Official Mod-Type Post
Hello out there in 14valentines land!
I sincerely hope your December Holiday Season is going swimmingly and that y'all are feeling festive. This is, obviously, bunnymcfoo here, with some super exciting 14valentines news!
First and foremost, please join me in welcoming idyll and arsenicjade as they come on board the moderating team! I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to have them as mods for 14 Valentines 2012. They're amazing women and have been active and enthusiastic 14 Valentines participants for several years now and I know they're going to move smoothly into their new roles.
Second, we're looking at some slight shifts in a few policies around here. There's going to be a fully updated FAQ, but for now the biggie is this: As 14valentines is focused on women, so too should your submissions be focused on women. This doesn't mean that you can't include men! But if there are people in your contributions, the main focus should be on women.
Third, we are once again looking for volunteers to write essays and do round-ups for 2012. The shift here is that this year, we're hoping to have essays that focus more on the personal rather than the statistical.
01) Women and Body Image (taken - druidspell)
02) Women's Health (taken - druidspell)
03) Reproduction and Motherhood (taken - jae_w)
04) Women and Sexual Assault
05) Women and Domestic Violence (taken - katherine_tag)
06) Women and Political Action (taken - idyll)
07) Women and Athletics
08) Women of Color (taken - afterthefair)
09) Women and Work (taken - wendelah1
10) Women and Economics/Poverty (taken - bunnymcfoo)
11) Women and Education (taken - gemmi999)
12) Women in Media (on hold)
13) GLBTQ Women (taken - harborshore)
14) Women and War/Peace (taken - sansets)
and remember! Essayists are encouraged to post essays that detail personal experiences or interests in their topic!
If you are interested in writing an essay or helping with the round-ups, please comment here. Final drafts of the essays will be due on January 15th, 2012.
Fourth and finally, there are some shifts in how 14 Valentines is running this year. Participants will no longer have to sign up before February 1st! If someone finds us halfway through the season this year, they're welcome to jump in and have fun. There will also be some new ways to play this year. We're going to have rec posts for music, movies, books, and fic. Also, we're going to have an anonymous meme syle comment prompt-and-fic-athon, and the next post in this community will be a prompt post for all kinds of 14valentines contributions. Have you always wanted to see more people post personal stories, wallpapers of your favorite female characters, recipes, or rec lists of any style? Let us know on that post! Always blanking on ideas for what to do this year? Go browse the prompts!
As always, we love to hear from you. If there's anything you want to let us know that you think would improve 14valentines, please comment or email us at