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A Fundraiser For Surviving & ThrivingBy The Editors We hope you're into our new web design (but also don't care if you're not because we're grown-ass women who don't need your approval.) If you dig what we do and want to help us keep doing it, please check out our 2019 fundraiser to cover our bare minimum web costs for the year. The fundraiser is on Facebook, but anyone can donate. Learn more here and thanks in advance for your generosity! Please share the heck out of the link.
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People & Places as "Vessels for Trauma"I've known Joanna C. Valente (they/them pronouns) online as a poet for the better part of a decade now. You might recognize their name from previous poetry features, as well as the poetry films "Done" and "What Light Makes a Star?" first shown at FiveMyles Gallery in Brooklyn. More recently, I began noticing their visual work pop up online. There have been photos, as well as illustrations. Their #SURVIVOR series, which has appeared (or is forthcoming) in bits and pieces at Luna Luna Magazine, Mookychick, Yes Poetry, Brokelyn, and The Charles River Journal, particularly caught my eye. #SURVIVOR focuses on what it means and looks like to be a survivor of sexual and domestic trauma, but also approaches the idea of survival more expansively.
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Slay Grad School EnvyBy M. Alouette Green-eyed monsters are rampant in M.F.A. programs. An M.F.A. is a terminal degree, qualifying artists and writers for the professoriate (at least on paper.) This means most M.F.A. programs require a high level of achievement to not only get admitted but actually complete—classes, thesis, and all. Competition then seems inevitable. M.F.A. candidates want teaching jobs, grants, publishing opportunities, exhibition opportunities. You name it and everyone in the program wants those gold stars and lines on their resume. At least that's the perception, right? Because you don't have to want what everyone else wants. Maybe you can just want what you want.
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A Month of Extra Girl PowerBy The Editors March is National Women's Month—and we'd love to read your stories! Send us your poems about women's experiences, your short stories with strong female protagonists, your essays about feminism and womanhood, and your articles about women's issues. We're also interested in photography, video, audio, and other multimedia submissions by and for women. Check out our submission guidelines here.
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This Fairy Is Smart, Strong & Anti-CapitalistBy Luna Lark When I quip that I'm a fairy or a mermaid, people—especially men—should not take me any less seriously. I am just as intelligent, capable, and strong as I was before I made that playful comment. I am entitled to my own fun and imagination. It does nothing to harm others and emboldens me with a sense of control as a woman in an unequal world. Fairies and mermaids have magical powers; I live in a society that doesn't believe I should have a say over my own body. Why wouldn't I want to inhabit some alternative reality? The possibilities on this planet look so dark and dismal. Morphing into a fairy or mermaid sounds great. Sadly, I still have to deal with the garbage of Trump's America.
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Book Revelry at Arizona State UniversityBy The Editors We're excited for Hoot 'n' Waddle, an independent press based in Phoenix, Arizona, and the publisher of our founder's forthcoming collection of short stories and poems, Desert Fox by the Sea. On Friday and Saturday, they tabled at the beautifully named Desert Nights, Rising Stars Literary Fair at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Above is a photo they posted to their Facebook page yesterday. Their table had their current books, as well as merch and info about their podcasts.
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Imaginative Photography Made OutstandingBy Ghia Vitale The first picture I saw by Your Rouge Photography was a black plus-size mermaid in the snow. The model in the photo above is the lovely Chè Monique. I appreciate all of the beauty contained in this surprising image. Mermaids are usually portrayed as slender, white, and in the water (you know, of the unfrozen variety). Your Rouge Photography, based in Washington, D.C., puts the spotlight on marginalized communities and creates empowering representation of these identities. In a world where good representation is scarce, the photographer Rouge—who prefers to remain anonymous—is making magic happen.
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Like our updated look?By The Editors It's a new year and also nearly five years since Quail Bell Magazine's last re-design! We thought it was time to give our plumage a sleek make-over and now it's complete. You'll notice a new navigation menu, page organization, and a cleaner lay-out, too. Check out our new homepage, as well as our archive of stories from 2018 and prior. Let us know what you think in the comments below or send us a letter to the editor. We hope the new look makes reading Quail Bell a more magical experience than ever. As always, thanks for visiting!
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DIY Witchcraft & Magical Living
Sensitively-written and nuanced, Light Magic for Dark Times (Fair Winds Press) by Lisa Marie Basile is a self-care manual for living through these “dark times” and finding one’s own light and haven of peace. As someone who has always been fascinated with magic, the occult and the supernatural, I found reading Lisa’s book illuminated how certain daily intentional acts can turn the mundane into magic, and make every day count in a meaningful way.
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A YouTuber Very Much AliveWhen I first found Theresa Is Dead on YouTube, it was another morning getting ready for work. Or maybe it was another evening waiting for my clay mask to dry down in hopes that it would vanquish my acne (it didn't, but at least it's 10 minutes of peace). Either way, I'm always looking for someone to talk me through my little rituals every morning and evening.
Theresa's sarcasm and love for horror and goth culture drew me in from the start. I was never the "edgy" kid, but I couldn't help being drawn to creepy and dark movies and music. Her own stories of the bizarre happenings of her everyday life are a reminder that interesting stories can happy anywhere and that we can create our own story with the artistry of makeup. I'm honored I got to talk to her about her own creative process and the importance of storytelling in our lives and can't wait for others to discover her quick wit and honesty as well. |
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