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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
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Permalink Reply by Clementine Cannibal on -
the zine is almost complete! i have lots of submissions and the zine has turned out better than i could have imagined. i'm really excited to print and will be doing so in about a week, maybe a little longer. if you have something to submit now is the time, last chance, please get it to me as soon as you can. it's going to be a thick little zine and it packs a major punch. thanks to all the contributors!! <3
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Permalink Reply by Dorian Shaw on -
http://thegreatestsilence.org/
I was going to stay away from this thread-but I thought it would be a positive act to include that feminism should not be viewed as exclusive terminology to women outside the industrialized world.
One member said he thought feminism was not an issue because women can do whatever they want. Maybe in North America women can vote, work and wear mini-skirts. But in other countries, they are political pawns in wars instigated, faught, won and lost by men. They are used in order to essentially wipe out entire nations of ethnic groups, by baring other mens' children and gene pools. Women are not free-not by a long shot.
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Permalink Reply by KellyRose-Pulse Zine on -
i agree with you and even in america, women may be free in regards to laws and such, but there are so many aspects where we aren't "free." i also want to point out that (to me) feminism is not solely about having rights and opportunities, it's about having positive female role models and positive messages for females, something american culture definitely lacks. it's about feeling safe being a woman in ANY society. it's about being able to express yourself despite your sex/gender/age/ethinicity/race/socioeconomic status/physical appearance...
Dorian Shaw said:http://thegreatestsilence.org/
I was going to stay away from this thread-but I thought it would be a positive act to include that feminism should not be viewed as exclusive terminology to women outside the industrialized world.
One member said he thought feminism was not an issue because women can do whatever they want. Maybe in North America women can vote, work and wear mini-skirts. But in other countries, they are political pawns in wars instigated, faught, won and lost by men. They are used in order to essentially wipe out entire nations of ethnic groups, by baring other mens' children and gene pools. Women are not free-not by a long shot.
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