3rd Annual Women in Horror Month (WiHM) February 2012!

Just like the ass kicking Chainsaw Sally we are all starting to get on our bloody best for the third annual Women in Horror Month (WiHM) celebration this February!

In case you didn’t know I am the founder and Director of Operations for Women in Horror Month. WiHM is now a service offered under the umbrella of The Viscera Film Festival: a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Teaming up with an organization working toward the same goal only makes sense and we are asking for all of you to team up with us as well.

Each year WiHM has a very different personality. We want to put a very big emphasis this year on women working together and not trying to tear each other down due to jealousy or personal drama. Let’s show the world that incredible things can happen when a large group of artists and film fanatics join forces for the good of our beloved genre and helping each our network to obtain our professional goals.

In our culture girls and women  are trained to fight with each other because everyone knows if we actually dropped all the petty crap we would be unstoppable.  WiHM aims to promote and help  facilitate opportunities for women in front of/ behind the camera, and women in all facets of the horror industry and horror fandom.

Creativity is very important and a major piece of our mission encourages YOU to make art/utilize your talents to promote the work of women, while empowering yourself and those around you.  Let’s find a common ground and keep getting strong in our mission to carve  out space for ourselves. There is room for everyone and the only way we will be successful is working together. Cheesy as that may sound, obvious as that may be, it’s not as easy as it sounds and it’s totally crucial.

This year we want to really draw attention to the fact that men are very much encouraged to be part of this movement. Nothing will change unless everyone is involved!  After all, we are horror fans and want to see some really quality films- by creating more opportunities for women in the industry we are simultaneously opening opportunities for women in all facets of the arts and all people as a whole. It’s not a quick easy process but as we enter into our third year it’s impressive how much we have mobilized and how much art and events have been born. We still have much work to do (work we love!). It’s not time to simmer down!! It’s not to late to create an event, plan a blog, host a special podcast, write to media outlets about why Women in Horror recognition is so important. Use your brilliant imagination and let us help you in anyway we can. WiHM provides support to anyone who wants to start an event and needs some networking help. But, check it, we finally have our own Forums and though it looks empty now we want you to really use it to it’s full potential. Network, self promote, find people in your area, etc. You know the drill.

Official WiHM 2012 Seal (Created by Miki Hickel)

One of the other brand new additions this year is our official WiHM SEAL. The Official Seal is available to events and blog series’ which take place during February as part of the WiHM celebrations. It’s super easy to get an official Seal. All you need to do is fill out our Request form. The Board of Directors will review it and make sure it’s in line with the WiHM mission, and then send you your Seal.  If you hold film festival we can send you a giant version of the Seal to play on the big screen before your event and/or for your promotion materials or as a side image on your official WiHM blog series’!  You will also be added to our Official event Calendar on our “Events” page.  You will receive loads of help from our organization to help make your event a success in anyway we can. See the Request a Seal Form for more details!

Geek Girl Con!


HOTLINE: My Directorial Debut! Starring Shannon Lark

Written & Directed by Hannah “Neurotica” Forman

Starring Shannon Lark

Shooting in December 2011 and premiering during Women in Horror Month 2012 <3

What number did you dial?

Find out soon.

PART ONE: Letting Go of The Radio

I have A LOT of creative projects that have been less and less successful because I spread myself so thin I can’t give each project it’s respected focused energy needed to have my envisioned outcome. As hard as this is for me I need to learn that letting go is okay. It’s okay to put projects that mean a lot to me on hold if it means I am not able to make way for new & exciting creative opportunities. The past few weeks I have been thinking very intensely on the insanely long list of projects I am “attempting” to juggle – and not having much success due to sheer volume. It’s like if you have 80 zillion things going on it’s easier just to do nothing. The moment I start one thing i’m feeling guilty i’m not working on the other thing and it’s just this horrible ADD cycle. For the sake of sanity but mostly quality art I have made some really tough but (what I currently believe) to be necessary decisions.

It was so amazing to raise the $500 needed to keep a BlogTalkRadio account after running ZINECORE Radio since 2008 for free. Once this account expires, which will be the end of this year, I will be putting ZINECORE RADIO on hold indefinitely.

Ax Wound Radio will also be on hold until the production of the SEX/HORROR print issue has been completed and published. AW Radio will then return with a completely different sound/type of show.

So in the meantime my radio shows aren’t going anywhere until the end of December 2011.

I will be announcing my plans to preserve the hours and hours of amazing artist interviews (Lydia Lunch, Kathleen Hanna, Richard Kern, etc etc etc etc) as a physical item available in zine libraries and for sale as a collectors package. It will come with extra features, a full ZINECORE Radio zine, and original art for each episode. This will allow me to move on with “closure.” Even though I don’t fully believe we ever have this thing called ‘closure’ it will feel better to have this as a way to preserve all the amazing artist and activists who shared there creative life with me and the listeners since 2008 on my radio shows. Not to mention my co-hosts and friends who helped via word of mouth<3

Please stay tuned for the going-on-in-style radio shows! I will be trying to host as many as possible in these last few months <3

As you may have noticed this is titled “Part One.” More posts are coming about the very big changes I am making to carve out the artistic life I want to have. Lot’s of new and incredibly exciting projects will be announced. These projects are so important to me that ‘letting go’ is something I have to do in order to grow.
Please stay tuned for updates and announcements.

Thank you everyone for the incredible support! More info very soon.

Hearts & Butcher Knives,

Hannah

Lick My Lit #1: A “24″ Hour Zine Thang

Subject matter includes getting the honor to be in American Mary, the panel I will be hosting at Geek Girl Con, the PPNNE zine anthology workshop, relationships, mental illness, trying to be professional when people try to bring you down, using the name Hannah Neurotica vs. my real name, and lot’s of other stuff on my mind these days. It is handwritten within a 24 (maybe kinda 48) period.

I will trade <3

1/4 size

39 pags.

cover illustration by Miki Hickel.

Photocopies cost 10 cents a page. 

The zine is 5 full double sided peices of paper = 1.00 a copy

One stamp is 42 cents but I put flyers for other artists in the package so it’s like 55 cents at least to ship.

Paypal takes out a small percentage so I am guessing something like

1.60 would probably cover it? So ideal donation would be $2  

If you would like to donate more it will go toward more photocopies/materials and creative support<3



Planned Parenthood SPEAK OUT/Open Mic ZINECORE Radio **TONIGHT**

As a feminist artist/activist/and member of the Planned Parenthood staff I am sickened by the vote to defund us — the argument that abortion shouldn’t be paid for by federal dollars is bullshit since Title X doesn’t pay for abortion as is! The money being defunded is money to help cover the cost of cervical cancer screenings, sexually transmitted infection testing/ treatment, and some basic general health care that women (and men!) depend on. This show is a place to come read from your zine and/or rant, share an experience, anything you want to help show just how godddamn important Planned Parenthood is to us and our communities.

This show is also in support of the Zine Anthology being published by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England — deadline is approaching and we want to get the word out/support this IMPORTANT project.  Everyone is invited (no haters!)  to submit to the book (and take part in the radio show)!

More details HERE as well as on the live show tonight!

Be an activist with your art! Support a revolutionary organization from evil republican fundamenlaist motherfuckers.

Join us tonight on ZINECORE RADIO//8pm EST!

Guests will be ranting, reading, and sharing a multitute of awesome. Visit the chat room during the live show, call in to be heard, or just sit back and listen!

(Show will be availible for download immediately after live broadcast).

 

(thank you Ken for the digital flyer for tonight’s show!)

 

NOTE: This blog post post &  radio show episode  is not affiliated with PPNNE but rather IN SUPPORT of PPNNE.

Seeking Guests for ZINECORE RADIO episode 19!!

Currently I am working on a zine anthology about the importance of Planned Parenthood and sexuality in general. Right now I am starting to plan an OPEN MIC show for people to call in and read snippets of their zines that relate in anyway to sexuality.
(sex, STD’s, parenting, abortion, adoption, menstruation, coming out, desire or lack of desire, fetish, pressures ….. ANYTHING on the subject of sexuality!!! !)

It is a call-in show so I would provide you with the phone number and the exact time to call in.

I plan to do the show as soon as I can guests pulled together. The show however will be no later then 1 -2 weeks from right now.

Past Guests Include: Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Fatemen, Jenna Freedman, Mike Diana, Lydia Lunch, BruceLaBruce, Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Andi Zeisler, Alison Piepmeier,Stephen Duncombe, Nomy Lamm, Sage Adderely, Jenny Devil Doll, Jolie Noggle, Nick Zedd, Cristy Road, Michelle Tea, Pagan Kennedy, Rachel Haywire, Fawne DeRosia, Melissa Ann, Alex Wreck, Sassafras Lowery, Sarah Arr, Jessica Disobedience, Nicole Miesnik Harris ……. and SOOOO many more!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thezineshow

http://zinecoreradio.tumblr.com/ <—the tumblr is a project i’m chipping away at which has every episode up but also details about every episode.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Please contact me at zinecoreradio@gmail.com !

(ANNNNNNNNYONE can be on the show. Even if you just made your first zine!)

Hearts & Butcher Knives,
Hannah
www.hannahneurotica.com
www.axwoundzine.com