Fearsome Hunger zine

I am putting together a compilation zine - the theme is, very broadly, food, bodies, addictions and misdirected (fearsome) hunger, and anything relating to these.

I'm looking for contributions: any format please! - be it written, drawn, photographed or whatever, relating to one or more of the following... or anything else. For example, how do you (or others) view food, drink, your/their/others' bodies and appearance, the media's and our own preoccupations, and so on? Do you associate these things with love, hate, fear, enjoyment, recreation, lack of control..? Do you have problems or no problems around food?  Can you write or draw or photograph anything relating to eating disorders - yr own or someone else's? How does it make you feel and how does it affect you? And if you don't have problems around food what do you make of eating disorders - perhaps you don't 'get' it, or perhaps you do despite not having any problems yourself? Are you affected by issues despite not being directly a sufferer?

Do you have any favourite recipes you'd like to share, or your artwork (e.g. drawings, photographs, photos of artwork etc.)?

What about subjects such as... Addictions and Misdirected Hunger, body image, healthy living, how things like the media, race, culture, the family, age, sex, health, (dis)ability, etc. affect how you or other people view things like food, size, body awareness and whatever else; fat lib., veggie/vegan stuff, bucking conventions, liberation from social expectations and "letting yourself go", racial/cultural/social issues, people with disabilities, stuff relating to drink and drinking, reviews of caffs, reviews of books about food-related stuff (any aspect), diatribes against 'celebrity' chefs or whoever, as well as people you like - chefs or activists or authors or artists or... anything else you can think of.

Pieces can be Very Short or Very Long. As a vague guideline, i'd say a rough maximum of 1200 words, and no minimum... but if you go over that, that's absolutely fine. Remember, you can contribute more than once. You can write Very Pleasant or Very Unpleasant stuff. You can and should feel free to go into seriously gory detail, if you wish.

I don't tend go in for censorship BUT i wouldn't be happy with pro eating-disorder stuff, nor pro-meat / pro meat-industry stuff, in my compilation-zine. (It's not the end of the world though. Just keep it for another, more appropriate place.

You can remain anonymous, have a pen-name, have your real name, have contact details, etc., appear with your piece, or whatever you like. Please specify preference when sending me stuff.  You can write as many or as few things as you want.

The deadline is 31st July, 2007. Please feel free to send me stuff well before then (you can always edit it and re-send it if you want) because i'd like to start working on it as soon as possible.

E-mail anything you like relating to this comp. zine (contributions, questions, or whatever) to:
[email protected]