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Sleeping next to someone, not with someone, is perhaps the most intimate you will ever be with another human. In sleep, we are completely defenseless. We are soft and supple and childlike. Our hard exteriors falls away when the sand hits our eyes. The way you sleep, with your face softened and your arms wrapped around my waist, is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I am not an artist, but I may become one just so that I can capture that moment.

i’m both excited & anxious to announce the time has FINALLY come to put together the first issue of FEMME FILTH which is centered around - you got it! - FEMME4FEMME! wanna get involved? check out what type of stuff we’re looking for below. please note these are just a few ideas to get you going, so don’t feel limited to them! do what works for you! SO WHAT THE FUCK IS FEMME ANYWAYS?: what does femme mean to you? why do you identify as femme? what do you feel the limitations & possibilities of femme are? how do you think other people define femme? what are some common misconceptions about femmes you’d like to destroy? COMMUNITY: what does femme4femme mean to you? what importance &/or significance do femme friendships & relationships hold in your life/heart/communities? how have you nurtured them & what type of work do you put into building them? like, how do you even make other femme friends? is there a community & if so, do you feel a part of it? are there any stereotypes about femme communities you’d like to rip to shreds? RELATIONSHIPS: how do you experience femme4femme friendships, relationships, & communities? what are their limits & potentials, esp. when it comes to femmes of color, poor & working class femmes, trans* femmes & femmes of all genders, femmes with disabilities, & so on? what myths would you like to tear the fuck apart around femme relationships? how do you think we could create better spaces for femmes? GET CRAFTY (& A LITTLE DIRTY): make anything & everything yr cute lil heart desires; all kinds of femme4femme erotica/smut, backgrounds for pages, art, playlists, poetry & prose about femme4femme friendships & relationships of all sorts. CELEBRATE: why do femmes rock? what do you love about being femme? what do you love about other femmes & yr femme friends? why are femme4femme connections so fucking badass? SHARE: what advice or tips would you give to other femmes & femme loving femmes? books to read? music to listen to? resources? blogs or zines to check out? feel free to share whatever you love & want other femmes to have the opportunity to enjoy! PS: feel free to address any of these questions or make up your own! express yourself in whatever medium you dig the most – whether that’s poetry & prose, collages, rants, raves, & so on! do what works for you! send all yr fucking badass submissions (questions & whatnot welcome as well!) to remriot at gmail dot com by march 31st, 2014.