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dragIntro Q&A
by Shade drag? Yeah, drag. What is it? drag is a new online magazine run out of Kent, Ohio, and published on the World Wide Web. Why? Because all my life, I have wanted a magazine that wrote from an iconoclastic viewpoint without pandering to teenyboppers, trendy yuppie wannabes, or commercial interests. I gave up looking for one and started my own. What is the magazine's focus? drag's five initial departments are: dragStrip-- essays, comment, and contention: political and social commentary dragNet-- net.culture, criticism and criminals: a section devoted to technology, the online world, and hackers drag&Drop-- health, drugs, and medicine: alternative healing, AIDS and other medical research, and over-the-counter, prescription, and illegal drugs. drag&Heart-- love, sex and liberation: essays and articles about the curse and blessing of having genitalia drag inVerse-- poetry, musings, and music: a section for reviews, fiction, and poetry. as well as the dragMaildrop, editorials, links to sites worth checking out, and other bells and whistles. A site outline is available. How often is drag going to be published? Our goal is to put out a new issue with at least one new article in each of the departments every fortnight. If we can do it weekly, we will. If we find ourselves lowering our editorial standards to get an issue out on time, we'll shift to a monthly schedule. We'd rather put out an excellent monthly mag than a merely decent weekly or biweekly. Our editorial policy is, in short, "No filler, no crap." I've got some poetry I wrote in high school and-- Yeah, so does everybody else. Poetry isn't in large demand because there's a glut of it out there already. If you've got something that's really good, interesting, or thought-provoking, submit it. We don't want your entire tenth-grade writing folder lamenting the loss of your goldfish or your significant other. We're looking to publish one poem per issue. What about people without Web access? The point of publishing the magazine to the Web is that we can reach a global audience, essentially for free. If you have ideas about printing copies of drag for local--or wide--distribution let us know, and we'll work something out. It's not something we have the time or resources to do ourselves at the moment. Okay, punk, how can I get involved? Punk is dead. You can email us, however, at october@darktodd. Take a look at our design philosophy and methods. |
