RQ Vol. 6 // Issue 1 // SUB ROSA // SUMMER 2024
RQ Vol. 6 // Issue 1 // SUB ROSA // SUMMER 2024
Root Quarterly
Volume VI // Issue 2: SUB ROSA // SUMMER 2024
Subrosa means “Under the Rose.” The rose is an ancient symbol of secrecy or confidentiality. Roses would hang over tables of council, confessionals, or be carved into the ceilings of dining rooms to remind guests that talk was to be kept within the group. But is anywhere free from surveillance now? What does privacy mean? What part does trust play? What does confession mean?
Ideas Editor Walter Foley explores the conspiracy that brought down Gawker // Diana Lu on bowling together and the importance of “third spaces” // A recommendation for a tour of three gardens // Lauren Earline Leonard unveils the inner workings of freemasonry, the Masonic Temple, and the Society of the Woman in the Wilderness // Roberto Quezada-Dardon on the secrets that still haunt San Cristobal // An ode to thorns by Marianne Moore // Sarah Hartman-Caverly uncovers the perils of not-so-secret online sex in the era of AI // Courtney Hunter-Stangler on the intersection of mental health, confession, and religiosity // Rev. Christopher Micklewright explores why we confess, and whether sin can be systemic // Editor Heather Shayne Blakeslee on artist Peter Paone’s Brandywine Museum show that includes his “Ten Commandments” series // Criticism of the art degree and the downfall of UArts by Iona Clark // Interview with Rebecca Saylor Sacks // Notes on Jay Kirk’s memoir Avoid the Day //