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Submission Deadline extension- one week more
Dear all, Good news for those who have not submitted their work yet, but still would like to participate in our open call Girlhood Is a Spectrum for texts and visual arts. We decided to extend the deadline. You now have until 1 December, 23:59 (US EST time zone)....
2 Days left to submit!
Dear all, Today is two days until the deadline for the open call Girlhood Is a Spectrum. Look at your draft, revise it carefully, and submit your work! Submissions close on the 24th of November at midnight US EST. We welcome short texts (max word count: 750) of...
5 days left to submit your work
Dear all, It is now only 5 days until the deadline for our open call Girlhood Is a Spectrum–just enough time to revise and submit your work. Submissions close on the 24th of November at midnight US EST. We welcome short texts (max word count: 750) of different...
FIXATIONS: Girlhood in Childhood scholars’ creative writing and art
Children’s Literature, Media and Culture (CLMC for short) is one of the most notable programmes dedicated to research on childhood. Children’s literary and cultural studies is a new and still marginal area of academic interest, but this novelty is the strength of the...
Call for Submissions- 10 Days left!
Dear creators, It is just 10 days until the deadline for our open call Girlhood Is a Spectrum. Submissions close on the 24th of November at midnight US EST.We welcome short texts (max word count: 750) of different genres and digital creative images, as well as...
Open Call for Girlhood is a Spectrum
We are pleased to announce an open call for writers and visual artists to contribute to a new exhibition— Girlhood Is a Spectrum. We invite you to speak on the girlhood flux in the language of poetry, prose, or images. Many of you may have seen the memes with this...
bell hooks in Hopkinsville
At a small museum in a small Kentucky town, I found bell hooks' girlhood. Visiting during a recent museums conference, I was exploring the many displays at the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County: home to many intriguing historical figures. And among the...
Meet the Interns: Glafira Soldatova
Country: Netherlands Short bio: I am a student in the International Master’s programme “Children’s Literature, Media and Culture”. During the semester abroad at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, I am focusing on the transcultural dimensions of children’s...
Girlhoods at Liminal Spaces: Thinking of Magazines, Then and Now
Girl magazines also built communication networks. The bravest ones could write to editors so their question or letter would be published. Magazines were also useful for local communities. Girls could read them together and engage in new activities together. We connected.
Girlhood Hobbies: Band and Colorguard
I've been into musical instruments for what feels like all of my life, but fifth grade is when I really fell in love with it. The summer before fifth grade, I knew what was coming that next school year: band. My cousin, who was a few years ahead of me, told so many...