THE PROJECT
A WWBL collaborative Project and Publication with director Viv Li of Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
Our relationship with our breasts can be complicated. From maturity to maternity, to liberation and repression, women’s bodies and the portrayal of breasts have been everything from beautiful high art to rampant sexualized fetishization. For some, it’s a representation of femininity and growing into adulthood. For others, it’s a reminder of your gender and imposed sexualization. Culturally, some are told to cover up, or the bigger the better, or to tape them down. Some of us hate our breasts or love them. Some of us don’t want any or are waiting for the appointment. But all of us have had to come to terms with them in one way or another. Or maybe we haven’t. That’s exactly what this publication is about. The complicated overlapping and complexities of breasts on our identity and journey.
THE DIRECTOR
Viv Li is a Chinese filmmaker based in Berlin. Her films have been screened worldwide. She holds a bachelor in Drama from University of Manchester and a master in Directing from DocNomads. In the past 10 years, she travelled extensively in Europe, South America and Asia. She enjoys working between genres, disciplines and cultures while focusing on sexuality and self-awareness. Her film, She Dyes Her Hair Pink has won the Best Short Documentary in Porto Femme International Film Festival, dedicated to women filmmakers. Her most recent film is selected to compete in IDFA 2020.
THE COMMUNITY
Women* Writing Berlin Lab (WWBL) is a non-profit organization connecting diverse groups of women with a writing platform and community allowing them to express their voices on a range of topics and life experiences. We believe that as Chimamanda Adichie so beautifully stated, "Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize.” Your story matters and it needs to be shared.
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We are looking for (GUIDELINES)
-Perspectives on the body specifically: breasts (or any variation of the word), the body sexuality, identity, women*, memory, ambivalence, and acceptance.
-Up to 3 poems or an article up to 1000 words or a short story up to 500 words or up to 3 pieces of visual art in a single .doc (or .docx) per person.
-Make sure to include how you want to be tagged in social media.
-Submissions accepted up to August 27th
-We welcome all Mother Tongues. Currently, our team is well versed in English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Farsi, and Italian. If we’re missing your Mother Tongue, please be sure to include a translation :).
-Submit your work to womenwritingberlinlab@gmail.com with TWO MOUNTAINS in your subject line!
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The publication is slated to be released on our FB and Insta platforms in late September/early October. We cannot financially compensate you for your work, but all rights will revert back to the author upon publication. Authors will receive a digital copy of the publication and an invitation to our reading events and series. We can’t wait to hear from you!
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Feeling a little stuck? Lacking motivation? Wanna write but not sure where to start? Be sure to check out our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/wearewwbl/) and Instagram (@wearewwbl) for writing ideas & prompts.
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