<3 Front cover art by Maggie Siegel-Berele [maggiesiegelberele.com] <3
<3 Back cover art by Victoria Hollie Gourlay [victoriaholliegourlay.com] <3
ESSAYS IN THIS ISSUE:
- Moving through frustration, toward understanding limited/centred approaches to theory, practice, media, communication, organizing, etc; with the example of able-ist white feminism colonising non-western feminisms via cultural relativism, and thus displacing and alienating "other" feminisms
- Poems centered on themes of perspective, inclusion, and interpersonal conflict as they relate to social change strategies
- PrEP as feminist strategy and the failure of liberal feminism to address HIV as a feminist concern
- Reflecting on macro-level racism, classism, and ableism faced while operating a disability program and its ensuing “inner-city colonialism” on the local community
- An expression of burn out and disillusionment after years of doing direct service and organizing work
- A short article on the subversive potential of using LGBT happy endings in romance novels and fanfiction as a way to imagine a new kind of future for queer life
- Comparing and analysing a hierarchically structured women's organization and an autonomous feminist collective in Belgium
- Practices for finding motivation to get up in the morning and quieting the internal voices that tell us we are not good enough
- Confessions about anti-violence organizing from the perspective of a social worker and survivor
- Embracing alternative realities and fictive possibilities as a way to love across anorexic, schizophrenic, and spinster identities
- Nurturing a relationship with a kid and thoughts on strategies from a long-distance “feminist godmother”
- A piece that explores how making and self-publishing a zine helped the author gain confidence as a writer
- Reflections on sexual assault and survivorhood in a victim-blaming world
- A comic about a bus ride downtown to a 'place without mirrors,' where you can't help but broadcast your dysphoria in the moment
- Uncovering the hidden labor in feminist projects / zines and tips for creating and sustaining them without burning out or going uncredited for your unpaid work
- An essay that discusses methods to combat shame and stigma when a friend or partner shares their STI status
- Personal and historical analysis of challenges to organizing men against patriarchy, with strategies for moving forward
- Interview with Jamila Hammami, Executive Director of the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP)
- A piece exploring the shortcomings of mainstream literature on polyamory that suggests bringing an intersectional political analysis to discussions of poly
- A piece that dares to assert what feminism is and what it isn’t; from the perspective of an ever-learning 27-year-old feminist of color
- Mental illness’ connections with temporalities of queerness, a call for communal responses and support, and fighting both socially- and self-imposed stigmas of being “too emotional”
This issue also includes feminists we love, current feminist heroes, and a vegan/gf recipe for tofu pot pie! The zine is ½ size, black & white, 80 pages, printed in English, and very text heavy.
+ NOTE ABOUT TRIGGERING CONTENT: We are circulating the above descriptive list in an effort to reveal the content and chronological order of this issue, thus creating the opportunity for readers to judge on an individual basis as to which essays could be potentially triggering or uncomfortable to them. We have chosen not to place trigger warnings on specific pieces in Hoax because we recognize that triggers are unique and highly personal. We believe that it is impossible to discern what content has the potential to be upsetting and/or triggering to every one of our readers, and we do not want to inadvertently create a hierarchy of what material is “intense” or “real” enough to warrant a warning. Please contact us if you have suggestions about how to better incorporate trigger warnings into future issues of Hoax.
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