#bikes4life

How does bicycling fit into your personal economy? Your social standing? How do your choices when it comes to bicycling relate to your income, and how do they relate to your attitudes towards money? Did your bike cost a lot or a little, and how do you feel about that? Have you done economic research or reporting on bicycle issues? What are your observations about the costs and benefits of cycling?

The first volume of the Journal of Bicycle Feminism, Cycletherapy, was about feelings: joy, grief, and healing. The second volume is about money, status, and wealth, whatever those topics mean to you.

A wide variety of submissions are sought, particularly from underrepresented perspectives. Personal narratives, essays, and reporting will be the bulk of the volume—lengths between 1,000 and 3,000 words are ideal, but if a piece needs more words we can talk. Illustrations and photographs are sought as well. I'd like to include one piece of fiction, and one very short (around 500 words) and funny piece for the end of the book.

Bikes4Life 2013 streeft ernaar om de fiets te promoten als een belangrijk en eenvoudige transportmiddel in elke stad. 

Op vrijdag 20 september zullen inwoners (over de hele wereld) creatieve 'life-lines' maken om fietsers te beschermen in de stad.

Spontane, zelfgemaakte fietspaden, stencil afbeeldingen of andere mooie creaties die de kwetsbaarheid en het belang van fietsen in de stad in de "verf" zetten.

Kijk voor meer info op de website van Bikes4life en maak je actie kenbaar op deze website. Onze stad zou eigenlijk niet mogen ontbreken in dit wereldwijd evenement.