CRIPPLE PUNK ZINE (+submission guidelines)
Reminder that we’re starting a zine called Cripple Punk Presents!
Our goal is to continue spreading radical disability acceptance to as many people as we can. We want to help raise disabled people’s self worth and self esteem, support disabled content creators, and create more spaces for disabled people to unapologetically be themselves. Every single disabled person deserves to feel empowered!
We are currently accepting submissions for the first issue, which will answer the question, “What is Cripple Punk?” and what cripple punk means to different people. The first issue should cover topics central to the cripple punk movement, like fighting ableism, embracing diversity, becoming empowered, and rejecting the roles mainstream society expects you to fit into.
Examples of what we’re looking for include:
Any drawings, poetry, essays, comics, photography, etc. done by disabled people; specifically pieces that relate to the theme and the topics mentioned above.
Submissions reflecting what Cripple Punk means to you and the effect it’s had on your life or the lives of other disabled people
Perspectives on disabled experiences specific to your gender, race, sexual orientation, etc. that you’d like to share
Artwork reflecting your emotions or ideas about any of the aforementioned topics; a drawing representing your journey as a disabled person, perhaps, or a painting that reminds you that you have value
Pieces that give advice or share experiences regarding ableism. Maybe you’ve had a lot of practice at shutting down strangers unwanted opinions, or maybe you try to live your life as a pointed rejection of the “good cripple mythos.” Perhaps you have a lot of thoughts about exactly why the capitalistic notion of “productivity = value” is messed up. Anything like this!
Photography! Disabled bodies and disabled experiences are valuable even if they’re not aesthetically pleasing, but sometimes they are aesthetically pleasing, and we’d like to explore that. If you like to take pictures showing off your mobility aids, fat, stretch marks, scars, IVs, etc. in a way that makes you feel empowered, feel free to send them to us!
Personal thoughts on the “punk” part of Cripple Punk, like for example, why it’s more than an aesthetic, why you can be punk without “dressing punk,” or why you, personally, feel more empowered by the “punk aesthetic”
Anything that you would like to share in the zine as a disabled person; these are just a few examples!
Submission Rules:
All submissions must be SFW
Include trigger warnings for common triggers
All written submissions other than The Big Article should be 0-3 pages (850 words max) (or 85 lines) font size 14
The Big Article (specify if you’d like to write this) should be 1-5 pages (or 250-1500 words) font size 14
All image submissions must be 300dpi and 4”x5”, 4”x9”, 7”x5”, or 7”x9″. File type must be png or jpg
Please include image descriptions for any images
Submission deadline is Nov. 1st for the first issue, but please try to get submissions in well before then!
You MUST sign a consent to publish form, found here (download, sign, send to us)
All submissions and consent forms must be emailed to [email protected]. Please try to send them together!
EDIT: we are ONLY accepting pieces by physically disabled creators
Please reblog and spread the word! #CripplePunkPresents
-Ash
