"Girls Against God," a feminist arts magazine, launched its first issue in 2013 at Printed Matter in New York City. For the event, as co-editor, I read my editor's statement aloud. My co-editor, Bianca Casady and I, had written each other letters about what the magazine meant to each of us personally. For the issue, I had met, written about and interviewed a number of artists and activists who were creating what felt like the fourth wave of international feminism.
As co-editor, honing the content of the issue gave me a new perspective. A section of my letter reads, "I was reminded many times that the personal is political -- from Alice 0'Malley's essay about the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment to Gabby Bess's discussion about defining a 'feminine voice" in her writing...We need heroes. As a child, Vaginal Davis was first inpired by the inclusive, gracious words of activist Angela Davis. We need to trust ourselves. Alexyys K. Tylor's motto is "Vagina Power" which, to me, inspires women to reconnect with their own instincts. There are lessons to relearn about individual survival and the survival of our planet from older stories, fables and myths. They remind us of the need to read our experiences through our bodies."
At the launch event I was joined by Molly Mary O'Brien, Mary Hanlon, Kembra Pfahler, NO BRA.
Girls Against God Issue #1
Contributors include: Antony, Gabby Bess, Melanie Bonajo, Bianca Casady, Vaginal Davis, Yasmine Hamdan, Emely Neu, Kembra Pfahler, Marguerite Stern, Alexyss K. Tylor; and contributions from Johanna Constantine, Mary Hanlon, Julie Higonnet, Molly O’Brien, Chloe Olewitz, Alice O’Malley, Anne Sherwood Pundyk, Kara L. Rooney, and Jean Marc Ruellan. Published by Capricious.
Art works, Essays and Interviews by Anne Sherwood Pundyk:
Interview with Alyxess K. Tylor: Vagina Power
Interview with Emily Neu: Let's Start A Pussy Riot