They’re places where you can learn to think and feel new things, trying on other people’s ideas and experiences in relative safety. Where you can make mistakes and change your mind. Without the Internet, I don’t know how I would connect these books and zines with their readers. But I’m forever grateful to have the medium of print available to learn and grow in. And one of the main areas that has expanded for me, as it has for many, is covered by this volume. I had a political awakening a decade ago, riding with Critical Mass through the streets of New York City, chased by police on motorcycles, in helicopters, and in unmarked black SUVs. It was the first time I’d viscerally understood that the government did not exist solely for my benefit and protection. That realization changed the course of my life and the content of what I cared about writing. It gave me a new certainty and a path forward.įive years ago, the Ferguson protests and the launching of Black Lives Matter by three queer Black women onto the streets and into the popular imagination-and explosively on the Internet-opened my eyes in a new way and I began to see the scope of what I truly didn’t know: The experiences of millions of people in the world, the number of ways blatant and subtle that people can systematically do wrong to each other, the depth of human experience. My realization was that I’d been, and still was, missing most of what was going on in the world around me, right in front of me. One result-I wanted to politicize this zine beyond the tacit for and by women, or at least not sexist definition of feminism I’d loosely been screening submissions with. ![]() Those criteria still hold, but they’re not enough anymore. Class and money was the original prompt for submissions it quickly became clear that a more intersectional approach was called for. To submit, fill out the contact form on our FAQ page and mention that you’re submitting to the Self Care Healthcare series.Ultimately, this zine is about ways people negotiate power, and the various wedges that the powerful can use to separate us from each other.Įverything in these pages was written before the election of 2016, sometimes well before. We prefer submissions for this series by credentialed professionals, but we’ll consider proposals from folks with lots of hands-on life experience in their topic. You can come to us with a completed or partial manuscript or just an idea. Manuscripts can be 10,000 to 30,000 words. Help us reclaim these ideas from the reference shelf and make them easily and cheaply available to the public! A focus on the health of people in marginalized demographics is especially encouraged. Books should be focused on building practical skills and understanding the science behind why they work. We are seeking authors for short, instructive books that fill a gap in public knowledge and augment the resources provided by the current healthcare system. This is your chance to share your expertise! ![]() What knowledge and skills would most improve your patients’ health and quality of life? ![]() What would you tell your patients if you could see them for longer than 15 minutes at a time? What do you wish more people knew about taking care of themselves? How do people stay healthy in an unhealthy world? That’s the question this series of small, practical, accessible books will answer, with a focus on taking care of your physical, mental, and sexual health.Īre you a nurse, an herbalist, a physician’s assistant, a naturopath, a surgeon, an acupuncturist, a family doctor, a physical therapist, a midwife, a reproductive health clinic worker, a dental hygienist, a medical anthropologist, an epidemiologist, or any other sort of health expert or practitioner? Introducing Microcosm’s new open submissions series: Self Care Healthcare Call for Submissions: Introducing the Self Care Healthcare series Januby Elly Blue
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