Hoax
Subtitle: feminism and change
By: Rachel and Sari
Publisher: The authors
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: Feminism; History; Feminists; Sexual minorities; Male feminists
Description: Hoax is a compilation zine created by Sari and Rachel that discusses feminism "in relation to different aspects of day-to-day life. The theme of issue 7 is "Change." The changes written about vary from changing the "call-out culture" associated with social rights activist groups to how it feels to change names as a trans* person. Contributors include personal accounts of Islamophobia in feminism, being trans* in the workplace, coping with bulimia while being feminist, parenting a daughter who practices self-harm, coping with a friend's death, questioning sexuality, being a survivor in workshops about consent, being a journalist in capitalist America, living with an alcoholic best friend, and empowering oneself by choosing a short haircut. There are articles on the importance of poetry in activism, trans-feminism, and the showmanship involved with primarily white volunteer organizations in communities composed mostly of people of color. There are two interviews in the zine: one with trans* rights lawyer Dean Spade about working in the nonprofit Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and one with fat feminist activists Tasha Fierce and Hanne Blank.
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Purchased from Stranger Danger zine distro in 2012.
Table of contents: title: There's no need to search because it's been here: getting to the heart of western feminism's relationship with Islamic feminism and notions of "invisibility"   -- A.S. Burton; title: Real names  -- Em Gormley; title: Hoax as a feminist project  -- Rachel; title: Night to day efforts  -- Leah B.; title: The passing of leaves  -- Marilyn Douglas; title: Confessions of  a "femi-posi"  -- Kerri R.; title: Poetry is not a luxury  -- Emily Means; title: Retching ball  -- Jill; title: Blood alcohol content: on family, assault, and giving up drinking  -- sari; title: What I've been missing  -- Claire Urbanski; title: Love your body?  -- Jillian Schweitzer; title: What does "accessible" mean?  -- Rachel Casiano Hernandez; title: Untitled  -- Ocean Capewell; title: Untitled   -- Liza; title: Fat is still a feminist issue: an interview with feminist, fat-positive activists Tasha Fierce & Hanne Blank  -- Allison McCarthy; title: White activism as performance  -- Phylicia Sampson; title: A penny's worth  -- Jennifer Williams; title: I heart feminists --; title: Identities in zines  -- sari; title: Pregnancy and parenting while genderqueer  -- B. Sanders; title: Dr. Strangepen or how I learned to stop worrying and hate corporate journalism  -- Michael Saba; title: There are no scripts: on accountability and forgiveness  -- Rachel; title: Scars  -- Anna Rye; title: Conversation with Dean Spade  -- Baltimore Feminist Reading Group; title: Fourth wave: part one  -- Natalie Reed; title: Vegan recipe time --; title: Unsung feminist hero: street transvestite action revolutionaries  -- sari; title: Current feminist heroes --; title: About the Contributors --