Femspec 23.2 coming soon! Look for in the fall issue:
Art by Patsi Aguero
"Collaboration and Subsistence: Alix E. Harrow's Once and Future Witches through an Ecofeminist Lens" by Nancy Knowles.
"Sites of Resistance: Justice, Healing, and Liberation in Octavia E. Butler’s Fledgling," by Briana Whiteside.
Reports of the Museum of Motherhood Conference, the Association for the Study of Women in Mythology Conference, and the Cinema Systers Film Festival, by Batya Weinbaum.
Report on the experience of guest-editing a special issue at Femspec, by Miguel Sebastián-Martín.
A new CFP for a spring 2024 special issue of Femspec on transgender identity and embodiment.
Various reviews of relevant materials, and a list of books and media available for future reviewing.
Remember that Femspec is still looking for creative pieces for this and future issues.
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