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My name's Melody Berger and I'm a senior majoring in Women's Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia. The F-WORD is my baby. I'd been planning this magazine for a while... kind of as a continuation of the feminist theory workshops that I taught teens for the past three summers at Appel Farm Arts and Music Center. Things got put on the back burner because of the ELECTION and everything... but right after NOVEMBER 2nd... I stepped things up a bit.
After lying around in a carbohydrate-induced stupor for the first few days (ah, comfort food...) I started emailing our "work for us!" blurb to every single feminist website that popped up on google. The positive response has been kind of amazing, actually. We have well over 6 times the amount of contributors in our writers/artists pool! I think many people are living in fear right now... and looking for a friendly outlet for their creative energies.
It's been wildly exciting and fun to help the F-WORD grow these past few months... and I'm simply proud to bits about the launch of our first issue!
(And, hoo boy is it awesome: we've got loads of great, politically meaty articles and interviews with Gloria Steinem, Loretta Ross, BETTY, Wendy Shanker, Dyann Logwood, Bitch, Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, and Lenelle Moise... among others.)
Anyway, thanks again for visiting... and I hope you'll enjoy your time here!
Peace~
Melody
(and, um, yes, in case you were wondering: the opinions of all of the authors on this site reflect ONLY THEIR opinions, and not the opinions of some weird "collective F-WORD magazine entity." We, of course, invite you to share your reactions to what you read... and oftentimes you'll find an author's contact info conveniently placed in his/her bio. If you have more general comments about the F-WORD, or you just want to say "hi!" then please feel free to drop me a line at: HowlingHarpies@gmail.com)