THANATAPATHY is a Baltimore-based literary & media magazine that focuses on BIPOC+ trans and queer voices who have been hurt and killed by the bureaucratic thread of all destruction: classism, racism, traffic violence, and climate decay that is starkingly parallel to the former two!

THANATAPATHY brings to light what apathy is: death. Many of us who are victim to traffic violence, climate destruction, and the hegemony of the empire are so not only because of the color of our skin but by our choice to refute a system who so badly wishes for us to assimilate to capitalism.

Riding a bike is, at its core, an act of protest. Using public transit because of either being unable to afford a car or deciding not to use private transit is both indicative of one's wealth disparity and refusal to submit to the normalization of car use.

While this press is, in theory, limited and for the production of this project, it has the potential to grow into something more.

All are welcome to submit, though priority will be given to the underrepresented.

The site is run, edited, and organized by Coraline Ismael Karim (she/her/hers), the Family Biking Coordinator at Bikemore. She is an Indo-Persian Ecuadorian transgender woman writer based here in Baltimore City. Her writing stems froms violence, trauma, oppression, and lived experience turned art.

This journal was made for our CAPSTONE project through the Chesapeake Bay Trust's "Chesapeake Climate & Conservation Corps" through our host organization BIKEMORE, here in Baltimore City. As this site is handled entirely by the editor herself, crafted from scratch, we implore any and all folks to consider donating to BIKEMORE to further help our mission in advocating for safer streets for all and creating more programs for families, kids, bikers, and pedestrians alike.

The editor is currently finishing her Master's in Writing at John Hopkins University with an expected graduation in May of 2026. She is working on her science fiction novel series titled "Step Into Oblivion", and she is published in literary magazines such as BULL & University of Tampa's Talon Magazine. She has received two scholarships for her short stories "Step Into Oblivion (2019)" & "End All, Be All" through the University of South Florida.