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"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 9 is "vulnerabilities." The contributors discuss being vulnerable when communicating about triggers, abuse, disability, or incontinence, as well as roles that have required vulnerability like caring for dying parents and publishing a zine. There is an interview with Daniela Capistrano, founder of the POC Zine Project, a piece from a mental show more health worker about the American mental health system and its failure to properly counsel people from other cultures and religions, feelings regarding transphobic and femme-phobic behaviors in the feminist community, and a person's personal experiences using BDSM and using rape fantasies to reclaim sexuality after being sexually assaulted. Each issue has a section highlighting amazing feminists both past and present."

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This zine is comprised of the author's reflections on her relationships with both the word "queer" and queer community spaces. It's separated into three parts: building queer communities, queer history, and the commodification of queer pride events.

"The theme of this text-heavy feminist comp zine is feminisms and change. Here the idea of change is explored through narratives that show the multitude of ways that ‘change’ can be discussed. There are essays on accountability & forgiveness, the decision to become sober, creating a ‘life list’ to actualize what you want out of life, white activism as a performance, dealing with the death of a loved one, the future of feminism, & so much more. With 22 essays, along with interviews show more with Dean Spade, Tasha Fierce, & Hanne Blank, this zine is packed with feminist responses to what change looks like & how we react to it." - http://strangerdangerzines.com show less

"essays include: the power & privileges of academic language; feminist reflection on self-care; comedy & comics as an exercise in visibility; re-thinking “righteous anger”; challenging the unspoken commandments of punk; empowerment through getting a tattoo; communicating anger in a subdued manner; feminism & disability on campus; white-washing and the trouble with “people of color” as an umbrella term; scholarly journals & achieving accessibility; the privilege of “progress”; show more trans* identity & expressing anger; exploring the waves of US feminism; blackness & perceived education; false exposure and “confessional” writing; communicating trans feminine experience; why the n-word is not for white people; recovering from intimate partner violence; rape denial & the cops; “ally” as a false identity; slutwalk & false individualism; handling suicidal thoughts; gay capitalism & the pink dollar market; conscientious language vs. political correctness; women & learned shyness; reframing anti-semitism; survivorship, zine-writing, and disabilities; and the women’s land army! also includes original art/comics, prose, feminists we love, and vegan recipes!" - hoaxzine.tumblr.com show less