- Lori Selke, Frankenstein and Me (guest post at the Wordsmith's Forge)
- M. Svairini interviewed by Vylar Kaftan
- Vylar Kaftan interviewed by Anna Caro
- Lori Selke, Outlaw Bodies in the News (guest post at Dennis R. Upkins)
- Anna Caro interviewed by Emily Capettini (coming soon)
- Emily Capettini Interviewed by Fabio Fernandes (coming soon)
Sunday, 23 December 2012
Outlaw Bodies blog carnival redux
Just before the release of the Outlaw Bodies anthology (paperback: Amzn | UK | B&N | Powell's | Foyles | BookDepo etc.; e-book: Wizard's Tower | Amzn | UK) a few weeks ago, we began a blog carnival, logging a series of promotional guest posts and also trying to keep track of what reviews had shown up so far. The anthology has been available from Amazon and other bookstores for just over a month now, and it has been well received as far as I can tell. If you don't have a copy yet, and perhaps you have some gift tokens you need to spend (or even a last minute present to buy for the e-reader in your life), we'll share here a few more posts from people talking about the themes involved and reasons you should read this anthology.
Monday, 19 November 2012
New Issue: 2012:25 (Outlaw Bodies)
"The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers."
--Adrienne Rich
--Adrienne Rich
![[ Issue 2012.25: Outlaw Bodies; cover art © 2012 Robin E. Kaplan ]](http://futurefire.net/images/f25cover.jpg "[ Issue 2012.25: Outlaw Bodies; cover art © 2012 Robin E. Kaplan ]")
Issue 2012.25- ‘Winds: NW 20 km/hr’, Stacy Sinclair (artwork by Rachel H. White)
- ‘The Remaker’, Fabio Fernandes (artwork by Robin E. Kaplan)
- ‘Elmer Bank’, Emily Capettini (artwork by Laura-Anca Adascalitei)
- ‘Her Bones, Those of the Dead’, Tracie Welser (artwork by Miranda Jean)
- ‘Millie’, Anna Caro (artwork by Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein)
- ‘Good Form’, Jo Thomas (artwork by Miguel Santos)
Outlaw Bodies is available from the usual sellers, including:
- Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
- Wizard's Tower Books (e-book)
- Lulu.com
Monday, 12 November 2012
Guest post: The Clothes Our Bodies Wear
by Anna Caro
In anticipation of a new job, I went on a shopping expedition the other week. The results included three pairs of black trousers, officially women’s but as unisex looking as these things get really, which I needed to have taken up, two shirts and a knitted vest (men’s) and a dress, striped at the top with a dark skirt. A successful, if expensive, haul.
It’s always been this way for me, wearing clothing commonly identified with almost the full range of the gender spectrum. As a small child I fluctuated with apparent ease between the smocked, floral dresses my grandmother made, and my favourite brown corduroy dungarees. Even as a teenager, when I wouldn’t have dared shop for men’s clothes, I still scored some items from a batch donated to my brother by a member of his archery club.
In anticipation of a new job, I went on a shopping expedition the other week. The results included three pairs of black trousers, officially women’s but as unisex looking as these things get really, which I needed to have taken up, two shirts and a knitted vest (men’s) and a dress, striped at the top with a dark skirt. A successful, if expensive, haul.
It’s always been this way for me, wearing clothing commonly identified with almost the full range of the gender spectrum. As a small child I fluctuated with apparent ease between the smocked, floral dresses my grandmother made, and my favourite brown corduroy dungarees. Even as a teenager, when I wouldn’t have dared shop for men’s clothes, I still scored some items from a batch donated to my brother by a member of his archery club.