Our latest publication, musings, is available for download through the following link:
We've heard from a few more folks (so exciting!), and our abecedary is looking more like this now:
We are especially keen to hear from folks who are interested in contributing to the letters of U and X. Please see below for Submission Details or get in touch with us by email.
We are looking for short pieces (200-500 words, can be more if you let us know in advance) that explain how the word connects to our themes of food, feminism, and/or fermentation. We're open to non-textual forms too, including images and audio (in which case, aim for 5 images or 5 minutes). We admit that we are more interested in words that cut across these themes instead of a UN model of ferments (e.g., bread, kimchi, viili, etc.). We welcome persuasive arguments, personal stories, poems, photo essays, provocations, philosophical musings, as well as sound-based or video-based work. If you've something in mind that's not listed here, let us know so we can ideate together. Of note, our abecedary will be produced both digitally and in print.
Get in touch if you have questions or want to think out loud; after all, part of the fun is figuring this out together.
While our ideal timeline has drafts due by September 25, we are willing to work with individual authors. Given that the world is a dumpster fire right now, we want to be flexible since we don't know what kinds of pressures uniquely affect your time commitments.
Drafts should include:
Please send these to our email address by September 15, 2021: food.feminism.fermentation [at] gmail dot com
We look forward to hearing from you!
“And maybe the bread, as I’ve always understood it, really is over. The new world order is rearranging itself on the planet and settling in. Our touchstone is changing color. Our criteria for earning a life, a living, are mutating like a virus that wants badly to stay alive.”Procuring flour for pandemic baking is not just about bread but ties in with identity and ritual; it is indicative of how purpose can become muddled and obscured when all around us is ablaze in the meme of the year: this is fine. Nope, it isn’t fine. What matters is self-reflection, grounding, and a commitment to doing things differently.
