Write For Us!

by Mira Veda

We are always looking for great writing talent!

We encourage women to speak out against atrocities and discrimination, comment on politics, but also embrace their feminine nature – denying no part that makes a woman whole. A woman should feel free to be any paradox she wants to be even when society suggests otherwise: beautiful and nerdy, intelligent and sexy, etc. So write about your experiences…the more personal you can get…the better.

Currently we are looking for authors from across the political spectrum and from all over the country.   Content of interest is listed below. We can’t guarantee that we’ll publish everyone’s story or that we’ll be able to respond to every inquiry, but we’ll do our best to get back to as many people as possible.

WRITING GUIDELINES

Contributing bloggers and guest bloggers should write with an awareness of the mission and vision of the site: to share experiences of diversity, empowerment and personal growth through women’s individual and collective voices. The following guidelines will help you write a great post:

VOICE

  • The #1 rule is: keep it personal! Writing about social and political issues should spark from a personal experience and be discussed from that point of view.
  • Content should always be from the  author’s personal experience  and should aim to educate, inspire, or motivate the reader to learn more about themselves or discover something new.
  • However, content should not be told in a stream-of-consciousness.
  • Posts should be inquisitive, empowering, and inviting.
  • If you are writing about a situation that upset you (discrimination, sexism, etc.), please do encourage debate and discussion. However, debate for debate’s sake or argument for argument’s sake is not appropriate.

CONTENT

  • Research, facts, and critical analysis will give your post more basis for your argument. Take the time to look into the issue you’re writing about and see how it affects our society overall.
  • Relating/connecting to a global perspective is always encouraged. (Eg. lack of women at Davos, rape in India,)
  • Niche Topics –  make unique interesting content that fits into the categories we have listed. We publish stories that reflect our vision for our site.
  • Posts should be approximately 500-1000 words. If you are republishing a post, send us the revised version that fits our guidelines.

SUBMIT THESE TOPICS and MORE

  • Beauty and Fashion
  • Everyday Sexism
  • Political Female Focused Issues (abortion, equal pay etc.)
  • Leadership in Politics, Film, Arts etc.
  • Sex and Love (personal essays)
  • Body Image Issues
  • Inspiration and encouragement
  • Local Tech Events
  • Conferences
  • STEM —empowered women
  • Lack of representation in media, politics etc.

THE OBVIOUS

  • Plagiarism will not be tolerated; however, you are free to provide up to 2 links to other blogs/bloggers if appropriate.
  • No offensive, defamatory  content or suggestion will be tolerated.  Our goal is to unite, not divide and this is not the space for material insulting to any group based on gender, race, religion, weight, disability etc. We encourage diverse respectful dialogue.
  • No self-promoting articles  will be accepted for your promotional products/services/company.

SUBMITTING

  • After we’ve approved your article proposal, send your submissions to the editorial team for further review.
  • Author Byline- Along with your post; please submit a photo and one or two sentences about yourself. You can provide a link to your website, Facebook page, Twitter profile, and Instagram.

AFTER PUBLISHED

  • Guest posts will go up after our editors have reviewed them. Please note that once your post is reviewed and accepted, you will see it up on our social media pages. Please join our Facebook and Twitter page to keep up to date with your post.
  • Answer Comments – readers may comment or want to discuss further. Having an author answer comments creates credibility for you and the site.
  • Promote Your Post – Share your article on Twitter and Facebook. Use social media as a tool to build a larger audience.

LEGALITIES

  • L&P reserves the right to refuse or remove any posts when deemed necessary or appropriate to do so.
  • L&P also reserves the right to amend these guidelines at any time.
  • If you’re interested in becoming an ongoing L&P Blog Contributor or a recurring L&P Guest Blogger, please email us for more information and for further details regarding our policies. We have special arrangements with certain key bloggers who have a large audience and fit our mission.
  • Being a L&P Blog Contributor or L&P Guest Blogger will give you a voice and visibility to an audience of diverse, dynamic women that will enable you to share your experiences, thoughts, ideas, knowledge and inspiration in an expansive, safe and engaging format.

If you are interested in writing for us or cross publishing your blogs, please send us a message and pitch your story idea – 100 words max as well as 100 word bio to email@lipstickandpolitics.com.