Welcome to Variability
Dear friends, feminists, allies, and accomplices, It is with immense pride that I present our inaugural issue of the Wild Tongue Journal with you. Variability is an intersectional feminist exploration of now–within, we feature works that respond to or reflect on the current moment: the COVID-19 pandemic, the movements for Black lives, the U.S. presidential […]
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Letter from the Interns
Needless to say, the Fall 2020 semester was not what any of us were expecting. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our day-to-day lives, and the risk posed to public health and safety has undoubtedly sparked major anxiety and unrest. While the pandemic has disrupted our lives in many ways, it has also brought self-reflection. Having […]
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3 Poems
Instructions for Helping It Feel Better (or at least different) 1.Rest, don’t just lay there with your eyes closed. 2.Don’t self-advertise, leave some things to be enjoyed by you and you alone. Take the stickers off of that water bottle. Rethink your next tattoo. 3.Try to come to terms with the realization that nothing lasts […]
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join us for our WGSS Alumni Event happening this Wednesday, February 24 from 12:30-1:30pm on Zoom! we’ve got this wonderful line up of alums who are making meaningful change in the world! 🌸
Our inaugural issue, Variability, is live! Click the link in our bio to experience it and please share widely! So thankful for all of the voices and visions that made this issue possible 🌺
Join us this Thursday, December 10th at 5pm for our virtual launch party! Contributors to our inaugural issue, Variability, will share their work and we’ll celebrate as the semester comes to a close! See you then! 🌺
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO NEXT FRIDAY, NOV. 27th!
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We are so excited to read and view the submissions we’ve already received! If you didn’t get a chance to submit yet, you’re in luck—we’ve extended our deadline to Friday, November 27! Email us (wildtonguejournal@uconn.edu) your poems, prose pieces, rants, photographs, collages, whatever feels like art to you. We want to share your work with the world 🌍
Happy Monday, WT fam! Folx and friends who are working on-the-ground still need our support! Cash bail is a problematic practice that disproportionally affects POC and folx experiencing poverty. Here are a few national and local mutual aid funds to consider donating to! 🌸
Remember to join us this Wednesday, November 11th for Staceyann Chin’s lecture and poetry reading! 🌸
Join us next Wednesday for our Feminist Artist Residency with Staceyann Chin! 🌸 Chin is a poet, performer, activist, author, and the cowriter/original performer in the Tony Award-winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. 🌸 Join us for Chin’s lecture on poetry, violence, and activism and/or her poetry reading in the evening! 🌸
WTJ is accepting submissions for our inaugural issue, Variability! Visit our website for the full Call for Submissions (link in bio). We are looking for electrifying and engaging feminist art that responds to the current moment. ALL are welcome to submit. We look forward to reviewing your work! 🌸