Cornell's literary life (again)
Forword is the literary magazine of the Women’s Resource Centre. It’s free and it’s published once each semester; I have only seen one issue, the most recent one. It publishes any format (fiction, poetry, essay, photography, drawings/paintings/etc.) and the themes are very loose: by women or about women.
I love the visual arts’ contributions to the issue I have, but there is something odd about them. Nine images: eight photos and one drawing. Two of them are female nudes (the cover is absolutely gorgeous and wonderful, although it is a big mistake of the editor that it is not credited) and four of them show cute-and-tasteful-but-explicit lesbian sex. Six out of nine. Not that I have anything against it, oh no, but it’s the lack of balance that feels strange. Forword is supposed to be a vehicle of expression for Cornellian women, right? Then why no one thought of submitting more pictures of interest to straight women: more non-nude portraits, more heterosexuality? Come on, people. The Spring issue deadline is April 1. Take that camera, go out and impress us.
Credit bit: the only photographer that takes non-nude portraits of women is Brian Stewart (Machinations is sweet) and Amy Newhouse makes the photographic equivalent of good free verse to erotic photos and to a view of the Commons. I’m so envious.
I love the visual arts’ contributions to the issue I have, but there is something odd about them. Nine images: eight photos and one drawing. Two of them are female nudes (the cover is absolutely gorgeous and wonderful, although it is a big mistake of the editor that it is not credited) and four of them show cute-and-tasteful-but-explicit lesbian sex. Six out of nine. Not that I have anything against it, oh no, but it’s the lack of balance that feels strange. Forword is supposed to be a vehicle of expression for Cornellian women, right? Then why no one thought of submitting more pictures of interest to straight women: more non-nude portraits, more heterosexuality? Come on, people. The Spring issue deadline is April 1. Take that camera, go out and impress us.
Credit bit: the only photographer that takes non-nude portraits of women is Brian Stewart (Machinations is sweet) and Amy Newhouse makes the photographic equivalent of good free verse to erotic photos and to a view of the Commons. I’m so envious.