FEMSPEC
An interdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, surrealism, myth, folklore, and other supernatural genres.
FEMSPEC is a collectively-produced peer-reviewed journal run primarily by women. As such, we believe in a non-hierarchical community and work to make our space one of cooperation. All members are valued, listened to, and respected without regards to age, experience, or professional position. We encourage all voices to contribute to our cause through non-violent communication.
Femspec Vol 14, Issue 2, 2014
Introduction to Great Age One
BATYA WEINBAUM
Critical Article
ELIZABETH SWITAJ. "Ageing, Disability, and Zombies: The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home"
Interview
BATYA WEINBAUM. "Researching Palmistry in England"
Non-Fiction
NICHOLAS BIRNS. "Shulamith Firestone (1945-2012): Feminist Radical in the East Village"
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GLORIA ORENSTEIN. "Facing Reality and Surreality in Retirement: A Call for a Salon on New Paradigm Thinking and New Knowledge, Seen through a Feminist Lens"
Creative Work: Poems
JANINE CANAN. "OLD"
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"Reflection"
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"These Days"
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"Only Once"
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"Conscious"
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MARGE PIERCY. "What Goes Faster Every Time I Turn Around"
"Waiting for the Date to be Set"
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"The Best Parts"
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"A Childhood Obsession Still Lurking"
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ROBERT VONDEROSTEN. "Time Has Worn the World into My Skin"
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Creative Work: Fiction
SHARON LEDER. "Our Bodies, Our Lives"
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JULIE VASSILAKOS. "Stop Running"
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Notes from the Inside
JANINE HATTER
Book Reviews
KATIE LAITY. "From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine’s Journey through Myth and Legend, by Valerie Estelle Frankel"
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MAIJA HATTON. "Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel, by AnnaLisa DiLiddo"
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MAIJA HATTON. "Dramatically Different Direction, by Margaret Mann"
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VERONICA HOLLINGER. "Locating Science Fiction, by Andrew Milner"
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