Subject: Re: Fwd: Call for Submissions: Young Women of Color Anthology
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:31:47 



well Radikha, you didn't answered me thge other time. i am goonna have a 
look at this forwarded message and i answered you shortly. if you want to 
read and listen to me go also at the deleuze-guattari list, i also talk 
there. see you soon, bye,

Fili Houtman

>From: Radhika Gajjala <radhik-AT-bgnet.bgsu.edu>
>Reply-To: sa-cyborgs-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>To: sa-cyborgs-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: Fwd: Call for Submissions: Young Women of Color Anthology
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:18:30 -0500
>
>---------Included Message----------
> >Date: 11 Mar 2001 19:07:34 -0500
> >From: <womynproject-AT-gurlmail.com>
>
> >Subject: Call for Submissions: Young Women of Color Anthology
> >
> >
> >Please help spread the word!
> >
> >Young Women of Color Anthology:
> >Call for Submissions
> >
> >Deadline: September 1, 2001
> >Contact: Wendy M. Thompson
> >PO Box 11764
> >Santa Barbara, CA. 93107
> >Email: womynproject-AT-gurlmail.com
> >
> >Listen up ladies, heres the agenda! New nonfiction writings by women
>of color
> >between
> >the ages of 13 and 30 are needed for an upcoming anthology. It has been
>proven
> >time
> >and time again that voices of young women of color are neatly packaged
>away
> >and
> >marginalized by the voices of mainstream American (read:
>straight/white) girls
> >and women.
> >This anthology is being put out in hopes of allowing young women of
>color to
> >speak and
> >document their own lives and experiences for themselves.
> >
> >The idea for this collection of writing and visual art came up when a
>young
> >Afro-Asian
> >American college student attended a leadership retreat for young women
>sponsored
> >by
> >WILD for Human Rights, a San Francisco based organization, and was
>assigned a
> >documentation project. She felt compelled to write her own story apart
>from what
> >TV and
> >the radio and magazines are saying about young women of color. Tired of
>being
> >idealized
> >and sexualized because of gender or stigmatized because of race, she
>decided to
> >make
> >this an open project in which young women would be able to lend their
>minds and
> >voices
> >in order to create a dialogue in which racism, sexism, violence,
>sexuality,
> >and
> >marginalization could be discussed along with various other issues.
>Thus, the
> >anthology
> >was born!
> >
> >Now is the time to send your rants, feelings, and views by way of
>journal
> >entries, personal
> >essays, spoken word/poetry, prose, and visual art about topics such
>as:
> >
> >* culture and ethnic identity
> >* violence and street culture
> >* family and community
> >* pop culture, representations, and the mass media
> >* sex, love, and sexuality
> >* politics, feminism, and activism
> >* spoken word and the creative process
> >
> >Please keep in mind that writings other than poetry/prose should be
>kept within
> >a 10 page
> >limit and to include your name, address, phone number, and bio along
>with your
> >submission(s). All further inquiries should be sent to:
> >womynproject-AT-gurlmail.com.
> >
> >Wendy M. Thompson,
> >Editor
> >
> >
> >
> >
>419-372-0528
>
>http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik
>
>

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