Call For Writers!

[Guest guest]

Courtesy of VegNews_Magazine

 

http://queeranimals.wordpress.com/

 

If you're a writer interested in the cross-over between animal and

queer liberation, you may want to have your work anthologized in the

forthcoming collection Coming Out for Animals: Queering Animal

Liberation. Organized by Pattrice Jones, Olivia Lane, and Kim

Stallwood, this book promises to be a fascinating intersection of

activist activities and theory. The deadline for proposals is August 30.

 

What do queer liberation and animal liberation have to do with each

other? How does the construction of homosexuality as both " unnatural "

and " bestial " hurt both people and animals? How are speciesism and

heterosexism interrelated and how do they fit into the matrix of

race-sex-class oppression? Why have both homosexuality and veganism

been dismissed as " white things " beside the point of real liberation

struggles? What are we going to do about homophobia among

straight-edge vegans? About those dreadful gay rodeos? Should we be

arguing for pleather or against sexual practices that mimic the

subjugation of animals? What's so sexy about whips, chains, and choke

collars anyway? What do hip hop " video vixens " and activist " vegan

vixens " have in common beyond the performance of animality for the

heterosexual male gaze? How does vivisection hurt people with AIDS?

Why, within the USA, are both the queer and animal liberation

movements less diverse than they should be but portrayed as more white

than they are? Why do queer activists in Uganda but animal activists

in the USA bear the brunt of police suppression in their respective

countries? Are they similarly subversive of " cultural " practices that

turn out to be critical to the maintenance of state power? What keeps

many gay men in the animal liberation movement from coming out? Why

are so many lesbian potlucks vegetarian and what does this mean in the

era of FBI infiltration of the vegan potluck?

 

In the hopes of answering these and similar questions, we are seeking

proposals for a new anthology to be entitled Coming Out for Animals:

Queering Animal Liberation. ( " We " are Kim Stallwood, pattrice jones,

and Olivia Lane. Our bios are here.) The anthology will include

thought-provoking essays on theoretical and practical topics as well

as personal narratives by queer animal advocates , vegan queer

activists, and queer vegans who are active in other struggles.

 

Proposals should include a summary or abstract of the proposed chapter

along with information about the author. If you have previous

publications, please list at least some of them. If you don't have

previous publications, don't despair but please do include a writing

sample — perhaps a page or two of the piece you want to write for us.

All of the editors are skilled at working with first-time writers and

we are particularly committed to publishing activists who have not yet

had a voice in their respective movements.

 

We do have a number of chapters and promises in hand as well as a list

of topics we really hope somebody will cover (some of which are

suggested by the questions above). If you fear that your proposed

topic might be already covered or if you might like to help us out by

covering one of the topics on our wish list, please write to us before

preparing your proposal. If you have any questions at all, please feel

free to write to us before putting any time into a proposal.

 

Address all proposals and inquiries to: pattrice (at)

pattricejones.info or pattrice jones c/o Eastern Shore Sanctuary;

13981 Reading Ferry; Princess Anne, MD 21853; USA.

 

Proposal Deadline: 30 August, 2008

 

Deadline for Accepted Chapters: 31 December, 2008