"I Knew A Motherfucker Like You And She Said..." #2, CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

[Clementine Cannibal]

hey everyone! in the summer i posted a call for submissions for the 1st issue of my new compilation zine of writing by grrrls, about topics we feel we aren't allowed or encouraged to write about in most places. the zine was a huge success! 16 contributors wrote about a ton of topics including sexual violence, relationships, menstrual products, s/m, sexuality, and feminism. it was amazing. and now i'm getting ready to start working on #2. i've already received one submission and i've heard from others that they are interested in submitting. i'm hoping the zine will come out february-ish, so try to get your pieces into me by mid-december, the sooner the better of course so i can start working on it. write what you really want to say, write what matters to you, write the things that are hard, write the things that you want to celebrate, write what you get called a bitch for saying, write the things they told you to shut up about.

for more info on the zine check out:
http://sites.google.com/site/clementinecannibal/iknewamotherfuckerl...
and to order the zine go here:
http://sites.google.com/site/clementinecannibal/zines

now, here's the original call for submissions to get you inspired:

submissions wanted for a new grrrl/bitch/go fuck yourself kind of zine
i'm nearing completion of the 10th issue of my perzine licking stars off ceilings and i've been thinking about a new project to work on as well as my perzine. basically, i want to create a compilation zine of writing by grrrls ... but with a certain "theme" or "motif" if you will.

the zine is going to be called "i knew a motherfucker like you and she said..." which is a line from a guns n roses song. the idea behind the zine is grrrls writing honestly, unabashedly, and unapolegtically about things that matter to us. i am most especially interested in that which is surpressed, labeled as "bad" or "hushhush"... i want a space where grrrls can write openly and honestly without fear of judgement and express all kinds of (sometimes contradictory) thoughts and feelings.

i am not interested in painting women as either "victim" "virgin" or "whore"... i am interested in showing how we are often all of these and manymany more and other things. i am not interested in painting women as anything, i just want a place where we can say the shit we aren't supposed to say or aren't allowed or encouraged to say.

topics might include: rocknroll, punkrock, music in general, sex, pleasure, relationships, violence, sexual violence, drug or alcohol use or abuse, masturbation, ambition, partying, anger, feelings about your body, ways to "riot" or fight back, feelings of grrrl solidarity or feelings of alienation, experiences of humiliation or being "made an example of", things that really matter to you, things that piss you off, experiences with your period, learning about sex: the things you wish you'd known back then, experiences with stds, birth control, reproductive choice, abortion: medical and/or "natural", experiences with work, dealing with grrrl jobs such as retail, service jobs, sex work of various kinds, or trying to "make it" in male dominated jobs or neither or both, mental "health" or "unhealth", or "gofuckyourself i AM healthy", experience with psychwards and that whole psych world, being called or considered crazy/hysterical/emotional/fucked up, living in a world that promotes girlhate, sexual harassment, pedophelia, times when people threatened you or fucked with you and how you felt and so on.

basically anything you really want to say, things that matter you, that you want to share with other grrrls but most importantly: things that you know you couldnt "get away" with just anywhere, but with a chorus of grrrrls and bitchs behind you it makes you feel better about it! thats the feel i want for this zine. not that we have to agree, just that we are making room to say shit that matters to us.

i'm open to all sorts of forms of writing, including poetry, rants, essay style, fiction, personal stories, erotica, reviews of shit you like or hate, and so on. anything you really want to say. be a MOTHERFUCKER about it.

my email address is:
[e-mail]

send any submissions to my email including any info (name, contacts, your zine(s), or whatever else you want included with your piece) to my email. and dont be afraid to ask me any questions.

xo clementine cannibal

[star blanket river child]

hey, I read about the first call for submissions on this, and I thought it sounded really interesting. I'll definitely be trying to submit something... this kind of writing has never been easy for me.

[Nico.]

can it be a re-print? i wrote something for my new zine "nymphette" and it would be perfect for this..

[Clementine Cannibal]

yes reprints are totally cool! that would be awesome. <3

Nico. said:

can it be a re-print? i wrote something for my new zine "nymphette" and it would be perfect for this..

[sandy]

wow, this zine sounds exciting. i'd like to contribute - do you want a finished page (writing + pictures) or just the writing?

[Clementine Cannibal]

i would like the words in a file or in the body of an email, because i want to make all the pages in a similar format, but i'm also looking to include more visual art in this issue (i included some amazing drawing by my sister, casey jean, in the 1st issue). so i'm open to visual submissions by mail or email, as long as it photocopies really easily. i hope you submit something! that would be awesome!

sandy said:

wow, this zine sounds exciting. i'd like to contribute - do you want a finished page (writing + pictures) or just the writing?

[Clementine Cannibal]

oh and i should mention, it's a 1/4 size zine, so keep that in mind for anything visual. i can shrink things on the copier, but still, its good to keep in mind.

[Clementine Cannibal]

UPDATE: okay so another grrrl asked if contributors could make their own pages and submit through the mail, since it seems like a popular idea, i have changed my mind and i will be accepting BOTH complete pages submitted through the mail AND/OR text submissions submitted through email. so, if you're going to submit a complete page (or pages) keep in mind that the zine is 1/4 size and vertical (unlike the last horizontal issue). if you have any questions about this, just ask. if you were planning to submit text and this sounds complicated, just ignore this, i'm happy to get text submissions too.

other than that, thanks for the interest everyone! i have 3 amazing submissions included so far. it's coming along great. i love how i'm always surprised and refreshed by the vitality and passion expressed in the writing that ends up in my inbox. <3

[Lola]

I'm in, baby!!!!!! The last one rocked!!!!!

Love,
Lola

[Larongitis]

I'd love to submit something. Let me see what I can shit out over the next few days.

[^[muhree]^]

I definitely tried submitting something to you but my email account said yours didn't exist. I double checked and I don't think I spelled it wrong. is there another way I can submit this to you?

[sandy]

just sent something! hope it's okay :) please let me know if it got through.

[Clementine Cannibal]

hmmm... i dont know why that is happening. are you sure you put:
[e-mail]
if it still isn't working, you can send it to my other email:
[e-mail]
i cant wait to read your piece!! <3

stephanie harvey said:

I definitely tried submitting something to you but my email account said yours didn't exist. I double checked and I don't think I spelled it wrong. is there another way I can submit this to you?