Call For Submissions

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(posted for a friend.)

UNTITLED: JEWISH WOMEN WRITE ABOUT SEXUALITY

Editors Rachel Kramer Bussel and Karen Taylor seek nonfiction, personal essays by Jewish women about sexuality for the anthology tentatively titled The Burning Bush: Jewish Women Write About Sexuality. We seek essays covering a broad array of topics about the intersections between Judaism and sexuality, about how they inform and impact each other. Essays should explore the connections, differences, and multifaceted nature of our lives as Jewish women and sexual beings.

Possible topics include:

Jewish sexual role models

Judaism and sexual prowess

Judaism and sexual shame

Judaism and sexual modesty

Menstruation and sexuality

The Mikvah and our experiences with it, both physical and spiritual

Is being/looking Jewish sexy?

Stereotypes about Jewish women (frigid, don't like oral sex, greedy, etc.)

Fetishes for Jewish women

Masturbation

Adultery

Sexuality and motherhood

Interactions with Jewish vs. non-Jewish partners (are sheggitzes sexier? is foreskin unclean/unerotic?)

Conversion and sexuality

Being half-Jewish and sexuality

Losing your virginity

Judaism and S/M


These are just some suggestions; be creative! Please explore the way these or similar issues have impacted your own life. Essays should be between 1,500 - 5,000 words. Reprints will be considered but original work is preferred.

Send 2 hard copies of your submissions plus SASE to:

Rachel Kramer Bussel
Prince St. Station
P.O. Box 39
New York, NY 10012

Please email any queries or questions (but not submissions) to:

rachelkb@earthlink.net