The Velvet Light Trap Transgendered Media; Recently, transgender studies has made its way into the academy as an area of study. What are its connections to cultural studies, gender studies, queer theory, social activism, studies in human sexuality and medical discourse and technology? How is this new field of inquiry taken up within the discipline of media studies? How might trasgender articulations be dependent upon the convergence of emerging genders and media technologies? Reconceptualizing media technology and gender in this age of convergence seeems to be crucial to the discussion of transgender. Transgender studies may indeed be about developing discourses around new media, new bodies and embodiments, forms, spaces, interfaces . . . . Submissions might address questions of representation of transgendered people and production of transgender media. Topics include, but are in no way limited to: (trans) gender in cyberspace * cybersex/phone sex * interface theory * gender b(l)ending * cross gender identification and spectatorship * phallic woman and "deadly dolls" * Hollywood crossdressing * tomboys and family tv * new arts/new genders * transgender activism and alternative technologies. The Austin editors of The Velvet Light Trap are also planning a future issue on: Film and Video Festivals. Approaches to this subject can be various. We welcome papers from film and video makers as well as from film and video scholars, and embrace the prospect of an eclectic mix of submissioon. Possible topics: women's film festivals and feminist praxis * the impact of film festivals on film canons * Cannes and post-war Europe * queer film and video- beyond the ghetto * festivals, the independents, and Hollywood * video festivals and television * festivals and "Third World" cinema * reframing diasporic cinema * showcasing multi-media * festivals as a social event * the politics of jury prizes * festivals and film and video distribution * the history of festivals. Deadline for submissions is February 15, 1997. Please submit three copies of a publishable manuscript in MLA style to: Department of Radio-Television-Film CMA 6.118 University of Texas Austin, TX 78712 ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]