Autotomous Womyn's Press

[kittyit]

seeking submissions of poetry from detransitioned & desisted/reidentified/reconciled women for an upcoming anthology!

we are using a “nothing about us without us” principle for editing & publishing this anthology

the intention of this anthology is to make available in libraries a vibrant and diverse collection of poetic perspectives from detrans women. when interested parties look for “detransition”, this book will be there

poets will not be paid for accepted submissions, but all will receive a free contributor’s copy, and physical copies of the anthology will be sold at cost

this is primarily a consciousness-raising undertaking, not for profit

submissions of multiple poems & lengthy poems is encouraged - don’t be shy!

contributors are welcome to use a pseudonym

contributors will retain the full rights to their works

this is an ugly truths publishing collective (UTPC) project :)

please send your work(s) to [email protected] in a .txt or .doc file with an included brief author bio. 

[kittyit]

YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE DIFFERENT our stories of the harms done by male people within the trans community this is a call for submissions of all kinds from all female people who experienced sexual, emotional, and/or physical misconduct or abuse at the hands of male trans people while a member of the trans activist and/or liberal feminist community. anonymous submissions or those under a pseudonym are 100% welcome. this zine will be a place to tell the stories of the male behavior, misogyny, & violence that are ever-present in any movement that centers male people. you do not have to be a victim/survivor of abuse from male trans people to submit, all stories of serious discomfort, alarm, or upset are welcome. all kinds of submissions are welcome for consideration: whether art, poetry, essays, or simply telling your story.

we are not alone and we will not be silenced. if you don’t want to submit, please consider spreading the word if you know anyone who might want to. again, completely anonymous submissions are welcome.

submissions close december 30th, 2018. please send all submissions to [email protected], .png and .docx or plain text preferred. release planned for both print and online.

[autotomouswomyn]

[autotomouswomyn]

Alethia

A world of robots abandoned by their creators struggle to find new purposes in life. An unnamed, amnesiac robot wanders through this world, affecting every society she passes through. Updates Tues with multiple pages.

A brilliant serial comic featuring an all-female robot world, created by K. Stipetic, the artist who illustrated the cover of Blood and Visions. A fantastic, engrossing, smart, worthwhile read!

[autotomouswomyn]

call for submissions coming soon

[autotomouswomyn]

max & kitty's collected works

Autotomous Womyn’s Press is excited about the release of ravaged, a new chapbook by Kitty of We Are the Catfish! Digital or hard copy available. “16 poems on female existence inside patriarchy. this book contains explicit material regarding male violence, please tread carefully. this is a hard copy. free shipping!”

[redressalert]

whiptailpress

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Just published! Re-Sisters zine from Whiptail Press. Re-Sisters: Stories of desistance from transgender identification

[autotomouswomyn]

Call for submissions

Personal accounts, artwork, poetry, critical essays, or other pieces on the topic of "How right wing religious fundamentalism helps create the conditions which lead to dis-identification with the female sex." Priority will be given largely or exclusively to pieces by those who have experienced this directly. Open to submissions from anyone born female and/or born with an intersex condition and raised as a girl, regardless of gender identity or lack of gender identity.

Guidelines: -You may submit up to 5 pieces -Each piece should be a maximum of 3 pages long -Deadline: January 1, 2018

Send submissions to autotomouswomynspress at gmail.com--note, that word is autoTomous, not autonomous. Autotomous, as in, creatures that regenerate their limbs after a trauma.

Thank you!

[autotomouswomyn]

Autotomous Womyn stand with Vancouver Women’s Library

We are appalled by the fascistic, authoritarian, misogynist and lesbian-hating actions by GAG and the so-called “Progressive Librarians Guild” in attempting to ban books from an important new women’s institution, the Vancouver Women’s Library--and in attempting to intimidate women out of accessing the space altogether. When librarians advocate banning books, the world is truly upside down. PLG are a shame to their profession.

Their “ban list” includes many powerful and transformative books, books that provide critical moments of recognition and articulations of female realities not easily come by. These works are dangerous indeed to a male supremacist status quo, and necessary reading for reSisters. We hope all of our readers will take the opportunity to seek them out particularly, and donate to support the VWL as you can.

VWL, you can expect material support from your Autotomous systers. And we’d be proud to join your collection.

[wearethecatfish]

new release from your friendly lesbian art collective we are the catfish: LAIKA 

this is the story of laika the soviet space dog in the 1950s space race. told through poetry of laika’s perspective, it is a haunting and beautiful look at the consequences of animal testing in the space race. it’s also about what it’s probably like to be a dog. written by max robinson, illustrated by louis lorentz. 106 pages and 15 illustrations.

you can purchase it for $2+ on gumroad, or pledge $1 on our patreon and get access to this and all our past publications instantly. as long as you’re a patron, you’ll get instant access to all new publications! there may be physical copies available soon as well

please follow this blog and signal boost! we are the catfish loves you back :)

[louislorentz]

My illustrations are featured in this book, by the talented Max Robinson! Please consider giving it a look, and a purchase to make her dreams (and mine) of having LAIKA properly published come true. 

[autotomouswomyn]

Signal boost for another independently produced work by a womon whose writing we fully intend to include in our next anthology!

This book is so well rendered and moving. It will crack open your feelings.

[autotomouswomyn]

Blood and Visions, the zine, was intended to be a “teaser” version of a forthcoming full-length book. We made the zine because we wanted to produce something in time for Michfest, and hadn’t originally intended on making it available outside of that context. Because of the intense level of interest, we’re keeping it going, but we still plan to create a book-length work. So this is an FYI to our detransitioned sisters/sisters who are reconciling with being female–eventually we will put out a call for submissions about the book. When we do, we hope you will consider submitting your artwork and writing. We envision many more contributors being part of the book-length work.

[autotomouswomyn]

Blood and Visions, the zine, was intended to be a “teaser” version of a forthcoming full-length book. We made the zine because we wanted to produce something in time for Michfest, and hadn’t originally intended on making it available outside of that context. Because of the intense level of interest, we’re keeping it going, but we still plan to create a book-length work. So this is an FYI to our detransitioned sisters/sisters who are reconciling with being female--eventually we will put out a call for submissions about the book. When we do, we hope you will consider submitting your artwork and writing. We envision many more contributors being part of the book-length work.

[autotomouswomyn]

Blood and Visions by Autotomous Womyn's Press

Writings and artwork by 10 womyn who stopped their transition from female to male. Profoundly personal stories, political analysis, practical advice, and resources for womyn who struggle with dis-identification from their female reality. 65 Page Zine.

The reprint is back in stock! You can order it now from Green Woman Store. Thanks to our readers for your patience!

[autotomouswomyn]

Blood and Visions just shipped to People Called Women Bookstore

They’ll receive it soon and we’ll let you know when it’s officially back in stock.

[autotomouswomyn]

Blood and Visions reprint is in production now

We will post again when it’s restocked at People Called Women/Green Woman Store. Very soon!

[autotomouswomyn]

As detranstioned womyn, we pull no punches in naming our own experience and making political meaning of it, without apology. But we do not consent to be used as ammunition against anyone who is transitioned ftm. We are not inherently different or separate from anyone currently living that experience. And we do not condone any attempt to tear them down in our name. WoLF's post and other such framing is damaging and harmful. Anyone who cares about female human beings regardless of "gender identity" ought to get why.

Again, we say to WoLF: "Words like yours create additional layers of fear and misunderstanding between us and those individuals who currently identify as trans/ftm. If you want to support us, stop making our work harder."

[autotomouswomyn]

WoLF has made a post (linked here) about an ftm and has used words from Blood and Visions--and the existence of detransitioned womyn--in a way that is both wrongly attributed and explicitly contrary to the work we are trying to do. The post is rife with harmful tropes that are named in the zine as things we ask feminists not to do when speaking about our experiences.

WoLF has their permissions set so that nobody can see our comments in response, except people who are already our "friends" on facebook. So we are posting screencaps here. Nothing about us without us. And if anyone is claiming to support us, they need to start by a) listening to us, b) not wrongly attributing words to us, and c) not suppressing our responses.