{"id":236,"date":"2008-01-13T16:58:44","date_gmt":"2008-01-13T20:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2008-01-13T16:58:44","modified_gmt":"2008-01-13T20:58:44","slug":"call-for-submissions-desire-a-girls-guide-to-dreaming-queer-women-of-color-writing-critically-on-the-erotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"Call For Submissions – Desire: A Girl’s Guide to Dreaming – Queer Women of Color Writing Critically on the Erotic"},"content":{"rendered":"

* Thinking of joining a nunnery?
\n* Feeling asexual and just want to cuddle?
\n* Swinging and loving it?<\/p>\n

We want to see\/hear\/read your stories! Audio stories are great, too. CDs may accompany the anthology.<\/p>\n

Send your creations to the forthcoming anthology:<\/p>\n

Desire: A Girl’s Guide to Dreaming – Queer Women of Color Writing Critically on the Erotic<\/strong> (working title)<\/p>\n

\/\/\/Introduction<\/p>\n

‘Imagine weaving a lamentation into something whole, bigger than itself, more healed than the song.’<\/p>\n

We invite people to share their experiences and thoughts on sex, lust, love, relationship, desire, the erotic, being stone, being
\npoly. How do you envision, enact, do sex? And not. This anthology is about opening up language, story, healing.<\/p>\n

Is it okay to ask your queer of color fam to cuddle, without it being sexual? What does it mean to touch and connect with
\npeople without wanting sex, without it being sexual? What is erotic? How is it lived by queer women of color?<\/p>\n

If people are looking for liberation in their bodies, in their shared connection with people, what does that look like? What does queer sex feel like, taste like, dream like? What if you could dream your way out of survivor, into thriving, into living and creating intentional relationships that heal, rather than sting, love and push through all the bifurcations of our lived lives.<\/p>\n

How do you touch your way out of colonization, how do touching and connection become a way of resisting colonization and objectification, and healing from rape, assault, sexual abuse, physical abuse? What language is used? What words are created?<\/p>\n

When we are in desire, the articulation of the possible, how do we free ourselves, how are we already free where we see
\ntraps? Where are you, finally, free? In desire, are you free? <\/p>\n

A sense of humor is a must in all relationships; we seek levity and gravity, fun, light energy that is also deep, connected, and
\nprofound. Funny stories, essays, and work with a twist all welcome.<\/p>\n

This anthology is born in the spirit of Audre Lorde’s definition of the erotic:<\/p>\n

‘The erotic functions for me in several ways, and the first is in providing the power which comes from sharing deeply any pursuit with another person. The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\/\/\/Where to send the beautiful words, art, funny anecdotes, poetry, images, stills of performances?<\/p>\n

Please e-mail desireanthology@yahoo.com<\/a> with your brilliance. The deadline for sending work is 1 March 2008. If you desire a land address for mailing work, contact us at the above e-mail address.<\/p>\n

We look forward to hearing from you, Pak Soo Na and Sherisse Alvarez
\n
\n\/\/\/Who are we?<\/p>\n

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES<\/p>\n

Pak Soo Na is a Corean-born video artist, writer, and storyteller. Soo Na is honored to dedicate her work to the well-being,
\nself-naming, and healing of young womyn of color and little girls everywhere. Her art is informed by oceans, breathing, memory, and the heart. Find her writing in the anthology, ‘Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption,’ and the zine, ‘Tigers and Rabbits: Writings by Korean [North] American Women on Ending Violence and for the Power of love.’ She is a graduate of Hampshire College. In 2005, Soo Na was the recipient of a Fulbright grant to Corea. Her documentary, ‘The Silence Between Oceans,’ screened at the 13th Annual UC Santa Cruz Women of Color Film Festival. A self-published book, ‘Child-as-gift-of-Amnesia,’ is companion to her documentary. In the past, she facilitated workshops on young women of color and sexual health, and transracial adoption. She is moving toward performance art, centering her work around her body and movement. Between dreaming, she lives and loves in New York.<\/p>\n

Sherisse Alvarez is a Cuban-American writer and yoga teacher interested in the poetry of the body, dislocation, and memory. A
\ngraduate of Hampshire College, she concentrated in writing, art, and cultural studies. Her thesis was a multi-media exhibition titled ‘Splitting Fruit: Notes Toward Womanist Artistic Practice.’ Her work has appeared in Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology,’ and ‘Becoming: Young Ideas on Gender, Identity, and Sexuality.’ Most recently, she worked at the Yale University School of Art where she served as curator For ‘Intersections\/Intersecciones,’ an exhibition of 13 intergenerational Cuban artists. She currently lives in New Jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* Thinking of joining a nunnery? * Feeling asexual and just want to cuddle? * Swinging and loving it? We want to see\/hear\/read your stories! Audio stories are great, too. CDs may accompany the anthology. 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