What Made You a Feminist?
By Kuono • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Sex Positivity, call for submissions
How do experiences like sex work, pornography, the acquisition of sex toys, the promotion of sexual health and reproductive rights, etc… relate to your idea of Feminism or identity as a feminist (or for some, humanist)?
Here’s your chance to share your story for a Call for Submissions at Feministing (thanks @audaciaray for the tip! She said “sex industry ladies should pitch essays for this new anthology” and I couldn’t agree more!)
Here’s the info, or go straight to the source.
“J. Courtney Sullivan and I are editing a new anthology for Seal Press on the topic, and we want your ideas. Send us a couple of paragraphs–in the style and voice that you’d use in a full-fledged essay–proposing what you would write, along with your name, email address, phone #, age, and ethnic background (we understand that this might seem a little reductive, but we are committed to including diverse authors). We’ll look them all over, then get back to you once we’ve accounted for a range of moments, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
We hope it will be a historic document, a totally entertaining gift, a course adoption text, and, most of all, a collection that makes young women who already identify with the movement feel seen and heard, and welcomes all those just growing into the still unfolding story of feminism.
Send your ideas to: clickmoment@gmail.com
DEADLINE: October 15, 2008
Bonus: We’ve already got some great feminist writers on board that you may have heard of, including (in no particular order):
Courtney E. Martin and J. Courtney Sullivan (well, obviously)
Jessica Valenti
Miriam Perez
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Curtis Sittenfield
Rebecca Traister
Anna Holmes
Rachel Simmons
Winter Miller
Deborah Siegel
Alyssa Quart
Hannah Seligson
Latoya Petersen
Shelby Knox
Jennifer Baumgardner
Amy Richards
Kuono >> Magazine Editor, Web Producer at GoodVibes.com and manager of the Good Vibrations Affiliate Program (GVAffiliates.com). Okay, back to work.
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I should probably add that I first saw the “book-reading mudflap ‘girl’” at Misty’s desk. There’s a decal there which was made by http://www.smartmudflapgirl.com. Their design is a little interesting — big boobs, and a skirt (instead of, what, a bikini?) also the hair is back in a ponytail. Think Daphne from Scooby-Doo.