Call to women writers and artists for participation

[Deb King]

Women artists and writers are invited to participate in an online event
addressing issues of gender, racial and economic biases 
resulting in systemic violence against women and minorities.  
This project arises from the unseemly juxtaposition of a "war on terror"
with the every day realities faced by women living in 
cultures that enforce female circumcision, do not give equal value for to
equal work based on cultural bias, tacitly accept 
violent domestic situations, use sexual intimidation as a military tactic
and fear of reprisal as a cultural control. 

The name, gender[f], designates a programmatic function.  The function —
gender — holds an unlimited, presently undefined array 
 — [f] — the issues and/or representations of women in society.  

This call is addressed to women of different geographical, disciplinary
and theoretical backgrounds, who are invited to make an 
statement on the subject by creating an  object of art, creative writing
or critical essay  or to submit already  existing 
projects related to the subject. 

Submission deadline is August 1, 2004. Work should be in digital format,
web-ready preferred, but not necessary.  An accompanying event in Detroit
is in the planning stages.

gender[f] is dedicated to the the over 400 murdered and disappeared women
of Juarez who worked in the maquiladoras of Juarez. 

Please direct responses to dking at markszine.com.





	
		
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