\u2026 as in the many faces of \u201cthe feminine urge\u201d \u2014 to cave-dwell or home-make, towards tenderness or violence, giddiness or belligerence, nurturing or devouring, and so on.<\/p>\n
We\u2019d like to explore a full spectrum of \u201cthe female experience,\u201d and especially showcase her inner world. What makes her tick? What\u2019s behind the mask and under her skin? Which desires and urges are rarely spoken but always just below the surface?<\/p>\n
While this sub call does focus on women, we welcome subs from everyone. We\u2019re not here to make it weird or police identity. It\u2019s your art we\u2019re after. If your work is resonant, heartfelt, and challenging, it can find a home here.<\/p>\n
If you need a little kick-start, here\u2019s some things we\u2019re thinking about: \u201cferal women,\u201d the beauty privilege\/tax, girlhood and sisterhood, frenemies and rivals, Munch\u2019s\u00a0The Scream<\/em>\u00a0(1893)<\/a>, witchy sewing circles, Angela Ball\u2019s \u201cDifficult Daughters,\u201d K\u0101rlis Padegs\u2019\u00a0Madonna with the Machine Gun\u00a0<\/em>(1932)<\/a>, Bernini\u2019s The Ecstasy of St. Theresa (1652)<\/a>, Miss Daisy Fay Buchanan meets Candy Darling, Millais\u2019\u00a0Ophelia (<\/em>1851\u20132)<\/a>, The Legend of Billie Jean\u00a0<\/em>(1985)<\/a>, PJ Harvey\u2019s\u00a0To Bring You My Love\u00a0<\/em>(1995)<\/a>, <\/em>Fatal Attraction\u00a0<\/em>(1987)<\/a>, the daily schedule of a 1950\u2019s housewife, Guides to Female Etiquette and Dress, shoulder pads and power suits and traveling pants, Tori Amos\u2019\u00a0Boys for Pele\u00a0<\/em>(1996)<\/a>, Jane Austen and the girls of gothic fiction, the Wilson Sisters via The Virgin Suicides<\/em>\u00a0(1999)<\/a>, the trappings and joys of motherhood, Sharp Objects<\/em>\u00a0(2018)<\/a>, Victorian hysteria, the Dancing Plague of 1518<\/a>, Snapped<\/em>\u00a0(2004-)<\/a>, Charlotte Perkins Gilman\u2019s The Yellow Wallpaper<\/em>\u00a0(1892)<\/a>, Mary Toft<\/a> in 1726, Angela\u2019s dance<\/a> to Bauhaus\u2019 Stigmata Martyr<\/em> in 1988\u2019s Night of the Demons <\/em>[Video clip has a strobe effect], Walter Gramatt\u00e9\u2019s\u00a0Tired Woman\u00a0<\/em>(1923)<\/a>, the art of Mary Cassatt<\/a> and Artemisia Gentileschi<\/a> and Ramon Casas<\/a>, Otto Dix\u2019s\u00a0The Nun<\/em>\u00a0(1914)<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n Feel free to get dark, get complicated, and say the quiet things aloud.<\/p>\n We are looking forward to reviewing your work!<\/p>\n Be sure to include your address in your submission so that we can send you free swag as a thanks. We\u2019ll send anywhere. For Issue 7 we are sending out art postcards that double as bookmarks.<\/p>\n _______<\/p>\n If you are able to do so, we ask that you please report your submissions on Duotrope<\/a> and \/ or Chill Subs<\/a>. We are listed with both sites.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nTo Submit<\/strong><\/h3>\n