Small Strokes Big Oaks

No, this isn’t a post about feminism and relationships.  I feel I’ve been absent from this blog for a while, even though I’ve been posting pretty regular guest posts and thoughts of my own.  But I’ve missed writing, and in the midst of all of this wedding-madness and relationship-theory, I’ve realized just how important it is to carve out a space for myself – and time for myself – to write and, really, just exist on my own, without thinking about relationships or weddings or what have you.

So, even though I’ll probably be completely consumed with teaching and wedding appointments from now until October 9 (OMG 31 DAYS!!!!!), I’m really going to try to carve out a space for my writing, both analytical and creative.  For one, I’m going to start using my Tumblr to post weekly (hopefully bi-weekly) poetry.  I actually majored in English Literature with a specialization in Creative Writing in undergrad, and I did a Poem a Day challenge with The Undomestic Goddess herself, among others, a while back, and I really miss exercising my brain in that way.  So, if you’re interested in that sort of thing, be sure to follow me there (or subscribe to the RSS feed).

Also, I’m opening up a new prompt for you guest posters on here.  Don’t worry; I’ll still be publishing all of your wonderful posts about feminism and relationships, because this prompt totally fits in with that as well.  I was thinking, if you all can have such wonderful ideas about such a simple prompt as “Write something about feminism and relationships,” what about if I open it up even more?

Thus, I announce to you, my call for guest posts about Feminism and ___________.  You fill in the blank, you write the post.

Need some ideas?  Maybe something like Feminism and…:

• Art
• Writing
• Love
• Life
• Fathers
• Mothers
• Sisters
• Brothers
• Family
• Adoption
• Men
• LGBTQ
• Teaching
• Work
• Reading
• …The possibilities are ENDLESS!

For those of you who need guidelines, they’re pretty much the same as they were last time: 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 absolutely cannot wait to see what my smart, savvy readers do with this one!  And don’t worry, I’ll be adding my own ideas to the mix as we go!