Submit before May 31st, 2017!
We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! Potential ideas for material on the topic of spaces include, but are not limited to,:
Establishing Boundaries: Strategies for setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; Self-care; The meanings and implications of âholding spaceâ for another person; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Peer support and mutual aid; Strategies to deal with grief, loss, and trauma; Seeking out / creating healthy ways and places to address mental illness; Addressing our needs for emotional closeness (introversion vs. extroversion, etc.)
Statehood and Citizenship: Refugee crisis as a feminist issue; Historical essays about de/colonization; Family lineage and national identity; Informational essays and personal narratives about experiences with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detainment, etc; Nationalism and resistance; anti-fascist and ANTIFA movements; Palestinian liberation, Puerto Rican independence movement, First nation resistance, etc; Challenging the âWe are all immigrantsâ liberal solidarity movement; Experiences living with/in diaspora
Physical Boundaries: Environmentalism, global warming, and climate change (scientific essays, essays about how these issues correspond to contemporary politics and treaties, the negative impact that the construction of walls has on our environment, etc); Water protectors; Rapid gentrification of urban areas and the politics of paying rent; The connections between the prison industrial complex and the surveillance of Black and Brown bodies; Experiences with local organizing and how state borders impact our abilities to create and sustain inter/national movements
Psychogeographies: What it means to call a space a âhome;â Psychogeography and the emotional / behavioral impact of a space; Strategies to effectively use social media as a tool to build alliances across geographic borders; Personal exposure, secrecy, and surveillance culture; Aging and how we separate different chapters or parts of our lives
Inclusion and Exclusion: White supremacy and xenophobia within the feminist movement; Concrete strategies to âshow upâ for our community members facing violence; Organizing in solidarity with identity and geographically-based communities you are not a member of; âWomenâs spacesâ and addressing transmisogyny in feminist communities; Arguments amongst the general Left to either divide or unify radicals and liberals; Restorative justice and informal efforts concerning how to handle sexual assault allegations, hate speech, and other acts of violence in our communities (banishment, intervention, accountability processes, etc.)
Communities: How do we define âcommunityâ?; Reaching out to and including feminists who are geographically isolated; Addressing dis/ability and making feminist spaces more physically accessible; The establishment of sober spaces and strategies for sober people to safely move through drinking spaces; Who is and is not included in our conceptions of community?; The push for âsafer spacesâ and the confluence of safety with comfort; Observing noticeable differences in our communities; Working within collectivist structures; Moving on from toxic / unhealthy friendships and relationships; Learning how to spend time alone; Bridging emotional and physical distances with others
All written submissions would ideally be between 500-2,500 words, or between 1-5 single-spaced pages in 12pt Times New Roman font. We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs â this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people.
All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, one print copy and one PDF copy of the zine, and one Hoax pin. We will pay all shipping costs, whether domestic or international.
Please aim to e-mail us your amazing material to [email protected] by our deadline, MAY 31ST, 2017! If you are interested, feel free to send us your ideas for topics and artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better!
Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, and supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please tell your friends and spread the word!
In Solidarity,
sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)
