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Christopher Harrity Apr 04, 2019

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Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.

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10 Works Pay Homage to Weirdness and Beauty at Instinct #7

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