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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:
lickingstarsoffceilings@hotmail.com
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 here or through email.
xo clementine cannibal
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:
lickingstarsoffceilings@hotmail.com
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 here or through email.
xo clementine cannibal
Tags: bitch, grrrl, submissions
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Permalink Reply by CocoaPuss Zine on -
that sounds so fucking awesome. i am definitely going to submit something. and then buy your zine too. do you have a deadline?
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Permalink Reply by Clementine Cannibal on -
yes please do submit something! i don't have a deadline as of yet, i want to have a relaxed attitude about it and let it run its own course. i'm also okay with grrrls submitting pieces they have previously published themselves in their own zines as well. whatever works for you.
i can't wait to see your piece!
<3
CocoaPuss Zine said:that sounds so fucking awesome. i am definitely going to submit something. and then buy your zine too. do you have a deadline?
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Permalink Reply by Lola on -
Sweet - I'd be more than happy to send you some rants... I have a file full of them, and the zine that I do doesn't really have that sort of vibe. I'd love to see what others write as well, so I'm totally down!
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Permalink Reply by Clementine Cannibal on
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cool! please send them my way!
Lola said:Sweet - I'd be more than happy to send you some rants... I have a file full of them, and the zine that I do doesn't really have that sort of vibe. I'd love to see what others write as well, so I'm totally down!
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Permalink Reply by Kira Swales on -
Awesome! I'd love to submit something - but what?! I have so many rants i dont know what to do with them :] x
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Permalink Reply by Clementine Cannibal on
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feel free to submit more than one piece, feel free to rant away! im really interested to see what you grrrls are going to submit! <3
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Permalink Reply by Lola on
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I sent you a couple things... check 'em out!
Clementine Cannibal said:feel free to submit more than one piece, feel free to rant away! im really interested to see what you grrrls are going to submit! <3
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Permalink Reply by Clementine Cannibal on
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thanks for submitting lola! i appreciate it.
for the rest of you grrrrls, get writing! i dont have a deadline but i am here to motivate you. in a little while im going to post some examples up here from me and my sister of the kind of thing going in the zine to maybe inspire you a little bit.
but most importantly, i want you grrrrls to be real so just let your pen/keyboard flow and says whats in your heart, cunt, brain and soul! if you're feeling a bit stuck feel free to email me, im very nice (to grrrls lol!) and remember you can use a piece already used in your zine and i would put "reprinted from...."
okay, keep raging!
Lola said:I sent you a couple things... check 'em out!
Clementine Cannibal said:feel free to submit more than one piece, feel free to rant away! im really interested to see what you grrrls are going to submit! <3
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Permalink Reply by Chantel G. on -
Oh, I just thought if something I want to reprint in your zine, something I wrote for The Femmenstruation Rites Rag. It's my response to a Tampax ad campaign that said, "The Revolution Continues." I doubt that campaign is still in rotation (I wrote the piece in 2001 or 2002), but I think it is still a good rant. As soon as I can get it typed up (I wrote it before I even had a computer!) I will send it your way, for your consideration.
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Permalink Reply by Chantel G. on
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Just sent my piece to you, via your hotmail address. Please let me know if you receive it.
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