Submissions wanted for 'Power' issue | $700-$1,000 for features, $150-$700 for sections

BITCH MEDIA IS LOOKING FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR 'POWER' ISSUE.

Deadline: 24 August 2020

Power is a concept most of  us engage with constantly, though it isn’t always obvious—even to  ourselves. Work environments are sites of power dynamics, for instance,  between ourselves, our bosses, and our coworkers: Perhaps we ponder  power as we attempt to negotiate promotions and raises (who has the  leverage?); perhaps it features in weighing the risk of  interoffice  romances (who has the most to lose if the relationship leaks into  workspace consciousness?); perhaps it impacts our ability to do our jobs  remotely (who benefits most—and least—from establishing telework  policies?). Some of us deal with the concept of power as it relates to  feminism, oppression, and the matrix of domination, while even more of  us must consider power within our interpersonal relationships (between  partners, parents and children, and even children and teachers). How do  our relationships impact our earning power, our mental health, and our  physical safety?

These conversations and negotiations  are inescapable, but engaging with them, rather than hiding from them,  helps us orient ourselves in an ever changing world. Who is expected to  take power, and who is expected to wait until it is given to them? What  does it mean to be empowered and how can we account for power  imbalances, even among the famous and wealthy? What does it look like to  challenge power in a time when most of it is concentrated in an  increasingly small number of people and institutions? How can we  challenge power as news cycles become shorter, pandemics can change the  very routines of our daily lives, and the world always seems much less  sure than it did even yesterday? 

We want to bring  those conversations—about power itself, what it demands of us and from  us,  and how we hold it accountable—to the pages of this issue. So send  us criticism, reporting, and analysis that goes beyond literal power  struggles, frustrations with Trump’s daily shenanigans, and individual  upsets about Congressional leaders. What would it take to live in a  world where economic parity is a given? How does pop culture codify  power, particularly through representation? What can questioning the  portrayal of relationships as heterosexual, monogamous structures teach  us about the importance of abolishing hierarchy? What would it be like  to live in a world that centers the needs of trans and nonbinary people  rather than relegating them to the backseat?

Power goes beyond the obvious, so pitch us out-of-the-box ideas that both speak to this theme and expand it. 

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