The other day I was sitting outside a coffe shop on Broadway Street in Chicago, reading some PaperDolls submissions I had printed out at a nearby Internet cafe, and I was so struck by the contradictory weather. The violent sun was beating on my legs, burning them, really, but the cool wind whipped across my face and arms, chilling me. It was a really odd but fantastic sensation. I experienced more or less the same effect reading the submissions.
So far, we’ve received some wildly different articles. Sex, health, and fitness pieces; poetry; arts reviews; feature stories; even an excerpt from a yet-unpublished young-adult novel. It’s all very exciting, because we surely will have an interesting first issue. I’m quite happy to disagree with a lot of the writers’ opinions, because that’s what PaperDolls is all about: offering teens a plethora of ideas and information, as well as sharing with them other terrific teen-oriented publications and institutions out there. It’s inspiring to see all the writers getting excited as well, not to mention working so hard.
It’s going to happen: The Girl Issue will be one great first issue, thanks to the hard work and collaboration between the two beautiful editors in blistering Texas and I, as well as all our contributors, supporters, and everyone else out there in this unifying World Wide Web.
-Sofia
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