Rebirth
(noun)
- A new or second birth; spiritual regeneration
- A new period of the growth of something
- The act or instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity; revival
- Renewed existence, activity, or growth
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Whether we were born Disabled or became Disabled later in our lives, coming into a more interconnected and political understanding of Disability can often be transformative. The relationships, ways of living, and worldviews that guided our lives can radically change as we learn to accept, accommodate, and re-relate to tour bodyminds–and to one another.
In this way, forming a more collective, politicized, and/or complex understanding of Disability can represent a kind of rebirth into a new personhood.
Reflecting on these ideas, tell us:
- How has embracing Disabled identity or other identities (Queer identity, BIPOC identities, etc.) reoriented you to your own body, your relationships, the ways you practice being in relationship with others, and what you dream of?
- What new possibilities have emerged as you’ve learned to navigate the world, daily living, and intimacy with yourself and others in new and creative ways?
- How are you making space for the grief, loss, and celebration of it all that this rebirth inevitably brings with it?
- How has your relationship to disability and community evolved as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and other forms of eugenics and oppression?
- How can your individual rebirth inform and shape the collective rebirth we need to create a truly accessible, equitable, and just world for all living beings?
The good, the bad, the in-between/complicated/messy–we want to know about it all! In a poem, prose, short story, song, visual or digital art, or any other publishable form, tell us about your process of becoming more (in the defiant act of taking up space, expanding, and being bad-ass) and becoming more yourself within this landscape of terrifying and breathtaking change that demands adaptation.
All submissions will be read and considered with respect and curiosity by our editors.
Please email your submission to undercurrentnyc@proton.me with the title “Rebirth submission.”
TLDR: Requirements
Theme of First Issue: Rebirth
Questions for Reflection:
- How have your relationships to your body, overall self, and others grown and changed as your relationship to your identities has evolved?
- What does it mean for you to identify as Disabled?
- What does community mean to you in the context of the ongoing pandemic and other forms of eugenics and oppression?
- How do you take up space? How do you create space for other marginalized people in your communities?
- What are your thoughts on acceptance? Change and adaptation?
- What do you dream of?
What We Accept: All publishable forms of art! Poems, prose, short stories, songs, visual or digital art, etc. All submissions must be original and AI-free.
Submission Deadline:
If you are unable to meet the deadline, please reach out to us via email, and we will do our best to accommodate you so that you are still able to submit.
Specifications:
Word Count: Up to 2000 words
File Size: Up to 25 MB via email (or use WeTransfer to send us the file)
Images: JPEG of 150 DPI resolution minimum
Audio Files Format: MP3
Video File Format: MP4
We will respond to every submission. Since we are a team of Disabled “spoonies,” this may take us some time.
Further details: All art belongs to the artist; Undercurrent has no right to the work. By submitting you agree to allow Undercurrent to publish your work and use it in all our channels (socials, website, etc).
(noun)
- A new or second birth; spiritual regeneration
- A new period of the growth of something
- The act or instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity; revival
- Renewed existence, activity, or growth
...
Review Requirements
Submit Work
Whether we were born Disabled or became Disabled later in our lives, coming into a more interconnected and political understanding of Disability can often be transformative. The relationships, ways of living, and worldviews that guided our lives can radically change as we learn to accept, accommodate, and re-relate to tour bodyminds–and to one another.
In this way, forming a more collective, politicized, and/or complex understanding of Disability can represent a kind of rebirth into a new personhood.
Reflecting on these ideas, tell us:
- How has embracing Disabled identity or other identities (Queer identity, BIPOC identities, etc.) reoriented you to your own body, your relationships, the ways you practice being in relationship with others, and what you dream of?
- What new possibilities have emerged as you’ve learned to navigate the world, daily living, and intimacy with yourself and others in new and creative ways?
- How are you making space for the grief, loss, and celebration of it all that this rebirth inevitably brings with it?
- How has your relationship to disability and community evolved as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and other forms of eugenics and oppression?
- How can your individual rebirth inform and shape the collective rebirth we need to create a truly accessible, equitable, and just world for all living beings?
The good, the bad, the in-between/complicated/messy–we want to know about it all! In a poem, prose, short story, song, visual or digital art, or any other publishable form, tell us about your process of becoming more (in the defiant act of taking up space, expanding, and being bad-ass) and becoming more yourself within this landscape of terrifying and breathtaking change that demands adaptation.
All submissions will be read and considered with respect and curiosity by our editors.
Please email your submission to undercurrentnyc@proton.me with the title “Rebirth submission.”
TLDR: Requirements
Theme of First Issue: Rebirth
Questions for Reflection:
- How have your relationships to your body, overall self, and others grown and changed as your relationship to your identities has evolved?
- What does it mean for you to identify as Disabled?
- What does community mean to you in the context of the ongoing pandemic and other forms of eugenics and oppression?
- How do you take up space? How do you create space for other marginalized people in your communities?
- What are your thoughts on acceptance? Change and adaptation?
- What do you dream of?
What We Accept: All publishable forms of art! Poems, prose, short stories, songs, visual or digital art, etc. All submissions must be original and AI-free.
Submission Deadline:
If you are unable to meet the deadline, please reach out to us via email, and we will do our best to accommodate you so that you are still able to submit.
Specifications:
Word Count: Up to 2000 words
File Size: Up to 25 MB via email (or use WeTransfer to send us the file)
Images: JPEG of 150 DPI resolution minimum
Audio Files Format: MP3
Video File Format: MP4
We will respond to every submission. Since we are a team of Disabled “spoonies,” this may take us some time.
Further details: All art belongs to the artist; Undercurrent has no right to the work. By submitting you agree to allow Undercurrent to publish your work and use it in all our channels (socials, website, etc).
Rebirth
(noun)
- A new or second birth; spiritual regeneration
- A new period of the growth of something
- The act or instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity; revival
- Renewed existence, activity, or growth
...
Review Requirements
Submit Work
Whether we were born Disabled or became Disabled later in our lives, coming into a more interconnected and political understanding of Disability can often be transformative. The relationships, ways of living, and worldviews that guided our lives can radically change as we learn to accept, accommodate, and re-relate to tour bodyminds–and to one another.
In this way, forming a more collective, politicized, and/or complex understanding of Disability can represent a kind of rebirth into a new personhood.
Reflecting on these ideas, tell us:
- How has embracing Disabled identity or other identities (Queer identity, BIPOC identities, etc.) reoriented you to your own body, your relationships, the ways you practice being in relationship with others, and what you dream of?
- What new possibilities have emerged as you’ve learned to navigate the world, daily living, and intimacy with yourself and others in new and creative ways?
- How are you making space for the grief, loss, and celebration of it all that this rebirth inevitably brings with it?
- How has your relationship to disability and community evolved as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and other forms of eugenics and oppression?
- How can your individual rebirth inform and shape the collective rebirth we need to create a truly accessible, equitable, and just world for all living beings?
The good, the bad, the in-between/complicated/messy–we want to know about it all! In a poem, prose, short story, song, visual or digital art, or any other publishable form, tell us about your process of becoming more (in the defiant act of taking up space, expanding, and being bad-ass) and becoming more yourself within this landscape of terrifying and breathtaking change that demands adaptation.
All submissions will be read and considered with respect and curiosity by our editors.
Please email your submission to undercurrentnyc@proton.me with the title “Rebirth submission.”
TLDR: Requirements
Theme of First Issue: Rebirth
Questions for Reflection:
- How have your relationships to your body, overall self, and others grown and changed as your relationship to your identities has evolved?
- What does it mean for you to identify as Disabled?
- What does community mean to you in the context of the ongoing pandemic and other forms of eugenics and oppression?
- How do you take up space? How do you create space for other marginalized people in your communities?
- What are your thoughts on acceptance? Change and adaptation?
- What do you dream of?
What We Accept: All publishable forms of art! Poems, prose, short stories, songs, visual or digital art, etc. All submissions must be original and AI-free.
Submission Deadline:
If you are unable to meet the deadline, please reach out to us via email, and we will do our best to accommodate you so that you are still able to submit.
Specifications:
Word Count: Up to 2000 words
File Size: Up to 25 MB via email (or use WeTransfer to send us the file)
Images: JPEG of 150 DPI resolution minimum
Audio Files Format: MP3
Video File Format: MP4
We will respond to every submission. Since we are a team of Disabled “spoonies,” this may take us some time.
Further details: All art belongs to the artist; Undercurrent has no right to the work. By submitting you agree to allow Undercurrent to publish your work and use it in all our channels (socials, website, etc).