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Call for Submissions: First Times 

I am starting a new project, and am looking for women to submit writing about their first time having sex. I will be taking these submissions, and making embroideries of them.

Here are the details:

- I’d like to have each submission be in your handwriting, if possible. It can be handwritten and then scanned, or written digitally. If you would prefer to type your submission, that is okay too (but keep in mind I will then translate this into a handwritten version). If they are image files, pretty much any file type is good (jpg, tiff, png, etc). Please don’t make the file too small, as I will need to blow them up to some extent to transfer them to fabric.

- The submission can be as short or as long as you want. Feel free to describe your first time with just one word, or write three pages. Considering I will be hand embroidering these, if they are too lengthy, I may have to edit.

- Write whatever you are comfortable writing. These can be funny, sad, awkward, embarrassing, happy, etc.

- You do not have to be cis-female to enter.

- Whatever you consider your “first time” is just fine! It does not have to be heterosexual, penis-in-vagina sex. I am looking for stories about all different kinds of sex!

Some ideas I am touching on with this project:

- Obviously, the taboo nature of female sexuality. We tell boys/young men it’s okay to have sex, but who do we think these boys are having sex with (assuming they are attracted to women)? On the other hand, girls are stuck in some sort of sexual limbo, where whatever they do, they are wrong. Don’t have sex? Prude! Have sex? Slut!

- Just like a lot of our first times, feminists can be funny and playful, too!

- Collaborative art/art that relies on submissions (particularly within the context of the Internet).

- Craft as art/craft as a means of sharing feminism.

How to submit:

- You may submit anonymously, or not. The final product will be anonymous (the only identifying factor being my embroidering your handwriting).

-If you want to submit via Tumblr, you can do so with my Ask Box or my Submit page. The Ask box will allow you to post anonymously, however it does not allow links/images. To submit a image or link to an image anonymously, do so in with my Submit page, but put in a fake email and name. (I tested this with the email no@gmail.com, and the name Anon, and it worked fine.)

- You can also email me at nicolemonjeau at gmail dot com.

A couple other collaborative projects that I enjoy:

- The Patchwork Project
- First Kiss Zine

Please submit, and please reblog and/or share this with your friends! I’d like to get as many submissions as possible. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have.

-Nicole