Pax Americana

  The Myth of True Love: Is It Really Attainable? Love is often presented as something that truly exists and is merely a matter of coincidence or destiny. From fairy tales where a handsome prince saves a princess, to films where characters fall in love instantly in cafés or bookstores, and songs that describe love as an overwhelming, consuming reason to live, love has always been central to the stories we grow up with. Literature, cinema, and popular culture all encourage the idea that "true love" is real, universal, and destined. However, romantic love may be more complicated than these stories suggest; it may not be simple, immediate, or guaranteed, but instead shaped by expectations, timing, and the way we learn to understand it in the first place. Although shaped by cultural expectations and idealized in stories, this raises the question of whether true love is genuinely attainable in real life or primarily a cultural construction sh...

Hello everyone! We would love to announce that our Mini America series is back with its new Summer Issue, or "Beach Edition" as we like to call it. This issue's theme is "metamorphosis" ! Feel free to explore this theme within its all reaches. As usual, we accept fiction and non-fiction works. The deadline is 16th of August.  Our Beach Editions are open to all departments and universities and you are welcome to write in Turkish as well as in English. Just make sure that you are following the guidelines that are listed here .  You can submit your work via e-mail, or you can click on the Submission Form that is available on the sidebar.  Please contact us for further communications and questions. Sic Parvis Magna

  Mist, Messiahs and Mortal Gods: Religious Trauma and Self-Actualization in Brandon Sanderson's The Hero of Ages (2008) Brandon Sanderson is one of the most prolific and popular writers of the contemporary epic fantasy genre, and a creative writing professor at the Brigham Young University. Born in Nebraska, USA, he gained global recognition by concluding Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time (1990-2013) series, which was regarded as one of the most influential works of the fantasy genre. With this work and the fame it brought, Sanderson became a significant figure in the fantasy genre early on in his career. He is known for his vast and diverse fictional universe, "The Cosmere," which hosts over seventy books, interconnected through series and standalone novels. His world-building skills and motives are shaped not only by innovative and creative magic systems and narratives, but also by profound theological (multi)layers, and the theological background in his books encompa...

Hello everyone, this time we are back with some backstage/blooper footage from our short mockumentary "Human[e]"! We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed filming it! Huge thanks to our beloved director/writer Doğu Sönmez and our camera operator Irmak E. Önem for framing these incredibly funny footages.  As always, you can click here to check out our YouTube channel for more content! Cast: Eray Erkek Asya Yılmaz İdil Gökçek Yağmur Erdem Co-Director: İdil Gökçek Special thanks to: Simay Yılmaz Sic Parvis Magna

Our new mockumentary "human[e]" is now available on YouTube!  It is about how humane we can get with absurd elements, and also it being a mockumentary and looking natural without actual cinematic dialogue reflects its social aspect. Click here to watch it from our channel and don't forget to subscribe! Director: Doğu Sönmez Writer: Doğu Sönmez Co-Director: İdil Gökçek Cast: Eray Erkek Asya Yılmaz İdil Gökçek Yağmur Erdem Camera: Irmak E. Önem Doğu Sönmez Editor: Doğu Sönmez Thumbnail: Irmak E. Önem Sic Parvis Magna

Bread is Freedom and Freedom is Bread: A Post-Structuralist Marxist Analysis of the Rhetoric of Lucy Parsons Born into chattel slavery in Virginia and raised in Texas, Lucy Parsons navigated a trajectory of radical self-construction that established a foundational precedent for subsequent generations of activists. Although biographical details of her early years remain fragmentary, Parsons emerged as a definitive figure among nineteenth-century women of color, strategically adopting Mexican and Native American ancestral narratives to navigate the era’s pervasive racial hierarchies. Following her relocation to Chicago with Albert Parsons, a prominent anarchist later executed in the wake of the Haymarket Affair, the couple integrated deeply into radical leftist infrastructures.  Their involvement in the Workingmen’s Party of the United States (WPUSA) and the utilization of their domestic space for political organizing positioned them at the vanguard of the nascent American socialist ...

​Hello to all! We would love to announce that we will take blog submissions from now on! This means that, if you are struggling to keep up with deadlines or  want to write more freely, you will be able to  submit your work to our email and it will be published on our blog!  Don’t forget to check our Instagram for more information. You can find the submission guidelines here .

​Hello to all! We are pleased to announce that our fourth issue is out, and our first edition is already sold out! We sincerely thank  you for the interest and support you are showing! Good news is: Our second edition is now on the way, and if  want to get a copy, please fill out this Google Form:  https://forms.gle/kLvMt73kL5DpVoNV7 Don’t forget that you can always contact us for further assistance via Instagram or email. Sic Parvis Magna Pax Americana Team

 Pax Americana Team welcomes submissions that interpret the theme: “human[e]” for the 2025-2026 academic year spring issue. Works that meaningfully resonate with the concept of “human[e]” creatively, critically, or experimentally will be considered for this issue. It may include questions of humanity, human experience, everyday life, identity, and the social, political, and emotional dimensions of being human. However, if you can further interpret the theme as something else, we will appreciate your work as well. We accept creative works (poetry, flash fiction, short stories, nonfiction), academic and critical essays, and visual artworks. • There is no minimum word count. The maximum word count is 4,000 words. • Submissions must be sent as .doc or .docx. • Submissions are accepted in MLA format: Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, and include a Works Cited page where applicable. • You should name your file as AuthorName_Title_Genre. • 100-200-word abstracts are preferred...