February 2012
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“The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence,...”
– Why I Am A Male Feminist (via meggannn)
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“What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now....”
– Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism (via hythe)
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Revolution Grrrl Style Now!
Write.
Photograph.
Remember.
Draw.
Scream.
Journal.
Educate.
Rant.
Revolt.
Then share what you’ve come up with with other grrrls around the world through Cherry Bomb Zine! No submission goes unpublished, everything is good enough.
Voice yourself.
Be heard.
Submit.
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I am my own brand of woman.
Cherry Bomb, Rocket Queen, a megaphone for my generation.
My compassion is as soft as a sparrow’s wings,
But my thoughts are loud and I won’t back down.
Don’t try to stop be.
I am paving the way for a new equality
Refusing to swallow the artificial sweetener society tries to shove down my throat.
I will not let my uterus be a hindrance.
My...
Anonymous asked: Can transmen submit to Cherry Bomb? I am mostly treated as female and I have a female body. I've been abused as a female person. I've passionately fought for equality, rights, and respect for all women. I'd like to submit, but I'm not sure if I belong here since I'm ftm.
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Cherry Bomb Zine is now in stores!
Cherry Bomb can be found at the following places:
Bluestockings, New York City
Spartacus Books, Vancouver
Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax (starting next week)
People’s Co-Op Bookstore, Vancouver (starting next week)
Does Your Mother Know Comics, Vancouver
Black Bowser Comics, Sackville (starting next week)
And of course, Cherry Bomb is always online at the webstore!
PS: If you’ve got...
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Let's talk about sex..
So for the next issue, I’m doing a part on sexuality that I would love y’all to contribute to. Specifically about first times with either (or both) genders, the lack thereof or thoughts on virginity. Send them in!
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Have something to get off your chest? Cherry Bomb...
Be it a rant, an article, a poem, a photo, or anything else you’ve got regarding gender (or the lack thereof), riot grrrl, women’s rights or issues, or anything else around that spectrum (or even outside of it) we’d love to see it!
February 8, 2012
These days gravity seems to pull from left to right
In fact the birds ran out of branches and built their nest on a telephone wire.
I invent danger where there isn’t any and ignore it when it’s staring
Me in the face or holding me in its arms.
Now I’m all dressed up in my mom’s clothes
Crossing Elizabeth Street
Photographing leftist graffiti
And trying to determine whether I’m a mean girl
Who...
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Misconceptions About Feminism
smalltowngrrrls:
It’s okay to have long hair.
It’s okay to wear dresses.
It’s okay to want to get married.
It’s okay to only have sex with just one person.
It’s okay if you shave your legs and armpits.
It’s okay if you want to have kids.
It’s okay if you don’t want to get an abortion.
It’s okay if you don’t want to use birth control.
It’s okay if you aren’t attracted to girls.
It’s okay...
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Solidarity (Montvale, New Jersey)
There are search planes flying overhead tonight,
What’s there to find in Montvale, New Jersey?
There is, I suppose, that elderly man with two braids in his beard
But isn’t he in the phone book?
…
One day when I have the money
I will send searchlights through the sky to locate
The Root of the Problem.
…
In the meantime I’m in high school
And there are four girls with a collective...
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Thank you to all who ordered!
The issues are on their way :) Pictures of the zine and it’s contents will be posted over the next few days - sorry for the lack of posts! It’s midterms over here and we all know what that means..
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Cherry Bomb Zine goes on sale TOMORROW!!!
More info and pictures to come tomorrow - Thank you so much to all of you who are a part of it, whether you follow or have written. You rock! Just putting the photocopies together now.. :)
I will mention this again tomorrow, but if you would like a copy and can’t afford one please let me know! I will find a way to get you one free of charge :).
Anonymous asked: I can't wait for the first edition to be released!
February 6, 2012
“Compared to this place hell is a four-star hotel,”
She said and I nodded my agreement and added,
“The Republican debate is a badly-written, post-apocalyptic play.”
But she couldn’t hear me over the men hydrofracking away
The days, and like grown-up teeth these are the last of the days we have
The sun seeps in through my eyelids now as I walk with my eyes closed
And if anybody’s staring I don’t...
Is it possible that all you need is a good gay...
vag-enius:
The following are the best questions taken from the “Heterosexual Questionnaire” in Gender in Canada, 4th Edition. Since it is awesome I felt it needed to be re-blogged.
The Heterosexual Questionnaire
1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?
3. Is it possible that your heterosexuality is just a phase you may grow out of?
5. If you have never slept with a person of the...
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The Story of Cherry Bomb
Cherry Bomb zine was born out of a small town in New Brunswick by Julie Klukas, a 19-year-old frustrated feminist looking for a way to share her voice with other girls and women who wanted to be heard. Inspired by the Riot Grrrl scene, Cherry Bomb is a place where girls and women can submit their stories, art, poetry and rants, find themselves in the art of others and join together without feeling...