http://www.dietsoap.org Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:50:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Diet Soap Issue #2 (Sex and Gender) was recently reviewed by David Hebbelthwaite at "The Fix." He had this to say: Diet Soap’s website—and, indeed, the magazine itself—suggest that it’s meant as a provocative publication. Well, I have to admit that I didn’t find issue #2 to be quite that; but ... http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/06/27/diet-soap-2-reviewed-in-the-fix/ Hi everyone! So the Diet Soap Team has been working hard to get a head start on Issue #3, which is scheduled to hit the streets in late October 2008. The theme for issue #3 is "Sabotage" and we need fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and art. Send us stuff! We pay $5 per ... http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/06/03/call-for-submissions-diet-soap-sabotage/ New Poetry Editor: Camille Alexa joins Diet SoapCamille Alexa has joined Diet Soap as poetry editor and first reader.  A fine writer her work has appeared in such publications as Escape Pod, ChiZine, Space & Time Magazine, A Thousand Faces, and more. Her email address is poetry [at] dietsoap [dot] org.  She has requested that future ... http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/05/20/camille-alexa-joins-diet-soap-for-poetry/ Review by StePHANie hoLmes   Diet Soap #1 (November 2007) "This author is the most paranoid person ever," I blurt within reading the first two pages.  But the trick is that I cannot put this down, and I end up reading the surveillance issue from cover to cover.  DIET SOAP, with its headlines ... http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/05/17/review-from-xerography-debt/ I am moving several long-overdue projects out of my inbox, and one of the longest and most overdue is the layout of the second issue of Diet Soap. This is an incredibly kick-ass issue, as evinced by the table of contents: Fiction Dream Date by Chelsea Martin Be the Bomb You Throw by ... http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/04/25/diet-soap-2-layout-complete/ Check it out. Ross Lockhart reviews Sarah Layden's story from our online edition: http://lossrockhart.livejournal.com/342737.html http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/02/14/sarah-laydens-the-you-youve-wanted-to-become/ After many delays the first of our online editions is now live.   Be sure to note Sarah Layden's story "The You You've Wanted to Become," and her interview after.   I'm planning on continuing to highlight one story from the internet edition and interview the author in future editions.  Please check it out and let ... http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/02/10/diet-soap-online-issue-1/ In the US at least, the word is often misunderstood. Libertariansim was originally synonymous with left anarchism. Most libertarians are socialists, and most are egalitarians. Right wing Libertarianism is a relatively recent phenomena. For instance, I was born on December 22, 1970, a mere 354 days before the creation of the ... http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/02/03/q-what-is-a-libertarian/ I was able to use a email software rather than the web based email account to download the emails I'd been receiving for the last two weeks but could not access on the web.   So feel free to continue sending to the dietsoap email address, however if you want to reach me ... http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/01/28/email-update/ I had not received any submissions in about two weeks which seemed odd to me so I sent myself an email to the dietsoap.org email address and the email did not arrive. At this point I have to assume that nothing sent after 01/10/08 arrived. The last story ... http://www.dietsoap.org/2008/01/27/diet-soap-email-may-not-be-functioning/