Hoax
Subtitle: feminism and communication
By: Rachel and Sari
Publisher: The authors
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
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 6 is "communication." Contributors write about several topics, including linguistic privilege, the “Who-is-more oppressed games” that often occur in radical liberal political groups, political comics, self-care and it relation to feminism, as well as the hypocrisy in punk community, being a subversive punk feminist, and being a survivor punk who has to deal with the unwanted physical assault of a punk show mosh pit. There are submissions about being feminist with bipolar personality disorder, writers who hide from criticism behind disclaimer lists of privilege, trans rights in feminism, anti-Semitism compared to racism, and a public service announcement with reasons why white people should stop saying the "n-word." There are also articles on what it means to be an ally, opinions on the "gay rights" movement and how it has become a capitalist enterprise marketing towards white gay men. Sari writes about being diagnosed with a learning disability and provides some vegan recipes.
Notes: Cover title.

Purchased from Stranger Danger zine distro in 2012.

"anti-copyright '11. use and distribute as needed!"
Table of contents: title: I talk good. Do you? : Academic language & power  -- Lily Dodge; title: Re-thinking "righteous anger:" an open letter to the feminist community  -- Rachel; title: [Rejected] senior thesis proposal: "Loud & clear: a graphic diary of queer politics"  -- K Funk; title: Feminist reflection on self care  -- Allison McCarthy; title: Thou shall not talk about the white boys' club: challenging the unwritten rules of punk  -- sari; title: Knowing thyself  -- Jillian; title: Hop and scratch & a matter of disagreement  -- Bonnie MacAllister; title: But it's the world that's fucked up  -- Tom Thunder; title: Is the emperor wearing no clothes or is she just wearing invisible body armor?  -- Rachel; title: I heart Feminists --; title: Open access, closing information gaps  -- Kate & Miriam; title: The privilege of progress: an essay on terminology  -- A.S. Burton; title: Twelve reasons why I refuse to stop being angry  -- Sari; title: IV  -- Nellie Bucket; title: On wanting to die  -- Ocean Capewel; title: White washed faggot  -- Cameron; title: Pages remaining  -- Leah B.; title: Reasons why I will side eye the fuck out of you if you insist on using the n-word  -- Keir; title: We are silent but sometimes still speaking  -- Erica; title: Word warrior  -- MAC; title: NYPD justice in 2011  -- Elvis Bakaitis; title: dear ally  -- Lynne Monsoon; title: "I" versus "us:" questions about Slutwalk, individualism, other postmodern communication breakdowns  -- sari; title: Book smart/ street smart - white/black  -- Chelsea; title: 99% homo  -- Rachel and sari; title: These words are all I have: a theory twoards contentious language (or something like that)  -- Jamie Variale Velez; title: Women and learned shyness  -- Catherine; title: Jewish geography and reclaiming antisemitism  -- Rachel; title: Stayin' alive: on survivorship, zine-writing, and disability  -- sari; title: Unsung feminist hero: the women's land army  -- Rachel; title: Vegan recipe time!  -- sari; title: About the Contributors.