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Hoax #14: Feminisms and Boundaries - Call for Submissions

Submit before May 31st, 2017!

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We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! Potential ideas for material on the topic of spaces include, but are not limited to,:

Establishing Boundaries: Strategies for setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; Self-care; The meanings and implications of “holding space” for another person; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Peer support and mutual aid; Strategies to deal with grief, loss, and trauma; Seeking out / creating healthy ways and places to address mental illness; Addressing our needs for emotional closeness (introversion vs. extroversion, etc.)
Statehood and Citizenship: Refugee crisis as a feminist issue; Historical essays about de/colonization; Family lineage and national identity; Informational essays and personal narratives about experiences with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detainment, etc; Nationalism and resistance; anti-fascist and ANTIFA movements; Palestinian liberation, Puerto Rican independence movement, First nation resistance, etc; Challenging the “We are all immigrants” liberal solidarity movement; Experiences living with/in diaspora
Physical Boundaries: Environmentalism, global warming, and climate change (scientific essays, essays about how these issues correspond to contemporary politics and treaties, the negative impact that the construction of walls has on our environment, etc); Water protectors; Rapid gentrification of urban areas and the politics of paying rent; The connections between the prison industrial complex and the surveillance of Black and Brown bodies; Experiences with local organizing and how state borders impact our abilities to create and sustain inter/national movements
Psychogeographies: What it means to call a space a “home;” Psychogeography and the emotional / behavioral impact of a space; Strategies to effectively use social media as a tool to build alliances across geographic borders; Personal exposure, secrecy, and surveillance culture; Aging and how we separate different chapters or parts of our lives
Inclusion and Exclusion: White supremacy and xenophobia within the feminist movement; Concrete strategies to “show up” for our community members facing violence; Organizing in solidarity with identity and geographically-based communities you are not a member of; “Women’s spaces” and addressing transmisogyny in feminist communities; Arguments amongst the general Left to either divide or unify radicals and liberals; Restorative justice and informal efforts concerning how to handle sexual assault allegations, hate speech, and other acts of violence in our communities (banishment, intervention, accountability processes, etc.)
Communities: How do we define “community”?; Reaching out to and including feminists who are geographically isolated; Addressing dis/ability and making feminist spaces more physically accessible; The establishment of sober spaces and strategies for sober people to safely move through drinking spaces; Who is and is not included in our conceptions of community?; The push for “safer spaces” and the confluence of safety with comfort; Observing noticeable differences in our communities; Working within collectivist structures; Moving on from toxic / unhealthy friendships and relationships; Learning how to spend time alone; Bridging emotional and physical distances with others

All written submissions would ideally be between 500-2,500 words, or between 1-5 single-spaced pages in 12pt Times New Roman font. We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs — this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people. All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, one print copy and one PDF copy of the zine, and one Hoax pin. We will pay all shipping costs, whether domestic or international. Please aim to e-mail us your amazing material to [email protected] by our deadline, OCTOBER 31ST, 2017! If you are interested, feel free to send us your ideas for topics and artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better! Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, and supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please tell your friends and spread the word! In Solidarity, sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

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NEW DEADLINE - OCTOBER 31ST, 2017

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HOAX #13: FEMINISMS & SPACES IS NOW FOR SALE

+ What is Hoax? Hoax is a US annual queer feminist compilation zine that aims to create a space where we can voice our own truths. Each issue has a theme in tandem with feminisms. Contributors do not have to identify with a particular gender and/or as feminists in order to submit work to the zine. You can learn more about Hoax via links about our Mission Statement, Core Values, and Shared Goals, General Hoax FAQs, Submission FAQs, and Stipends for Submissions.

Essays in this Issue:

An exploratory essay by a queer teacher about whether or not classrooms can be considered safe spaces
A call to action to counteract dominant activist discourse that permits activists with privilege to police marginalized activists on the basis of not participating in activism "correctly"
A short essay about minority feminist art spaces in the second and third wave, essentially arguing for people to not rely on tokenism
An essay about the author’s struggle to negotiate his identity as a femme queer trans man online, including his attempts to pass as cis online while being out as trans in real life
Using relationship anarchy and anarchist approaches to commitment to (re)frame messed-up family relationships in terms of in/accessibility
A creative nonfiction meditation on systemic racism, white supremacist normativity, and American society's conditioned, unconscious justification for the continuous injustices of heterosexual white men and how, historically, their heinous actions have always gone unquestioned
A personal essay describing a young woman's experience getting an IUD (intrauterine device) after the most recent presidential election for fear that affordable healthcare could be eliminated
A discussion of the ways in which the queer community can be unwelcoming to those whose identities don't fit the mainstream queer narratives
Experiences working in a domestic violence shelter and how its nonprofit infrastructure made the author’s work harder and exasperated their caregiver burnout
Identifying the need and subsequently carving space for oneself as a non-binary transgender feminist
An ode to the author’s city and an understanding of how white supremacy has historically and continues to shape the city’s politics, community, and culture
A short narrative on reclaiming physical space
The closet metaphor is both too singular a metaphor for how the author segment their queerness online, and also inaccurate given the author's use of trash bags for storing clothes
Tracing the origins of Canadian queer zine culture
Establishing distance from difficult memories, and the allegory of clocks as instruments of timekeeping
A critique of academic spaces that addresses the importance of integrating anti-oppressive strategies into research methodology
Orthodox Jewish and Native American menstrual rituals in America and how ritual seclusion can be perceived as empowering and used as a way to affirm identity and difference
Distancing oneself from hostile environments, including a parent, the nonprofit industrial complex, and white feminism as manifested through the 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections, as a form of reclaiming agency and considering possibilities for a whole self
Told in second person, an experimental creative non-fiction piece on recovering from psychosis and depression
An examination of how the colloquialisms dispatched and the postures held by heteronormative society affect one's personal growth

This issue also includes poetry, a comic, feminists we love, current feminist heroes, and a vegan/gf recipe for Red Lentil and Collards Soup! 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 a personal 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 as to how to better incorporate trigger warnings into future issues of Hoax.

+ Note about Pricing and Stipends: This issue costs US$3.50. All of the money procured for Hoax goes right back into this not-for-profit project. As mentioned above, pre-sales are vital for ensuring that we are able to give adequate stipends to our contributors. What we are able to offer for compensation will depend on the amount of revenue from sales and pre-sales. Although we cannot afford to pay very much (probably just enough to purchase a few zines), we hope that offering a stipend, however small, will ensure that our contributors of the present and future know that their submissions are valued and appreciated.

You can order via our Etsy shop (for PayPal payments, where you can also find back issues on mythologies, vulnerabilities, embodiments, strategy, and healing as well as some Hoax pins and many of our personal zines) or, if you prefer well hidden US cash via snail mail, you can e-mail us at hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com to find out where to send it. If you are interested in potentially becoming a contributor to Hoax, please check out our call for submissions for Hoax #14: Feminisms & Boundaries, which is accepting submissions until May 31st, 2017 (deadline is flexible)!

+ Note about Mailing: We will be mailing out issues on a first-come, first-serve basis as soon as possible, optimally starting on Monday March 27th – but our ability to purchase necessary printing / mailing supplies and send copies out depends on when we will sell enough zines to afford to get everything in the mail. As always, feel free to send us an email if you have any questions about the status of your order.

+ Note about Not Listing Contributors’ Names: We have included a screenshot of the Table of Contents above to safeguard our contributors from “being Googleable” while providing credit and transparency as to who collaborated on this issue. Content that is consented to appear in print is not automatically consented to appear online and respect for our contributors’ comfort, safety, and privacy is also one of many reasons why circulated issues of Hoax are only found in hard copy form.

+ Other Ways to Support this Project: We’d love for you to submit content to future issues of the zine, come to an assembly party (upcoming in Baltimore!), write a review about Hoax, recommend it to your friends and favorite zine distros, and/or donate money to overall Hoax operations via PayPal (our account is hoaxzine at gmail dot com).

Please reblog to spread the word! Happy reading, y’all!

With care,

sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

#hoax zine #compilation zine #feminist zine #queer zine #feminist #queer #Etsy

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Hoax #14: Feminisms and Boundaries - Call for Submissions

Submit before May 31st, 2017!

www.facebook.com

We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! Potential ideas for material on the topic of spaces include, but are not limited to,:

Establishing Boundaries: Strategies for setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; Self-care; The meanings and implications of “holding space” for another person; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Peer support and mutual aid; Strategies to deal with grief, loss, and trauma; Seeking out / creating healthy ways and places to address mental illness; Addressing our needs for emotional closeness (introversion vs. extroversion, etc.)
Statehood and Citizenship: Refugee crisis as a feminist issue; Historical essays about de/colonization; Family lineage and national identity; Informational essays and personal narratives about experiences with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detainment, etc; Nationalism and resistance; anti-fascist and ANTIFA movements; Palestinian liberation, Puerto Rican independence movement, First nation resistance, etc; Challenging the “We are all immigrants” liberal solidarity movement; Experiences living with/in diaspora
Physical Boundaries: Environmentalism, global warming, and climate change (scientific essays, essays about how these issues correspond to contemporary politics and treaties, the negative impact that the construction of walls has on our environment, etc); Water protectors; Rapid gentrification of urban areas and the politics of paying rent; The connections between the prison industrial complex and the surveillance of Black and Brown bodies; Experiences with local organizing and how state borders impact our abilities to create and sustain inter/national movements
Psychogeographies: What it means to call a space a “home;” Psychogeography and the emotional / behavioral impact of a space; Strategies to effectively use social media as a tool to build alliances across geographic borders; Personal exposure, secrecy, and surveillance culture; Aging and how we separate different chapters or parts of our lives
Inclusion and Exclusion: White supremacy and xenophobia within the feminist movement; Concrete strategies to “show up” for our community members facing violence; Organizing in solidarity with identity and geographically-based communities you are not a member of; “Women’s spaces” and addressing transmisogyny in feminist communities; Arguments amongst the general Left to either divide or unify radicals and liberals; Restorative justice and informal efforts concerning how to handle sexual assault allegations, hate speech, and other acts of violence in our communities (banishment, intervention, accountability processes, etc.)
Communities: How do we define “community”?; Reaching out to and including feminists who are geographically isolated; Addressing dis/ability and making feminist spaces more physically accessible; The establishment of sober spaces and strategies for sober people to safely move through drinking spaces; Who is and is not included in our conceptions of community?; The push for “safer spaces” and the confluence of safety with comfort; Observing noticeable differences in our communities; Working within collectivist structures; Moving on from toxic / unhealthy friendships and relationships; Learning how to spend time alone; Bridging emotional and physical distances with others

#hoax zine #queer zine #feminist zine #compilation zine #call for submissions #call for art #call for photographers

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#We're HP fans but still

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WHITES NEED TO REEDUCATE THEMSELVES

FULL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZX-XcFXAYvE

A message to white moderates.

#gif #gifs #gif warning #epilepsy warning

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Registration for CZF 2017 is *TOMORROW* Sunday November 13th at 11 am Central! Registration will sell out–don’t miss out! Find registration and payment details at http://chicagozinefest.org/2016/10/registration-info-for-czf-2017/.

#CZF #set yr alarms now!

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Pin packs and single items are now up on our Etsy site! Click the links below to find out more:

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Hoax #13: Feminisms and Spaces is now taking submissions until January 31, 2017!

Hoax is a queer feminist compilation zine that portrays non-fiction writing between 500-2,500 words. We’re over capacity for poetry in issue #13, but still need lots of essays and background art! Please send any questions, ideas, or material you might have to [email protected]. <3

Here’s the link to our full call for submissions!

#hoax zine #call for submissions #call for art #extended deadline

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Halifax Zine Explosion is happening October 21-23, 2016 in Halifax, Nova Scotia! Events include:

Friday October 21 - Fundraiser show for Anchor Archive Zine Library at Radstorm featuring zine readings, patch making, and music (6050 Almon Street)
Saturday October 22 - Halifax Zine Fair at Halifax Central Library, including workshops and over 30 tablers (5440 Spring Garden Road)
Sunday October 23 - Workshop and open discussion amongst white queers about addressing white privilege in queer spaces, hosted by sari of Hoax Zine at Venus Envy (1598 Barrington Street)

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sari, Hoax’s Editor, is being sponsored by Venus Envy to attend the 2016 Halifax Zine Fair and host a workshop in their space! :)

#Halifax Zine Fair #HZF #sari's going to Canada!!!

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• BROWN RECLUSE ZINE DISTRO • • CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS •

“Zine culture is not white culture. D.I.Y. culture is not white culture. Punk is not inherently white culture. So in the spirit of resistance, in the spirit of visibility and in the spirit of celebrating our cultures and intersectionality: Brown Recluse Zine Distro.”

BRZD IS NOW LOOKING FOR NEW ZINES! We have all different kinds of zines (personal zines, political zines, DIY how-to zines) abt all sorts of stuff: racism, gender, sexuality, punk, sex work, feminism, addiction, recovery, harm reduction, anarchism, racism, teaching, self care, antioppression wok, accountability, herbalism, food, traditions, mental health, community activism, traveling, touring, bands, accountability processes, parenting, &more!

we’re open to all sorts of stuff! our criteria is p loose but we have an especially HARD NO to anything that includes hateful content towards trans folks, sex workers, and/or substance users.

please share this CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS far & wide!!

looking forward to continuing to support black & brown zine writers ❤️

xoxo

#Brown Recluse Zine Distro #BRZD #call for submissions

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We are now accepting submissions for issue 13!! All mediums are welcome!!

#Sula Collective #call for submissions #call for art #poc artists

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Call For Submissions

We’ve extended submissions for #Trans: an anthology collection about transgender and nonbinary experience online. We’ve had some people drop out due to personal reasons, so we’d like to fill our remaining slots. What we’re looking for: creative non-fiction, personal narrative, or an academic hybrid at around 1500-4000 words. You can use theory and outside resources, but try to fold it into the text so it supports the narrative at the core. We want to hear about you, ultimately, and how the internet, technology, or other tools have shaped your identity. Your audience is other trans people; think of this as a conversation at a dinner table, where we’re all telling our stories of how we’ve gotten this far. If you do cite something in your essay, please include an MLA works cited! Some ideas/scenarios to get you started:

· How has YouTube and the community online helped you to come out?

·Tell us the first time you heard your new singing voice on a recording.

·How did self-publishing your autobiography allow you to take back control from doctors?

·Tell us about your first video game avatar that made you realize you didn’t fall into one category or the other.

·What about that night you went lurking on the #realtransadult tag and found a former friend from elementary school, and reconnected?

·Tell us about how much fanart you sold on your RedBubble page so you could afford surgery, and all the awesome friends you ended up meeting from that experience.

We would love to see essays that combine the theme of technology, online communities, and the internet in with other intersectional identities. Talk to us about using Grindr as a gay trans guy. Talk to us about how doing/watching queer porn allowed you to come to terms with your different body type. If it has to do with technology, gender, and framed around a personal story, we want to see it. Deadline: October 15 2016. The book will be out December 2016, so the earlier the submission, the better! Compensation: copy of the anthology, honorarium (to be determined). Rights: We want essays that have not been published before. If you’ve previewed sections on your Livejournal, your YouTube, or something similar, that’s totally fine. Be sure to let us know if you have, and send a link if you can. We would like exclusive rights for two-five years after the publication date; after that, you can do whatever you want with your work. Submission instructions: Please tell us your name (preferred name is fine, but we will need to use legal names for contracts), your final word count, what technology/app/internet website you focus on, if this has been published before, if you have been published before, and a small bio (no more than 75 words). Please paste your submission in the BODY of the email and send to [email protected].

Questions & final words: If you’re unsure if your essay falls under our guidelines, please send it anyway. Don’t self-reject on a hunch that we won’t take it. More information can be found on the website. Thank you!

#call for submissions

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Erased By False Victory: Obama Hasn’t Stopped DAPL

By erasing an ongoing struggle, you’re helping to build a pipeline.

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My brilliant friend Kelly wrote this on understanding the fine print of yesterday’s rulings. Here’s a choice quote

To understand that this isn’t the victory it’s being billed as, you have to read the fine print in the presently lauded joint statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior:

“The Army will not authorize constructing the Dakota Access pipeline on Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe until it can determine whether it will need to reconsider any of its previous decisions regarding the Lake Oahe site under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or other federal laws.”

Note what’s actually being said here, what’s being promised and what isn’t.

What is actually being guaranteed?

Further consideration.

But this next section is a little more promising, right?

“Therefore, construction of the pipeline on Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe will not go forward at this time. The Army will move expeditiously to make this determination, as everyone involved — including the pipeline company and its workers — deserves a clear and timely resolution. In the interim, we request that the pipeline company voluntarily pause all construction activity within 20 miles east or west of Lake Oahu.”

So things are on hold at Lake Oahe until the powers that be think it through some more — with no assurances about how they’ll feel when it’s all said and done. The rest is a voluntary ask being extended to the company.

Let’s reflect on that for a moment: A company that recently sicced dogs on Water Protectors, including families, who stepped onto a sacred site to prevent its destruction, is being asked to voluntarily do the right thing.

But the thing is, they probably will. For a moment. Because what’s being asked of them isn’t an actual reroute. Right now, all that’s being asked is that they play their part in a short term political performance aimed at letting the air out of a movement’s tires.

Presidential contender Hillary Clinton was beginning to take a bit of heat for her silence on the Standing Rock struggle. Between Jill Stein’s participation in a lockdown action, broadening social media support for the cause, and the beginnings of substantial media coverage, #NoDAPL was on the verge of being a real thorn in Clinton’s side. And with more than 3,000 Natives gathered in an unprecedented act of collective resistance, an unpredictable and possibly transformational force was menacing a whole lot of powerful agendas.

So what did the federal government do? Probably the smartest thing they could have: They gave us the illusion of victory.

As someone who organizes against state violence, I know the patterns of pacification in times of unrest all too well. When a Black or Brown person is murdered by the police, typically without consequence, and public outrage ensues, one of the pacifications we are offered is that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will investigate the shooting. It’s a deescalation tactic on the part of the state. It helps transition away from moments when rage and despair collide, creating a cooling off period for the public. “Justice” is still possible, we are told. We are asked to be patient as this very serious matter is investigated at the highest level of government, and given all due consideration.

The reality, of course, is that the vast majority of investigations taken up by the DOJ Civil Rights Division end in dismissal – a batting average that’s pretty much inverse to that of other federal investigations. But by the time a case gets tossed at the federal level, it’s probably not front page news anymore, and any accumulated organizing momentum behind the issue may have been lost — because to many people, the mere announcement of a federal investigation means that the system is working. Someone is looking into this, they’re assured. Something is being done. Important people have expressed that they care, and thus there is hope.

So how is this similar to what’s happening with Standing Rock?

It’s the same old con game.

Federal authorities are going to give a very serious matter very serious consideration, and then… we’ll see.

The formula couldn’t be clearer.

As the joint statement says, “this case has highlighted the need for a serious discussion on whether there should be nationwide reform with respect to considering tribes’ views on these types of infrastructure projects.”

Discussion.

How many times have marginalized people been offered further discussion when what they needed was substantive action? And how often has the mere promise of conversation born fruit for those in a state of protest?

But this is a great moment for the Democrats. A political landmine has been swept out of Hillary Clinton’s path and Obama will be celebrated as having “stopped a pipeline” when the project has, at best, been paused. After all, an actual pause in construction, outside of the Lake Oahe area, assumes the cooperation of a relentless, violent corporation, that has already proven it’s wiling to let dogs loose on children to keep its project on track.

But Dakota Access, LLC probably will turn off its machines — for a (very) little while. They’ll wait for the media traction that’s been gained to dissipate, and for the #NoDAPL hashtag to get quieter. They’ll wait until the political moment is less fraught, and their opposition is less amped. And then they will get back to work — if we allow it.

Here’s the real story: This fight has neither been won nor lost. Our people are rising and they are strong. But the illusion of victory is a dangerous thing. Some embrace it because they don’t know better, some because they need to. We all want happy endings. Hell, I long for them, and I get tired waiting. But if you raise a glass to Obama and declare this battle won, you are erasing a battle that isn’t over yet. And by erasing an ongoing struggle, you’re helping to build a pipeline.

#NODAPL

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~TORONTO QUEER ZINE FAIR 2016~ WHEN: Saturday October 15th, 2016 TIME: 11:30 AM - 7:00 PM WHERE: Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor Street West COVER: Pay what you can with a suggested $5 donation and no one turned away due to lack of funds

THIS YEAR’S TABLERS 13 Months Feral ACE Toronto All My Friends Amber Williams-King Averie & Aidyn Ahata Aju - I’ll Leave Only to Return BBHMM B&D Press Between the Trees Black Girl on the Internet Brettney Lou Catalyst Community Herbals Caro Doodles Carefree Charline Bataille Critical Sass Critical (Trans)Masculinities // WIX zine Death Cookie Soup Press Degenderettes Toronto Disabled Femme eli howey ENBY Magazine Femme Crimes Distro Femmeoire: Confessions of a Neurowitch The Femme Zine Project Femmezuigiri Fight & Flourish Frizz Kid From the Margins From the Root Gardenia Gap Teeth Ggomababo Glittering Magpie gothMuslim Heidi Cho Makes Art Highly Sensitive Queer Into Pixels It’s Not Just a Girl Crush Is She Ok? Jamie Q Jakery Kayla Carter Kyoko’s Koe late bloom zines Lee Lai & Tommi Parish Lovestruck Prints Lunar Arbor Kmk Ptrs Mack & Taylor Make! Shift! Love! Marin Boyle Zines Metonymy Press Morgan Sea Musterni Not Yr Grrl Pisces Princx PSSSST Receptive Collective root /theCybrTrix Sarah Mangle Sidai: 000 Starkiss Creations Steeltoedblues Telegram Zine Tire Swing Trans(missions) Twin Willows Vulnerabilities Whuulf/Radical Design School Walmart Punk Wax Fruit Micro Press Witchbody Writing Our Futures (SOY) The Wheelhouse Young Batisse Young Crone Press ZIPE ACCESSIBILITY *This is event is all ages and childcare will be provided on site. *Trinity-St. Paul’s is a wheelchair accessible venue. There is ramp access leading up to the front door with a push button door entrance. *There will be three all gender bathrooms on the main floor. One bathroom is wheelchair accessible equipped with grab bars and a push button door entrance. All three bathrooms will have unscented soap and sharp containers. *ASL interpretation services have been confirmed. We are also recruiting ASL volunteers to work with interpreters and support ASL correspondence among participants. *A quiet room will be available all throughout the day for people to decompress, naps, and cool down. *This event is striving to be scent free. There will be multiple tablers and attendees present with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities who can and will get sick if exposed to chemical scents and fragrances such as perfumes, fragrant hair styling products, fragrant laundry detergents, etc. We will provide unscented hand soap in the bathroom and we will be using unscented cleaning products. We ask that tablers, participants and volunteers come scent-free. Please take a couple of minutes to read the following document about working towards being scent and fragrance free: http://www.brownstargirl.org/blog/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15 *This event will not be serving alcohol and we ask that people not consume alcohol or other substances on site. Folks who need drink or use other drugs prior to attending the event will not be turned away. *There will be snacks, coffee, tea served at the Toronto Queer Zine Fair. There will be vegan, gluten-free, nut-free options and ingredients listed with each food item. *We will have support liasons on site to assist and provide support including active listening, ushering and corresponding with event organizers. *We, as a collective, are committed to ensuring that the space we create is as safe and welcoming as possible. However, as the fair is held in a public community space that is shared with many other services as well the general public, we cannot guarantee an ideal space but will try our very best to minimize all potential harm and risk. *If you have any questions, concerns or feedback, please to contact the Toronto Queer Zine Fair. For more info about our safer space and accessibility policy, please visit our website: http://torontoqueerzinefair.tumblr.com/accessibility VOLUNTEER *The Toronto Queer Zine Fair is looking for volunteers that can support the following areas: food prep, childcare, support liason, set up and take down, ASL and billeting. If you would like more info about the roles or are interested in volunteering, please visit our volunteer page: http://torontoqueerzinefair.tumblr.com/volunteer DONATIONS *The Toronto Queer Zine Fair is a grassroots not for profit collective. The fair is primarily funded by monetary and in kind donations. If you would like to make a monetary contribution, we would love the support. Please visit our donation page to make a contribution: http://torontoqueerzinefair.tumblr.com/donations THANK YOU *Thank you to the organizations and individual contributions that have helped make the Toronto Queer Zine Fair possible this year. *OPIRG TO *OPIRG YORK *Alternative Grounds *Henry’s Tempeh *Thank you to Jenny Chan for designing such an amazing poster! CONTACT Website: http://torontoqueerzinefair.tumblr.com/ Email: [email protected] Facebook: Toronto Queer Zine Fair Instagram: TorontoQueerZineFair Twitter: @TOQueerZineFair

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TABLERS FOR THE 2016 TORONTO QUEER ZINE FAIR HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED !!!!

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Hoax #13: Feminisms and Spaces - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! We ask that you read the following three links before you submit: our mission statement, core values, and goals, general Hoax FAQs, and submission FAQs. Potential ideas for material on the topic of spaces include, but are not limited to,:

Physical Space: Rapid gentrification of urban areas and the politics of paying rent; Art, beautification, and gentrification; Nationalism, borders, and immigration issues; The connections between the prison industrial complex and the surveillance of Black and Brown bodies; “Physical space” as a concept related to personal comfort and entitlement (in mass transit, cultural ideals, etc.); What it means to call a space a “home;” Psychogeography and the emotional / behavioral impact of a space
Virtual Space: Our online interactions and how they differ from our offline / ‘real world’ ones; Strategies to effectively use social media as a tool to build alliances; Changing nature of information-sharing as it relates to feminism; How the media changes perception of time and social justice work; Personal exposure, secrecy and surveillance culture; How we decide to disclose certain things in certain online spaces
Communities: How do we define “community”? / Who is and is not included in our conceptions of community?; Reaching out to feminists who are geographically isolated; Addressing dis/ability and making feminist spaces more physically accessible; The establishment of sober spaces and strategies for sober people to feel safer in drinking spaces; How to establish “safer spaces” in general; Observing noticeable differences in our communities; Working within collectivist structures
Histories and Futures: “Women’s only” spaces as a feminist strategy / Is it possible to create gender-segregated spaces that are actually inclusive?; The importance of documenting and preserving feminist spaces, lesbian bars, etc.; Concerns for (extra-) terrestrial colonialism in Afrofuturism, speculative fiction, and science fiction; Where do we see ourselves and our communities going?; What do our ideal spaces look like?
Emotional Space: Self-care; The meanings and implications of “holding space” for another person; Strategies to make relationships more equitable and less hierarchical; Peer support and mutual aid; Strategies to deal with grief, loss, and trauma; Seeking out / creating healthy ways and places to address mental illness; Addressing our needs for emotional closeness (introversion vs. extroversion, etc.)
Distance: Strategies for setting boundaries and enacting holistic consent; Moving on from toxic / unhealthy friendships and relationships; Learning how to spend time alone; Bridging emotional and physical distances with others
The Body / Self: Dysphoria, body modifications, and other issues with embodiments in lived realities; Cultural appropriation; Asexuality, abstinence, celibacy, and other separations from compulsory sexual interactions; “Passing” or being read im/properly in various places; Is there a difference between feeling safe and actually being safe?
Visibility / Media: Self-expression (or lack thereof) and its relation to feminism, queerness, zine making, etc.; Making space for greater representation of marginalized identities in mass media or small-scale media; Reflections on calls for women, trans folks, and POC to “take up more space” in mainstream outlets

All written submissions would ideally be between 500-2,500 words, or between 1-5 single-spaced pages in 12pt Times New Roman font. We are also in need of images (photos, drawings, paintings, etc) that will format properly as background designs — this means fitting into a vertical 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch page as accurately as possible, contrasting well in grayscale, and being noticeable while allowing the written text over-top of it to still be legible. We strongly prefer art that does not just portray thin / white / cis / able-bodied people.

All accepted material will be compensated with a small cash stipend, one print copy and one PDF copy of the zine, and one Hoax pin. We will pay all shipping costs, whether domestic or international.

Please aim to e-mail us your amazing material to [email protected] by our deadline, OCTOBER 31ST, 2016! If you are interested, feel free to send us your ideas for topics and artwork! As always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. The sooner you send us your submissions and ideas, the better!

Thank you so much to every contributor, reader, and supporter of this zine! We are looking forward to seeing your work! Please tell your friends and spread the word both here and on Facebook!

In Solidarity,

sari (Editor) & rachel (Editorial Assistant)

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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31, 2016!

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Just a reminder that there’s still plenty of time to submit to Hoax #13! We're over capacity for poetry but still need lots of essays and art! Please get in touch with any questions, ideas, or material you might have! <3

#Hoax Zine #call for submissions #call for art #signal boost

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The Riff Zine is a monthly online-only zine based on the idea of “riff culture.” Each issue has a specific theme that contributors can riff on: in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or other written work. Our first issue (the theme was Shakespeare) is available to read here. This month’s theme is Alternate Universes. This does not have to mean science fiction – we look forward to reading your interpretations.

Interested in submitting? Please read our submission guidelines and then head to this post to submit your work. (Or head straight to this Google form here.) We are accepting submissions until September 25 for this issue. We look forward to reading your best work!

Thanks for reading this, and please reblog this post if you think your followers would be interested!

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nakiabahadir

looking for muslim/hindu and/or south asian artists and writers to submit to PUNKJABI zine– a creative space fr people of the above mentioned groups. email submissions to [email protected] with your name and the subject header “punkjabi zine submission”

rules: no sexism, no racism, no homophobia, no transphobia

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