s art resonates closely with me, as their work always depicts a unique way of expressing femininity. Many young people experience situations as described in their piece of prose, and it is eye opening and heart warming to have it written so eloquently, in such a relatable way. Paired with the drawings they have created, it depicts a visual representation of the themes discussed in their narrative.