WOMANWOOD #3 has just arrived fresh from Venus Cloacina’s mouth:::: we thank everyone for submitting:::: cuttpress@gmail.com to order

WW3 holds some incredible depths and currents, wigs and octopuses from:::: Micaela Brinsley 🦋Ash(ley) Michelle C.🦋Martin Duthey🦋Mona Gendron🦋Daniel Gianfranceschi🦋Rachel Pafe🦋Robin Percyz🦋Daniela Petrosino🦋Syd Ramirez🦋Ilias Tsagas

Join us at MAKAM, a newish space run by @sedamimaroglu /// more info: makam-berlin.org /// grateful to our host🌹

Readings from WOMANWOOD #3 in print and in ether /// from the mouth of Venus Cloacina /// from the imitable mouths of

Tess Brown-Lavoie
Rachel Pafe
Daniela Petrosino
Syd Ramirez
Lotta Thießen

((( Plus prints by @cruel.n.tender & a Violette Leduc score by @mic_brinsley & centerfold sock broadsides by @aqua_fan26 )))

An excerpt from the introduction by the editors, a bit of aftercare in advance:

“At the entry of the Cloaca Maxima, the “Great Drain” of Ancient Rome, there was a shrine to Venus: the Venus Clocina, goddess of the sewer. People knew that beauty is reliant on shit and that the divinity of the sewage system needed the blessing of the great goddess of pleasure. Hotter compost, brighter roses. Another thing the Romans knew: the “mouth of truth,” an ancient marble mask, said to bite off any liar’s hand, was also an entrance to the sewage system - our shit is the most honest thing we have.”

Womanwood: the smut gazette +kindling cumulative gathering! These woods are deep. One year of Womanwood was celebrated by a conversation and sharing on 🌹Dear Lady, (don’t) crush me: CALLING SAPPHO🌹Monti’s monthly radio show on 90mil radio. Erin read some Lisa Robertson. Monti read some Patrick Califia

LISTEN HERE

Then it was time for the 2nd KINDLING… 

The 2nd KINDLING was riso printed in February 2025 in Berlin.  It is a reprint of the full-length chapbook by Katsarida Press (based in Athens): 

**THE ADVENTURES OF LEUCIPPE AND CLITORIS ***ΚΑΤΑ ΛΕΥΚΙΠΠΗΝ ΚΑΙ ΚΛΕΙΤΟΡΙΔΑ***

Leucippe and Clitoris is based on one of the first romantic novels written in 192 AD by Achilleas Tattius. A very Katsarida Press retelling of an ancient story exploring themes of sexual desire, the erotic nature of eating, pornography and incest.

Followed by a Berlin launch at Cafe Plume in January 2025 with  Ruth reading for Anna, and Lotta introducing something that will be submitted for the next issue…

We had a New York launch (December 2024) at THE BUSH in Brooklyn with amazing guest readers!

Womanwood #2 features writing and graphics by 8 contributors from Europe, the UK and the US, with artwork from the stained glass artist of Canterbury Cathedral, critical commentary on the “CHASER,” trans lovers of Smokey the bear, gender-dissolving eco-sexual fantasias, and more.

WOMANWOOD #2 was compiled and printed between Dubai stationary shops and Atlanta copy shops in December 2024. This steamy second edition features work from eight contributors, including smutty artwork by the stained-glass artist of a famous cathedral (featured on the cover), critical commentary on the chaser, trans re-imaginings of Smokey the Bear, ecosexual obliteration of gender, and more. 

Pamphlet stitched in an edition of 100 with red and pink linen thread, an insert manifesto booklet, and a bookmark/open letter.