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Photo of a white woman with freckles and brown hair in front of a floor to ceiling bookshelf.

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Rita Mookerjee

Darren C. Demaree

Blonde woman with oversized glasses, a yellow sweater, and a mischievous glint in her eye

Evelyn stands on a bridge in a public park. She is wearing a green headband and large cloth earrings shaped like strawberries. She is looking off to the left of the camera.

A black and white photo of a non-binary person with dark hair and dark eyes, looking up, framed by a brick wall in the background and the night sky.

Ashley Elizabeth

a smiling person with long, brown hair and a beard, wearing a grey hoodie over an orange shirt, poses with an out-of-focus park bench and trees behind them. Photo taken by Jessica Lynne Furtado.

a smiling woman with short grey hair wearing red glasses and a red blouse and black pants against a teal wall

Editorial and Management Team

Photo of a white woman with freckles and brown hair in front of a floor to ceiling bookshelf.

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Blonde woman with oversized glasses, a yellow sweater, and a mischievous glint in her eye

Smiling woman with bird tattoo

Danielle Hanson

Ashley Elizabeth

an author photo for Samantha Edmonds, which shows her leaning against a brick wall and smiling in a green dress.

Samantha Edmonds

Sarah Harshbarger

Sarah Harshbarger

Sherrel McLafferty

Rita Mookerjee

A photo-portrait of Ada Wofford with a star and moon patterned backdrop.

Photo of a south asian woman, Maya, in her room smiling . She is wearing a light pink turtleneck with purple flowers and gold hoop earrings.

Maya Chandrakasan

A white-skinned person with curly dark brown hair wearing a black t-shirt, smiling into the camera

Isabeau J. Belisle Dempsey

A white person with shoulder-length brown hair wearing black headphones and a white tee shirt smiles at the camera.

Livia, a white woman with dark brown hair and green eyes, smiles at the camera while wearing a blue and white striped shirt.

Katie Ashlyn Collins

Editorial Board

Brendon Blair

A black and white photo of a non-binary person with dark hair and dark eyes, looking up, framed by a brick wall in the background and the night sky.

A black person sitting in front of a field of tulips, smiling widely. They have an afro and wear mint-colored glasses with a navy sweater and gray jeans.

Darren C. Demaree

Tattooed woman in a party dress with grey pitbull

Kathleen Gullion

Ashley Hajimirsadeghi

Ashley Hajimirsadeghi

Photo of Angel Leyba, a non-binary person wearing a lavender scarf tied over their head into a bow under their chin and a dark brown puffer coat.

Saba Syed Razvi

Reader Board

An image of Jess trying out a new lip gloss/liner combo while looking demurely to the side, while her cat, Turkey, is half in frame.

Photo of a south asian woman, Maya, in her room smiling . She is wearing a light pink turtleneck with purple flowers and gold hoop earrings.

Maya Chandrakasan

Close-up of femme-ish presenting middle-aged woman with asymmetrical, short dark hair, nose piercings, and intense eyebrows in front of hanging plant. She is smiling slightly.

Girl stands in the sun under a eucalyptus tree with her eyes closed.

A close up of a young Black person with green locs and face piercings

A woman with shoulder-length brown hair and tortoiseshell-patterned glasses against a neutral background

Adriana Rambay Fernández

Black and White photo of Em Fullenwider taken by photographer Elysia Perkins

Melanie Hyo-In Han is smiling at the camera against a light grey background. She has shoulder-length dark brown hair and is wearing a slate-blue top.

Melanie Hyo-In Han

Smiling young woman with long blonde hair in a green sweater standing outdoors among trees.

Olivia Jacobson

A photo of Ananya Kharat in front of a white window curtain. She is smiling and tilting her head in a 3/4 view.

In a black and white image, a mixed race Korean person with short hair, round glasses, and a nose piercing is looking at the camera and smiling slightly. They are wearing a light t-shirt under a dark sweater and standing in front of a river, which is reflecting the trees.

Close up photo of a blonde haired woman with tattoos in a black dress.

black and white photo of Sara, a white genderqueer person, with a tree in the background

Ariadne Alexis Macquarie

Ariadne Alexis Macquarie

Jess has long brown hair and a collection of flower, bunny, and mushroom tattoos on their arm. They are wearing a pair of overalls and are standing behind a dark red Japanese maple tree.

A mirror selfie of awhite woman with brown hair holding up a cat mug.

Megan sits in front of a paneled wall, tilting her head to the side and smiling at the camera.

"Saty Mukherjee, member of the Reader Board for Sundress Publications."

Jardana Peacock

Jardana Peacock

photo of a woman in a black dress sitting on a bench among flowers.

Paige Quiñones

A white woman in a black dress and glasses looking at the camera.

Robin LaMer Rahija

A black and white photo of Amanda Scott with brunette, shoulder-length hair, wearing a white blouse.

Amanda E. Scott

Heather Takenaga smiling and reading a book in the shade.

Heather Takenaga

Charlotte Ungar

Photo of a young Asian woman with copper hair in a white dress standing under the arch of a large tree. She is looking up at the plant roots and leaves hanging above her head.

Sundress Academy for the Arts

Photo of a white woman with freckles and brown hair in front of a floor to ceiling bookshelf.

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Rosa Castellano

Rosa Castellano

A person with long, voluminous curls takes a black-and-white selfie on a train. They wear a light-colored puffer jacket and have nose jewelry. Reflections from the train window and blurred motion of the outside world are visible in the background.

Black-and-white photo of a person, covered in heavy shadows, with light skin, a dark buzzcut, and facial piercings wearing a sleeveless white button-up, right cheek turned to the camera and looking up to the top right corner at an off-camera flash while reaching their right arm across their body and holding their left shoulder.

Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin

A white woman with blonde hair and clear glasses sitting on a couch outside with several trees and plants in the background. She is wearing jeans and a blue-and-white stripped button down shirt.

Photograph of Caroline Webster standing in front of a brick building

Caroline Webster

Joseph Minarick

A photograph of Molly Hoyer, a white woman with blond hair wearing a brown sweater

Best of the Net

Indian woman with short dark hair, wearing a black sleeveless dress and purple glasses, smiling into the camera.

Nonbinary person with a hat, jacket, and skirt leaning agains a column.

Clayton Bradshaw-Mittal

An Asian American person wearing a dark shirt stands in front of a brick wall and smiles.

Femme-presenting person with navy curly hair and large-framed glasses sits in front of a pale wall with a bookshelf.

Laura Page leaning against a brick wall with the woods in background.

Craft Chaps

Binx River Perino

A woman with long, blonde and brown hair smiles into the camera. She is wearing a dark blue, button-up long sleeve and a gold necklace.

A photograph of a woman with dark hair wearing a grey jacket standing next to a brick wall.

Rita Mookerjee

Doubleback Books

Danielle Hanson

Danielle Hanson

Bayleigh Kasper

Bethany Milholland

Bethany Milholland

Journals

Tassneem Abdulwahab

Jill Khoury

Social Media Editors and Blog Contributors

A photograph of Bree Eaton, a white woman with blond hair in a blue jacket standing outside of Radio City Music Hall in New York

Brianna “Bree” Eaton

A middle-aged white person with short and messy brown hair, hazel eyes, nose piercings, and large-framed glasses is smiling. They are wearing a brown tank top in front of an orange wall with a lightswitch, and a small mirror is hanging in the background. There is a window beside them with the blinds half-drawn.

Roumaissa Amrani

Design Staff

Kristen Camille Ton

Interns

Rachel Bulman looks left over the wide, blue Gard-Vaucluse river on a bright summer afternoon.

A South-Asian woman smiling at the camera, with a Doctor Who poster visible in the background. She has long, dark auburn hair and is wearing a black shirt.

Franchesca Nicole Lazaro

A white man with a pink buzzcut, round glasses, and a star nose ring. He is looking into the camera and smiling a little.

Greyson Lehenbauer

A white woman is standing in front of a tree in a grove. She has short, dark red hair. She is wearing a black dress with white trim and a blue graduation stole with the words "UC Irvine" embroidered on it with gold thread.

Reina Maiden-Navarro

A South Asian woman smiling and sitting on a green couch. She has black hair, half lying over her right shoulder and half down her back, and is wearing a wine-red turtleneck. Behind her are two closed window curtains, one light blue and floral print, and the other solid teal.

An East Asian, non-binary individual standing on a walkway outside of a building in the evening and visible from the chest and elbows up. They have short brown hair and are wearing a white blouse under a black blazer.

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