A Playlist for February by Charlotte Bumgarner

To bring February to a close, we asked singer-songwriter Charlotte Bumgarner to create a playlist for us.

"These are some songs I've been listening to throughout the month of February. They are kind of an eclectic group of songs ranging from Joni Mitchell to Bikini Kill. Some of these are old favorites and some are songs that have just been released. I didn't realize until I wrote it out how many local bands I included. Planet What and Downward are local Tulsa bands who deserve more credit than they get! The Phlegms are from Fayetteville and were introduced to me by Kylie from Planet What. I also realized now that I look at it that all the lead singers of these bands are female or nonbinary except Downward. I tend to listen to more female and nonbinary musicians subconsciously. I hope someone finds a new band they love from this playlist!"

Click here to listen to Charlotte's playlist!

Also be sure to check out Charlotte's music on Bandcamp + SoundCloud.

Editors' Letter

(photo + graphic by Zoë Bridgwater)

February is upon us and we couldn’t be more excited over here at Dissolving Film. We’d like to start by giving a short recap of the previous month and what happened in regards to our website/social media. In January we launched a new column, “My I Love You”! This column is all about people’s favorite things, ranging from people, music, architecture, artwork, anything really. We created this column in hopes that it would bring people together. Talking about your favorite things and sharing that with a large group of people feels very vulnerable, but it also allows you to connect with people you may have never interacted with otherwise. We’d love to see any contributions you may have to this column (just email us at dissolvingfilmmagazine@gmail.com)!

Something else we are carrying over to the month of February is having someone outside of Dissolving Film create a playlist for the month. We absolutely loved the thought and creativity that Kara put into her playlist and how her playlist brought something new to the table. The idea of bringing in all sorts of tastes in music is so exciting to us! During the month of February, we will have lots of new submissions going up that feature all sorts of mediums, so stay tuned for those.

Finally, as always, we want to take a moment to express our love and gratitude for this platform and everything that comes with it - including you! (Also, what would a February editor’s letter be without a mention of love?). Thank you for sticking with us so far and we hope you decide to stick around a little longer!

Lots of love,
Zoë Bridgwater + Zoey Martinez (zb + zm)

zb and zm's monthly playlists

This month, we, the co-creators of Dissolving Film, have created a collaborative playlist composed of songs that we hope make you think of your crush <3

Follow us on Spotify @dissolvingfilmmag to listen to our playlists each month!

click here to listen to our playlist for February!

A Printable Calendar by Molly Alexander

Start February off right with this printable calendar!

Editor's Letter

(photo + graphic by Zoë Bridgwater)

Welcome to the month of February!

This is one of our personal favorite months, because who couldn’t use a little extra love? This is also why we’d love to see some submissions about things you love, whether that be family, special moments with friends, pets, musicians, artwork, anything really (visit the "submit" tab on our website for more info)! We also have a very special playlist coming this month, so be on the lookout for that!

We would also like to take this chance to show our love for you. Each and every one of you, thank you for supporting us and allowing us to have this platform where we can share creativity and passion to a larger audience than any of us would be able to individually. We love what we do, and we hope to improve every month so that more people can share the love too.

Much love,
Zoë Bridgwater + Zoey Martinez (zb + zm)

zb and zm's Monthly Playlists

To bring each month to a close, we, the co-creators of Dissolving Film, will each publish a playlist that is composed of our favorite songs from that month.

Follow us on Spotify @dissolvingfilmmag to listen to our playlists each month!

click here to listen to Zoë Bridgwater (zb)'s playlist for February!

Editors' Letter

(photo + graphic by Zoë Bridgwater)

We are so excited for this month and can't wait for everyone to see what has been submitted!

So far, this year has been a mix of emotions and in response to all the incredible unification going on we wanted to acknowledge that February is Black History Month as we're sure you're aware of, so we'd greatly appreciate you sending in things inspired by this or recent protests. Although we don't have themes it's important to not let this go unnoticed. That being said, we are always open to what you have to send in, whether that be writings, paintings, digital art, photos, etc.! Our email is: dissolvingfilmmagazine@gmail.com.

We want Dissolving Film to be a safe space for everyone to share their work and be noticed!

Much Love,
Zoë Bridgwater + Zoey Martinez (zb + zm)