Women in the west are being urged to share their creativity as part of the latest zine by Females for Equality Making Stuff (FEMS).
The brainchild of Freya Alexander, Cassandra Martin and Tegan Iversen, FEMS launched its first zine in March at an art exhibition in Maidstone.
Ms Alexander says the second edition will be based loosely around the theme of Diversity, chosen for a variety of reasons.
“One reason is that when we started we weren’t a particularly diverse group because it was mostly Victorian College of the Arts students or Melbourne University students – very white, mostly heterosexual, so not super-diverse,” she said. “I think already that’s beginning to change … we’ve got a much more interesting range of people involved.”
Ms Martin said the theme also aimed to encourage a conversation around a broader range of topics.
“There are so many different experiences women have and those things are influenced by other things, like race or age or disability, so it’s just trying to broaden out,” she said.
“The zine has certainly generated a lot of conversations.”
Ms Iversen said the project had attracted interest from people with written works, and FEMS would like to
receive more pictorial submissions or a combination of both.
The zine’s launch is expected around late July. Submissions close July 1. Details at cargocollective.com/FEMS or email femszine@gmail.com. .
Benjamin Millar
