and now, the moment you've all been waiting for:

[bearsir]

Call For Submissions
GENDER OUTLAWS: THE NEXT GENERATION
Kate Bornstein & S Bear Bergman, edsDeadline: 1 September 2009

Comments

[deepforestowl]

I have 2 questions. 1. When you say Word doc, does this include 2007? 2. Would this project welcome a reflection on the continuing problems with (trans)gender acceptance in the academy? Here I am thinking to specifically reference my almost getting fired for coming out in the context of a gender course that I taught where Gender Outlaw was a key text.

[bearsir]

1. Yes.

2. Cautiously, yes. I mean, it's awfully hard to say with so little info, but would say that nearly anything is welcome if it adds to or advances the conversation about gender (as distinct from simply reflecting it, or lamenting it).

[deepforestowl]

alright, I will have to see if I can reconceptualize this idea. The piece would have talked about my almost getting fired experience and the current gender discrimination in the academy and how it's an area that isn't being addressed all that well from the professor angle (students ironically have more rights than professors do in many ways in regards to what they can and can not do in regards to their gender performance). But you are right, this would be more of an analysis/reflection on the current state of things with some idea thrown in for how to change it at the end.

[bearsir]

I'd say, give it a shot, see where it takes you, right?

[fall_of_sophia]

:( is the use of the word "trannies" really necessary/appropriate? the use of it has really gone over the edge in "radical" spheres to the point that cis queers think it's just fine to call us that.

[bearsir]

Hey, would you like to write about that? I hear some people are putting together an anthology...

[fall_of_sophia]

A friend has already written about it much better than I could have.

http://takesupspace.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/tranny-and-subversivism-re-reclaiming-tranny-or-not-part-1/
http://takesupspace.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/tranny-cis-women-re-reclaiming-tranny-or-not-part-2/

[kynn]

In the meanwhile, until the book gets written about and published, can you please update your post and call for submissions?

Because we're talking about your use of the term. And it's not cool.

[gemmi999]

I'm beyond excited about this! I've definitely reposted it and will re-tweet it and just spread the word. Thank you for organizing this!

Also, could you include a piece about asexuality and gender identity? Because I think it's an area that hasn't been explored much (if at all). Thanks!

gender and mental illness

[anonymous]

I'm working on a piece about gender identity and mental illness, specifically about gender socialization and how being a gender outlaw complicate getting treatment, more especially if one is broke and un(der)insured. Also, it explores how depression and anxiety affect the coming-out process. The piece is in the form of a parody of self-help manuals, except this one tells you how NOT to help yourself. Would that sort of piece be an appropriate submission?

Re: gender and mental illness

[bearsir]

Abso-fucking-lutely. Especially with such an inventive concept. Please feel encouraged.

[boi_xen]

Re: gender and mental illness

[bookwoman72]

Thanks for the suggestion. I admit that the idea of talking (even online) to Dylan Scholinski intimidates me. I'm just writing a bitter little humor piece about being queer and using (or trying to use) outpatient mental health care, not having had any experience comparable to those documented in "Last Time I Wore a Dress."

Do you happen to know him?

[lightningxsnow]

Uhh, I'm cis, but would a piece on bisexuality and queer femininity fit in at all?

[lightningxsnow]

Okay, I didn't explain that very well because I just woke up. It would be on how bisexuality and queer femininity relate to the binary gender system - or not. And some other stuff. Yay.

[bearsir]

::grin:: By all means, send it. Everyone has gender, not just trans- or gq-identified people. As I said above, nearly anything is welcome if it adds to or advances the conversation about gender (as distinct from simply reflecting it, or lamenting it).