The winner of April’s door-themed readers write challenge is Jenny Lapekas with her entry titled “Long Stay”. Congratulations, Jenny, and thank you to everyone who submitted! LONG STAY by Jenny Lapekas My father begins in the middle of the lot, close to the hangar. He is thorough as he scans the cars in one sweep …
I live in Boston. Last Saturday, several of my cousins came to visit. We all grew up not too far from the city — the length of a long commute — but we’d only spent a handful of afternoons there as children: field trips, Disney on Ice, maybe a birthday. Boston seems like a world …
Sometimes words just don’t describe our experiences as well as random video clips, and that’s OK, because tumblr has given us #whatshouldwecallme and a variety of spin-off blogs that never fail to amuse us when we should be doing something more productive. Except I don’t think there’s one specifically for writers and MFA students. And …
Well, the storm that hit the Northeast this weekend slowed down its release a bit, but now the sun is out and so is Broad! #3. You can download it from our “Issues” page above or read it over Issuu. We hope you enjoy it –– and, if inspired, please submit! Best, Heather
Dear readers, Please remember the following: You deserve to feel safe in your expression of your sexuality. You do not have to apologize for other people’s violations. The world will try to make you feel ugly; you are not. Recently, I was at bar with some friends. I was buzzed and we were dancing. The …
Everyday Feminism posted this useful guide to listening as a person of privilege and an ally to social justice stuggles. I thought it was a nice breakdown and I agree that to simply listen and learn is valuable and sometimes the most appropriate position one can take. I also found it refreshing that cis white … Continue reading »
No Steubenville coverage this week, but I have been reading about the rape crisis in Syria. It’s an important story and one that’s been largely ignored — or forgotten? — by the other side of the world even as it’s been happening. I also did some reading about the trial of Kermit Gosnell and his … Continue reading »
Here’s the winner of our Readers Write column for March, for which the theme was “clean.” Amber Shockley, thank you for submitting this poem. Swab Amber Shockley Believe me, I would scour my whole body if I thought clean would become a curse I could live with. No more dirty soles or skin collected … Continue reading »
Greetings grrrls and welcome to the first ever Friday link round-up! This will be a regular feature where we share our interesting internet findings on literature, feminism, the intersection of those things, and also really important videos of cute animals and such. We at Broad! believe that it’s important to discuss the tragedy in Steubenville, but … Continue reading »
Hey writers/readers! Submissions for our Summer 2013 issue close TOMORROW AT MIDNIGHT, y’all. You have until 11:59:59 on this dear Friday, March 1 to send us your fiction, creative essays, poems, artwork or photography to [broadzine@gmail.com]. After that, we’re closing our doors to submissions for two whole months, until May 1; we learned with the last … Continue reading »
Happy V-Day: A day to protest violence against women. As you enjoy the evening with your loved ones, take some time to dance and rise up as part of the movement to end violence against women! Democracy Now interviewed Eve Ensler about the project: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/14/one_billion_rising_playwright_eve_ensler You can find out more at http://onebillionrising.org. Continue reading »
We at Broad! have realized that many of our submitters are young adults in high school, which means that many of the people who read this blog are probably young adults who are dealing with this issue of “slut shaming”. Not that the conversation around shaming women should be limited to high school. Definitely not: I want … Continue reading »
