Femspec Journal

www.femspec.org We emphasize interdisciplinary approaches, and encourage work on teaching as well as literary, cultural criticism and creative material.
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Femspec Journal is an interdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore and other supernatural genres. Femspec, a peer-reviewed journal, is interested in developing a community of like-minded people engaged in speculating, theorizing, creating and questioning gender across the boundaries, including issues of sexual orientation. We

hope an approach to pedagogy will bring in work from a wider area of disciplines. We are interested in a variety of feminisms aim to be inclusive of ethnic and cultural diversity in an internationalist perspective. We are committed to publishing experimental feminist prose and poetic works which experiment across media. Our impetus came from the collectively perceived lack of attention to SF, fantasy, magical realism and supernatural works in feminist journals and audiences; the lack of consistently evolving developed levels of feminism in SF criticism; and the inadequacy of magical realism publishing outlets in the U.S.

10/03/2023

Yes we still need creative writer reviewers! Send an email to [email protected] with creative writer reviewers in the subject line, ty

09/21/2023

23.2 in mail

04/18/2023

23.1, being mailed out now!

04/13/2023

Fs23.1, special issue on Black Mirror, has begun being mailed out electronically! Hard copies being printed.

11/08/2022

22.2 arrives this week, digital subs already sent out! Spring issue on Black Mirror!

10/20/2022

22.2 is in production!

07/05/2022

"Femspec - Special Issue on Black Mirror" is now live on the Calls
for Papers website.
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2022/06/30/femspec-special-issue-on-black-mirror

Femspec special issue: A Feminist Black Mirror? Rethinking Gender and/or Sexuality in the Digital Age through Charlie Brooker’s Dystopia

06/07/2022

We need creative writing reviewers, and a WIX website person....dm if interested

06/04/2022

Femspec, an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to challenging gender in speculative realms, announces its latest issue. We need a web person with WIX skills to help promote it. Please get in touch via femspec.org
Table of Contents
BATYA WEINBAUM. Introduction to 22.1 10
Critical Essays
ELIZABETH NICHOLS. Heroines and Female Affiliation: Women’s Support Networks in Contemporary Film and Cosplay
LAURA BIRKIN. The Protester’s Tale – The Handmaid Costume as Feminist Dystopian Protest Rhetoric
Creative Work
ALICIA COLE. Amorgos
BATYA WEINBAUM. HOWL Cacophony 2/4/2022
BATYA WEINBAUM. I am Ode to Anne Waldman Woman ALICIA COLE. The Wolds
SYLVIA KELSO. Veracunda Actress/Lucius Gladiator
In Memoriam
SALLY ABBOTT. Carol P. Christ (1945 –2021): She Changed Us, She Touched Us
Notes from the Inside
TOLULOPE ADEUSI. Behind the Scenes
Conference Coverage
LISA YASZEK et. al. Accessing the Feminist Science Fiction Archive MARTHA JOY ROSE. About Mother Studies and the Theory of Motherness
Books and Media Reviewed
COLLECTIVE REVIEW. Don’t Look Up
MERRY BYRD. Healing through Play, a Surrealist Mandate
MERRY BYRD. History’s Long Shadow and Heavy Weight
IRINA KUZMINA. Ishiguro, Kazuo. Klara and the Sun MERRY BYRD. Setting & Sacrifice in Second-Half 2021 Speculative Fiction
NOLAN BOYD. The Wheel of Time, Season One
Dr. Batya Weinbaum, [email protected], femspec.org

11/27/2021

Mail out 12/2 for 20.2

11/01/2021

New Study Group Commencing Soon - Kate Millett's Sexual Politics - 7 pm EST 12 November 2021 (to be held weekly over 8 weeks) with Batya Weinbaum
Please contact Kate Williamson (email [email protected]) for further details

10/15/2021

21.2 is in production!

09/05/2021

21.2 in production!

06/18/2021

21.2 will have index of subjects and authors since 16.2. 21.1 being well received.

05/19/2021

Help us grow our community on Twitter! Follow us here: https://twitter.com/femspec_journal

05/13/2021

21.1 is IN THE MAIL!

05/02/2021

Femspec 21.1 just went to printer:
Editor’s Corner
BATYA WEINBAUM. Introduction to 21.1 8
Femspec Retrospective Continued
CANDAS JANE DORSEY. Some Thoughts on the 20th Anniversary of Femspec 15
Critical Articles
HEIDI CURRAN BOJORGES. Bitching Labor: Radicalized, Gendered Labor in DeConnick- and De Landro’s Bitch Planet 17
MERRY BYRD. The Sankofa Spirit of Afro-futurisms in Who Fears Death and Riot Baby 45
ZITA
E. HUSING. Resisting Colonial Violence: Investigating Transhuman Bodies, (Dis)abil
ity and De/Colonialization in Nisi Shawl’s Everfair 72
Interviews
REBECCA VINCENT. Spiritual Brokenness and the Healing Presence of the Sacred Feminine. Dispatches from Kohenet D’vorah J. Grenn, Ph.D. Part Two. 90
In Memoriam ELEANOR PAM. Betty Friedan's 100th Birthday: Moving the Legacy Forward. Abridged
Closing Remarks from the February 4, 2021, Webinar Organized by Veteran Feminists of America 121
Notes from the Inside
BATYA WEINBAUM. Adjuncting 2020. 126
Reviews
JENNIE BAKER. Auditing the Superhero: A Review of Natalie Zina Walschots’s Hench 131
MERRY BYRD. Disaster, Dystopia, and Doubled—Mothering in Devolution, Followers, and Last Ones Left Alive 134 WINTER ELLIOT. Review of The Glass Hotel. 141 VALERIE L. GUYANT. A Review of Mulan. 144
VALERIE L. GUYANT. A Review of Lisa A. Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson’s Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction. 149
RASHMILA MAITI. Book Review: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi 152
PATRICK WILLIAMS. Changing the Narrative: A Review of Tochi Onyebuchi’s Riot
Baby 154
Books and Media Received 157
Contributors

04/22/2021

Femspec, an interdisciplinary journal (see femspec.org) seeks to fill the following positions as of June 1. We also seek peer reviewers and blog posters. Email us at femspec2aol.com fmi if interested.

Website administration: Update the website when necessary, particularly with new publications or events. Respond to website feedback from Femspec community and users and update accordingly. Continually optimize website for ease of use. Provide tech support for website as need arises. Integrate other web tools, such as PayPal, as necessary.

Social Media and Mass Communication: Maintain and regularly update mailing list (through Wix/website). Send announcement emails as directed. Design and distribute promotional materials through mailing list and social media. Field communications from the website and direct to the appropriate person.

Advertisements: Negotiate advertisement trades with other journals and communities in the field. Seek out and maintain ad exchanges or other promotional relationships. Distribute promotional materials through affiliated mailing lists, such as SFRA and IAFA.

Smashwords: Regularly update Smashwords listings as necessary-- these are periodically flagged and need updating or editing, and new articles and issues,as well as back articles and issues need posting. Update profile information on Smashwords account as the need arises.

Digital Archive: Work with librarians to build and maintain an interface for ordering digital copies of articles on the general website. Set up and monitor invoicing and ordering details through PayPal. Edit digital files of articles when ordered or requested to do so.

Event Management: Advertise and write website copy for upcoming events. Research best practices for event hosting, inviting, and logistics management. Design and distribute promotional materials on a designated schedule to encourage registration. Help to manage and operate workshops and events.

04/04/2021

Creative Writing Through Myth
Four Zoom Workshops with Batya Weinbaum
April 23, May 7, May 14, May 21, 10 AM EST
Each workshop will use a different divine female archetype and the myths
surrounding her such as Durga, Kali, Inanna and IxChel as prompts for timed
free writes of fiction or poetry. Use these powerful female images to transform
your life. Create modern day characters infused with ancient archetypal energy,
$150 for four one hour sessions
Batya Weinbaum editor of Femspec, an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to
Challenging gender through speculative means, has published several books of poetry,
a short story collection, and a novel. She has won awards for both poetry and fiction.
Donate here to receive the zoom link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/y3x5pu-femspec
For questions: [email protected]

We feel that sustaining an open, supportive channel for challenges to gender through speculative means will ben… Batya Weinbaum needs your support for Femspec

03/10/2021

Panting from the Divine Feminine Workshop starts in two days. To register and fmi go here https://www.femspec.org/workshops

All workshops meet 4 times for 40 minutes each via Zoom. Registration is a flat fee of $150 and includes registration for all four sessions.

03/03/2021

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We are delighted to announce the launch of a virtual workshop series!

02/04/2021

https://www.femspec.org/workshops

All workshops meet 4 times for 40 minutes each via Zoom. Registration is a flat fee of $150 and includes registration for all four sessions.

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