Meet Boshemia

Eileen Elizabeth Espinoza is a poet and professor living in the redwoods of Northern California.

There she can be found wandering the forest and coast with her wolfdog and re-reading The Secret History. Eileen writes about popular culture, death rituals, and nature. Her first book, Carrying the Bones: Rituals for a Dying World is forthcoming from University of Kentucky Press in 2025. Boshemia is a love letter to her very best friends.

PUBLICATIONS

Sarah Q is a full-time doctor, and occasional writer. She’s currently living in Yorkshire and pretending to be The Funny One.

Q started getting serious about writing during her gap year, where they’d stay up late to live blog Glee during its peak messy season.

Since then, she’s somehow managed to get a medical degree, and can now be found at the movies, workshopping tweets, and pretending to be cool with the youth on TikTok.

Sarah L lives with her two cats, a menagerie of plants, and an ever-increasing urge to revolt against the bourgeoisie.

Sarah wrote and illustrated her first story book at age three, about a chicken going for a walk, and hasn’t shut up about writing and creating since.

Her work centres on themes of identity, childhood & nostalgia, failures of capitalism, reflection & healing, a fondness for the ocean, and the history of feminist publishing.

Sarah recently started Banana Duck Creative, a marketing and design agency for freelancers, start ups and small businesses.

DESIGNER

Lauren Elizabeth is an educator and designer based in Paris, France. She believes in human-centered design: she has collaborated in her work with nursings homes, schools, and music and art therapists. She is perpetually mourning the alter-egos she has not yet become (famous equestrian, touring musician, writer, dancer, Master sommelier). Her personal work and music can be explored here.

PODCAST PRODUCER

Jake Bolton is a comedy writer/performer living near London. They have written several plays which they have then cast themself in. Politicians are a dangerous combination of egotistical and powerful, and as such they believe satire is an important tool to bring them down a peg or two. Jake is currently studying Writing and Producing Comedy at the National Film and Television School.

Jake started out with Boshemia as the UK political editor, and has since gone on to produce the Boshemia podcast, What Else Are We Mad At?

Also, check out their snake pants 👀🐍

SENIOR EDITOR

Alex Nolan is a writer living in Plymouth, England, but who comes from a small town in Northumberland. He works in charity retail to make his living, but dreams of subsisting off his (soon-to-be) fabulously popular plays and novels. Non-fiction forays from him focus on queer culture and what it means to be an LGBTQ+ person living in the present day. When capitalism has finally been crushed, you’ll find him drinking Merlot amongst a commune of cats.

ROBBIE

ASSISTANT ART EDITOR

Robbie Masters is a creative based in Bristol, UK with a passion for storytelling, painting and publishing.

As a non-binary trans person and trauma survivor, integrity and authenticity are essential to Robbie and their written work often focuses on themes of queer empowerment and identity— sometimes served with a side order of sass. When it comes to art, they're all about escapism, dreamy abstraction and championing emerging creative voices.

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SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

Florenne studied English Literature at The University of Sheffield, specialising in Biblical Queer studies.

She also co-founded a society focused on making student culture more sustainable, leading her to work for Whering, the sustainable wardrobe app.

Contributing Editor

Raki Jordan is a writer from New York City. His works span across non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and art as well. His writings analytically probe societal ideologies concerning race, experiences, and politics.

COLUMNIST

Emily Blair is a queer Appalachian teacher and writer.

Her selected poetry and nonfiction works can be found linked at her website, emilyblairpoet.com. She currently lives in the mountains with her spouse, their precious pets, and approximately seventy houseplants.

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Erin Ammon is a queer writer and artist from West Virginia currently living in Glasgow. Her experience working in Washington, D.C. has informed much of her writing and political advocacy. Erin is currently exploring the connections between textile arts and feminine dissent. When she is not stalking the Halls of Power, you can find Erin thrifting for deals on vintage clothing, imagining possible dystopian futures, or playing the ukulele.