Small Strokes Big Oaks

You know, I’ve been writing a lot about feminism and relationships on here lately.  Maybe because I’m getting married in less than 3 months?  I don’t know, just a guess… But whatever the reason, I think it’s a really important topic to cover.  There are lots of us out there who identify as feminist or who advocate feminism and who are also either facing a change in their relationships (moving in together, getting married, etc.) or are well within a relationship or family setting and work to advocate feminism within those relationships every day.  I also find that many of us in this community are frequently combating the often negative, patriarchal connotations that come with marriage and family life and the various titles associated with that life.  I’ve seen so much of this in the comments of this blog or in e-mails sent to me or in twitter responses to things I’ve written that I believe the topic of feminism and relationships cannot be ignored.

So, I want to hear from you.  I’m announcing an open-ended call for guest posts on feminism and relationships.  You can interpret the term “relationships” as loosely as you want, but some ideas for posts might include topics on “Feminism and…”:

• Marriage (a broad topic here; could include name changes, household chores, the patriarchal connotations behind marriage… anything!)
• Family (your mothers and fathers, your children, your siblings, etc.)
• In-laws
• Same sex partnerships
• Interracial relationships
• Long-distance relationships
• Moving in together
• Moving somewhere new together
• Boyfriend/Girlfriend relationships
• Weddings
• Friendships
• Body image and relationships
• And the list goes on and on – anything you come up with, I’d love to hear it!

What are my guidelines?  As you may know from previous calls for guest posts, my guidelines, like all good things in life, are flexible and open to interpretation.  But in general, I’d say posts should be about 400-800 words in length and spell-checked/grammar-checked to the best of your ability.  Hyperlinks are OK in bios and in posts.  Just make sure I have a list of all URLs in case something is lost in translation, so to speak.  Also, please keep in mind that I am a high school teacher, so I cannot publish curse words, sexually explicit language, or anything overtly political.  If you think you have a topic that might fall into one of these categories, go ahead and e-mail me a pitch and we can totally figure something out.

Of course you can cross-post something to your blog, as well, or submit something you’ve already written on the topic, but I’d appreciate a link back here from your blog.  Also, you don’t have to be a blogger to submit a post!  If you just want to write something for me but don’t necessarily write on your own, that’s swell, too!

All posts or pitches can be submitted to samsanator (at) gmail (dot) com along with a brief bio and a link to your blog if you’ve got one.

I look forward to hearing from you, and hopefully you all will find this new series interesting and helpful!