I don't see any reason why health promotion, the determinants of health and so on couldn't feature in this --

Robyn Kalda
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From: Policy Action Research List/Liste politique action recherche on behalf of The Miss G___ Project
Sent: Wed 3/19/2008 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [PAR-L] Fwd: miss g call for submissions
 
Attention all youth artists and writers!

The Miss G______ Project for Equity in Education
(www.themissgproject.org) is looking to put together an activist
anthology (an "actology" if you will) of art and writing by high
school aged youth that take on and challenge the media.  The working
title for the project is "'The Media is Not Fooling Me': an Actology."
 Interested?  Here are the details:

We want you to put your fabulous critical lenses on and take a long
hard look at the media and mass-produced images of "how people should
be" in society.  At the same time, we want you to share your own
positive affirmations, images, and ideas that are alternatives to
those currently being produced by the mainstream.

Be creative, be critical, be satiric, be political!

Some ideas to get the juices flowing : Do you love that song, but how
it refers to women bugs you?  Do you hate that TV commercial because
it privileges certain beauty standards?  Or how do you feel about the
portrayal of particular communities by the six o'clock news?  Maybe
you love the Guerilla Girls (www.guerrillagirls.com) and the way they
challenge sexism and racism in art, film, politics, and culture?
Maybe you don't like how they do it, and here's why!  These are just
some things you can talk about, write about, paint about, sing about--
just remember to take on the issues that matter to you!

We are looking for works that are critical of the media from a
self-aware perspective that takes into account power and
sex/gender/sexuality/race/class/ability.

We are looking for alternatives to the way the mainstream media
sees/creates the world.

Who is being represented?  How are they being represented?  Who isn't
being seen or heard?  Who is telling all the stories?  Whose stories
aren't being told?  What if you told these stories?

We are looking for:

Poetry

Essays

Short-stories

Rants

Monologues

Spoken word pieces

Songs

Drawings or sketches

Collages

Paintings

Photography

Photo-documentation of sculpture, large paintings, installations or
performance pieces

Any other art/cultural production we may have missed in this list...

There is no limit to how many things you can submit, and all
submissions are welcome. We ask that all text submissions be e-mailed
in a Word or rich text format file, and all art and photographs be
scanned and sent to us via e-mail.  Audio and video files can be
e-mailed as well.  Please make sure that what you send are copies of
your work and not originals.  Please direct any questions and send all
submissions to: [log in to unmask] and include your name and
contact information so that we can notify you if your work will be
included in the anthology.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS APRIL 25TH.

About the Miss G___ Project

The Miss G__ Project for Equity in Education is a grassroots young
feminist organization working to combat all forms of oppression in and
through education, including sexism, homophobia, racism and classism.

Dedicated to feminist anti-oppression politics with a strong focus on
education, our mandate is to provide young people, particularly young
women, with the opportunity, support, and resources necessary to
analyze and influence issues that affect their lives and futures. This
includes acting as a community resource and mounting political actions
towards the ongoing improvement of publicly funded education to meet
its own policy commitments to equity in education, respect for
diversity, critical thinking, and the provision of a safe and secure
environment.

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