Eve in Hand Contributor Guidelines
Voyeur, exhibitionist…
Scopophilia, gaze…
Artists and academics have long analyzed and debated the relationship between spectator and subject in visual art. Traditionally, Western art has depicted men as active viewers, and woman as passive subject, a dynamic that continues to pervade contemporary advertising. The viewer is endowed with a privileged perspective, a dynamic known as “gaze.†While the interaction is more complex than this brief description, for these guideline purposes, suffice it to say that “gaze†is important to us because Eve in Hand strives to challenge dominant structures and processes of power. We also look beyond traditional representations of those structures and processes because first, they are inauthentic, and second, they perpetuate constructs that inhibit personal and societal fulfillment and well-being.
While creating one forum for political activism is one goal of Eve in Hand, we strive to focus more on promoting divergent paradigms than by critiquing existing ones. Toward achieving this goal, there are almost infinite possibilities, so we offer to artists and writers the following identity statement:
1. Eve in Hand is a Feminist publication largely, though not exclusively informed by Individualist Feminism, which seeks the emancipation of all people.
2. Eve in Hand maintains as its primary goal the positive representation of women and girls. While we play, love, and labor to represent and support all people regardless of gender or sexual orientation, we believe that a culture that supports and promotes women and girls will demonstrate from its core to its periphery encouragement of, and opportunity to all people.
When submitting work of any medium, please be aware that with respect to women, Eve in Hand encourages contributions that do not rely upon conventional gender assumptions. We look upon simplistic gender role reversal as a different bearer of the same coin.
Examples of obsolete representation of women are those in which their identities are negated, such as photographs framed to present subjects as headless, etc.
Women are active. Girls are agents of change. We believe action more accurately reflects our lives than recumbent poses exclusively.
Mission Statement:
Eve in Hand seeks to promote an inclusive sexuality as a deterrent to non-consensual sexual violence, and to advance equality for all people, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. By opening doors to authentic sex using literature, art, music, and culture, and by serving as one forum for political activism, we strive to present the barest function of sex; as a tool for greater creativity, understanding of, and pleasure derived from activities that sustain life.
A new high-quality online publication will cater to all genders, and titillate with diversity and range, comprised of the voices that speak, whisper, shout, and sigh in the growing dialogue about sex. It steadfastly maintains among its goals the positive representation of and impact upon women.
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First Edition Complete, Rolling Submissions for Forthcoming EditionsPhoto Blogs Humor writers and cartoonists Erotic artwork and photography Erotic non-fiction of lengths up to 10, 000 words Erotic fiction, poetry and prose Political articles or essays relating to sex. Reviews of pornographic movies, sex books, sex toys, sex theme parks, brothels, you get the picture Dialogue is based on questions, requires openness to divergence, and demands intelligent, respectful debate. We welcome critiques of what has been termed, “Raunch Culture†by authorities who would dismiss this very publication as such.
Please submit as a Word document attachment. Minor editing may be possible, but work should be ready for publication, and unedited work will not be considered.
We strive to be as open and inclusive as possible. Unacceptable subjects include anything which could venerate violence, towards women and others; bestiality.
All material will be discreetly safeguarded, as will your identity, should you opt to use a pen name.
We believe...
That a culture that calls for sexual abstinence places responsibility for a false morality upon girls and women while making them passive agents in sexual dynamics.
That a multi-gendered perspective of sexuality is not only authentic, but will bring about a decline in violence, against girls, women, and others.
That a sexual culture that values volition in an inclusive sensuality demands responsibility, and creates a sustainable erotic life and world.