Queer Under All Conditions

BRUJAxCORE: HOAX ZINE IS HAVING A PRINTING EMERGENCY

queerinsurrection — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:05:20 -0400

BRUJAxCORE: HOAX ZINE IS HAVING A PRINTING EMERGENCY :

hoaxzine:

Dear Hoax Zine readers and supporters,

Hoax Zine exists as a collaborative effort to name the ways in which the “isms” play out in our everyday lives. This project is rooted in a transformative framework of organizing, meaning that we strongly believe in concepts such as equal and nonhierarchical partnerships, the value of personal, cultural, and non-institutional knowledges, and that the personal can be made political through the process of storytelling. One of our goals is that readers and contributors alike can learn how to act as “allies” by bearing witness of the experiences of others.

Over the past four years, the two of us have taken on a plethora of responsibilities to keep this project alive. These responsibilities have included, but are in no way limited to: promoting our publication, painstakingly designing layouts, constructing and putting out calls for submissions, editing submissions and assisting contributors in developing their voices, sales, budgeting, and physically assembling every issue. During the past year, both of us have relocated to different states and have continued driving upwards of six hours to our printing source in Maryland. We have done this to ensure that the zine remains affordable and, thus, accessible.

Unfortunately, we can no longer continue printing Hoax Zine at this said source. The commute has exhausted both our energy and our bank accounts, and unfortunate life circumstances and family crises have made it nearly impossible to travel. Additionally, we just learned that our printing source has taken unprecedented and extreme measures to ensure that we will no longer have access to their printers.

For this reason, we are asking our readers for help. We are looking for access to discounted, double-sided, mass printing in the New York City Metropolitan area. We would be able and willing to travel throughout New Jersey and to Philadelphia if necessary. Private colleges are very likely to have these resources and, if you are a student at such an institution, we would especially appreciate your support. We are also willing to work with a student anywhere in the United States who has access to mass printing to set up an established internship. Contact us as hoaxzine at gmail dot com for more information.

Until we can access a new printing source, we will only be selling an extremely small number of each issue on our Etsy shop. This includes each of our individual zines that are currently for sale (You’ve Got a Friend in Pennsylvania #3-7; Thou Shalt Not Talk About the White Boys’ Club: Challenging the Unwritten Rules of Punk; Neither Doll Houses Nor Tree Houses: On Living Outside of the Gender Binary; Reimaging Queer Community; Not Queer as in Radical but Lesbian as in Fuck You). This way, we will ensure that we do not run out of any remaining issues and can mail people and distros that have already sent us payments.

Regardless of your location or access to printing, we would greatly appreciate it if you re-blog and share this post in full on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Thank you and in solidarity,

sari and Rachel

PLEASE HELP US BY RE-BLOGGING THIS

hoaxzine: inmidnightblood: [img: a black and white photo of...

queerinsurrection — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:19:50 -0500

hoaxzine:

inmidnightblood:

[img: a black and white photo of the side of a mountain with heavy clouds overhead. black text over top reads, “you’ve got a friend in pennsylvania #7 / on queerness, introversion, & friendship theory”.]

you’ve got a friend in pennsylvania #7: on queerness, introversion, & friendship theory

since moving to a state i hate roughly a year ago, i’ve been kind of a hermit. i rarely go out while home and when i do, its to places i already feel comfortable in to see people i already know. as time has passed in my self-inflicted solitary confinement, i’ve been preoccupied with thinking about what friendships mean to me overall. in the 5 sections of this zine, i try to hash out my thoughts on the process of making and keeping friends, how my various identities intersect and affect my friendships, the spaces in which friendships are cultivated or cut off, and how i can improve my friendship skills. this zine is B&W, 1/4 size, 38 pages, & text heavy. US$2.50 (price can be negotiated). [etsy / snail mail & other arrangements] note: this zine will debut at chicago zine fest - any copies not sold there will be mailed out to the first etsy orders & messaged requests.

i like being alone (just not all the time) / intro

What if we applied our childhood methods of friendship and knowledge-sharing to our current lives? What if we broke down the practice of cultivating certain abilities and qualities in friendships with the aim of utilizing them in monogamous relationships? What if our culture valued friendships the way it values romantic pairings (as an aside, I could find hardly any songs across a variety of musical genres that dealt with celebrating friendship instead of sexual interest)?

I. the myth of a good friend

on achieving the label of “good friend”

The idea of being a Good Friend is often dependent on how selfless and accommodating you are with others, and this is problematic for a whole lot of reasons, including using one’s friendship as an excuse to manipulate or guilt someone and the fact that many people are unable to communicate their boundaries as far as being capable of taking on the problems of others on top of their own.

on hierarchic friendship distinctions & queer in-groupings

Unfortunately those of us who had a hell of a time surviving social situations as queer people end up building up cliques and establishing borders surrounding the communities that are often seen as threatened by outsiders; as if queerer-than-thou mentalities and social functions with judgmental foundations are somehow consistently wary of Trojan horses pregnant to the brim with posturing straight people or queer folks who don’t fuck enough.

II. a sober introvert’s conundrum: go online or go out?

on utilizing bodily markers as conversation starters

But as I’ve been digging deeper and deeper into my feelings about my own gender and gender in general, I’ve released the tight grip I had on my beliefs that decorating my body or vocalizing certain interests would automatically put me at risk for being misgendered—and unfortunately a big factor that helped me do that was coming to the sad realization that I’ll be misgendered no matter what… Feminine body markers have always been a means of starting conversations or breaking the ice with women and non-binary folks and I no longer want to let the fear of being misread keep me from any additional opportunities to make those kinds of friends.

on my sobriety intensifying my introversion

I don’t want to continue seeing bar culture/non-sober spaces as some kind of duality between being comfortable yet by myself versus having companions in a potentially hostile atmosphere. It’s also been really difficult feeling like I am completely complicit in my introversion as well as my discomfort with alcohol. A part of me feels like I have to go along to get along and that it’s no use being critical of bar culture because nothing proactive will come out of it. It’s much easier telling myself that I wouldn’t meet anyone interesting at the events I miss, that if I drank I would just create a laundry list of regrets, and that I have to become more comfortable with alcohol for the sake of making friends instead of for the sake of healing a wounded part of myself.

III. friends with/out benefits

on restrictive terminology

I really don’t like the terminology of “friends with benefits.” When I think of what that looks like for me, I imagine a friend coming over to hang out, and surprise!, they’ve brought vegan pizza. The insinuation that friendship, specifically one of a platonic nature, isn’t already beneficial should be pretty insulting to anyone who identifies as a friend. When applied to hookup situations, the distinction is meant to imply that the relationship between two people is exponentially enjoyable because it includes a sexual aspect.

on dating as a means of displaying one’s queerness / desirability

Sharing meals with others was a foundational part of my family’s notions of unity, care, and bonding. Eating together gave us an opportunity to intentionally be in the same physical space at a certain time while sharing a vital part of our daily lives. As someone who thrives in very small groups and quiet settings, eating with a few other people can be a really intimate time for me, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that going out to eat or planning an evening around a meal is very common for romantic (or otherwise) dates.

IV. boundaries, choices, and limitations

on geography as a determining factor in finding friends

[Since I left the place I grew up] I’ve felt more empowered in my choice of friends and like I finally have the option to be around people who I don’t have to feel defensive or unsafe around all the time. And I am emphatically holding onto the notion that I don’t have to settle for sub-par friendships anymore. If I have friend-related deal breakers or standards, I am allowed to and should express them. I also feel much more comfortable drawing and sticking to boundaries with friends now than I did before.

on creating emotional boundaries in coercive work environments

I am pretty unashamed to say that a means of coping with the emotional toll my shitty minimum-wage jobs take on me is routinely lying to my customers when they ask for personal information about me or otherwise try to find faux-connections with me… I don’t reinvent a completely new personality or make up tall tales about my past, but I also don’t answer honestly when queried about where I live, what my family is like, what I do off the clock, or, yeah, how much I actually like my job. Keeping myself at a safe emotional distance from strangers, not just at work, is pretty vital to my sense of self-preservation.

V. becoming a better friend

on sticking to my boundaries

In Season 3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow likened her reputation as “reliable” to being a pushover. In many situations I’ve also felt that my feelings towards and care for my friends has been misguided and manipulated in order to take advantage of me. Communicating my limits, discomforts, triggers, and sensitivities will allow me to feel more empowered to ensure that my boundaries are recognized and respected. I will work on not feeling like a terrible friend if I cannot meet a friend where they’re at emotionally, and I will not view traversing my own limits in the name of friendship as proof that I am a strong and capable human being.

on cultivating offline interactions

While I’ve shown throughout this zine that the internet has been a means of helping me feel connected to something tangible, I cannot keep utilizing it as the only lifeline to old and new acquaintances. I can no longer make excuses for the reasons why I do not have regular contact with potential and already-established friends. My sobriety is never a reason to discard invitations to various events, as is my location in a state I hate. It’s pretty impossible that I’m the only marginalized person within a 50 mile radius—I just have to get out there and find others like me.

hoax co-editor sari’s new perzine!

nothingness: call for submissions! hoax #9: feminisms & VULNERABILITIES

queerinsurrection — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:46:55 -0500

nothingness: call for submissions! hoax #9: feminisms & VULNERABILITIES:

hoaxzine:

we are immensely excited to announce that the topic for hoax #9 will be feminisms and VULNERABILITIES, and we are eager for feminists of all backgrounds and genders to submit! potential ideas for material include, but are not limited to:

· history / culture: utilizing…

acbreid: Call for submissions: Aporia vol. 1: An inquisition...

queerinsurrection — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:26:29 -0400

acbreid:

Call for submissions:

Aporia vol. 1: An inquisition into the experience of power and identity

——

This is it! My first zine. I am looking for submissions of all kinds (drawings, comics, paintings, photography, poetry, essays, short stories, rants, etc.). It has to fit into a black & white zine and also fit with this volume’s theme, “experience of power and identity,” with an emphasis on experience.

I am aiming to collect all submissions by July 15, so that I have time to edit the pieces and arrange it thoughtfully into one volume by sometime in August. Please contact me with questions and submissions via aporia.zine@gmail.com. If you are still working on ideas but want to contribute, email me and we’ll figure it out together.

Looking forward to your submissions!

-Alex Cb

Still accepting Submissions for QUAC 4!

queerinsurrection — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:27:54 -0400

we are looking for submissions ASAP ♥! ignore the march 1st date.
http://queerunderallconditions.tumblr.com/post/14531410769/queer-under-all-conditions-4-call-for-submissions

LA Trans Film Festival is looking for submissions!

queerinsurrection — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:17:44 -0400

Hi All,

We are currently accepting submissions for the fourth annual Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival and I could really use your help in spreading the word. If you have a film to submit, we’d love to see it! Can you also forward this to all the queer and trans artists and community organizers you know? We want to continue to screen amazing films, which means doing outreach to amazing filmmakers, so I thought of you.

Thanks!

- Kalil

The Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival is seeking films for our fourth annual film festival. We will be screening many diverse works made by trans, genderqueer, and intersex artists, including comedy, dramedy, drama, experimental, animation, and more! We also welcome work by allies who are showcasing “transgenderqueer” themes in their work.

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. Accepting Feature Length and Short Films in all genres.

2. Complete the Festival Entry Form attached

3. Submit a DVD (Region 1) preview copy of your film/video. These items will be archived and will not be returned.

4. Include a CD of Stills (300 dpi, high resolution) if possible

www.tgfilmfest.com

crustyriotqueer: you’ve got a friend in pennsylvania #6 my...

queerinsurrection — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:32:37 -0500

crustyriotqueer:

you’ve got a friend in pennsylvania #6

my issues with mental health have always been immensely difficult for me to assess, describe, and talk about. an intensely private person, i have kept most of my struggles to myself. in this zine, i attempt to investigate the traces of anxiety, depression, suicide, and alcoholism in my family’s history as well as my own difficulties with these issues. almost split into two zines due to volume, this issue is a hefty assortment of stories, thoughts, and emotions.

eight sections discuss: the secrecy surrounding my family’s history of suicides, a recent suicide in my family, my issues with anxiety and pushing emotions aside, my reoccuring suicidal thoughts and how my identities intersect with them, talking with a fellow queer/trans* friend struggling with suicide, assessing my tumultuous relationship with alcohol and deciding to become consciously sober, what i can do to manage and deal with things, and what i plan to do in the future. there is a trigger warning for the zine relating to depression, anxiety, suicide, self-harm, alcoholism, sexual assault, and abuse - please take care of yerself before you read this - it is intense.

this zine is extremely text heavy, black & white, 46 pages, and 1/2 size. for snail mail or trading, please e-mail youvegotafriendinpaATgmailDOTcom. for paypal/online payments, check out the listing on hoax’s etsy site. *if you can’t afford the going price of the zine, contact me and we can work something out.*

Queer Under All Conditions #4 Call for Submissions

queerinsurrection — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:14:15 -0500

Queer Under All Conditions #4 Call for Submissions:

hoaxzine:

queerunderallconditions:

QUAC is an Orange County (UCI)-based zine project dedicated to archiving and distributing queer/trans voices, histories, experiences, knowledge(s), and survival tactics in the face of violent silencing within public space and dominant culture. As QUAC has become more established within the zine and queer/trans community, we’ve seen the growth and development of certain aesthetics, most notably anger, militancy, and rage. These three aesthetics have functioned in multiple ways throughout QUAC, but we’ve found that the pieces that center these elements in their work are some of the most effective / thought-provoking pieces that start conversations and build community solidarity. We, the editors, realize that there are often very few places queer and trans folk can publish angry / militant / raging things. As social justice minded activists and organizers (in our own ways), we recognize that there are a lot of fucked up things in the world to be angry about, and for many of us, this anger can become destructive if it is not given the proper outlet. As such, QUAC aims to become a space for this anger, to both “vent” a little bit, and to build a community in solidarity with the struggles of our complex and diverse community(s).

potential ideas for material include, but are not limited to:

Uses of Anger: How do you navigate (your) anger? In what ways has anger been productive? Destructive? What constitutes productive/destructive anger?

Coping mechanisms: Often times, our organizing work is against structures that have been in existence for hundreds of years (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.). Fighting battles that you cannot win within the next few days / weeks / months / years is physically, mentally, and spiritually tiring. In what ways have you learned to navigate this? How do you cope with the (violent) things occurring around you and your community(s)?

Queer militancy: The queer and trans movements blossomed out of radical liberationist movements of the 50s and 60s. However as we’ve seen, this liberationist framework has been obscured by more (homo)normative / liberal frameworks of thinking since the marriage equality movement of the early 90s. In what ways are militancy and queerness linked, historically, epistemologically, and ontologically? In what ways has a queer militancy resisted / subverted hetero/homonormativity? How do you navigate your own queer militancy, or why do you refuse a queer militancy standpoint?

Erasure: In what ways have you experienced erasure? We’ve noticed that a lot of anger / rage stems from a politics of visibility. What is at stake for the silent / erased? Can anger / rage break this silence?

Triggers: What triggers your anger, rage, and/or your militancy? When you recognize these triggers or possibilities of these triggers, what do you do pre-emptively? How have you created spaces with these triggers in mind? How can we create safer spaces, using our own experiences with anger and violence as insight?

Responses to anger: How do you respond to anger and frustration? How do you de-escalate situations? How productive is anger for you?

As mentioned above, please do not feel that submissions need to be restricted to or specifically answer these questions. QUAC is interested in hearing as many different voices as possible, in whatever form or on whatever topic they choose to speak. If in the process of writing your piece unfolds into something else and deviates from the questions above, we’d still love to take a look. If you have an older piece which you think might be relevant to this issue (or not, hey, we’ll read it anyway) please feel free to submit it, too.

QUAC has always had a commitment to local artists, poets, and musicians—we would love to have your work in the next issue. Please aim to have finalized submissions emailed to us by March 1^st, 2012 at QueerZineUCI@gmail.com

Included in your submission, please include the name that you would like to be printed under, contact information (email, blog, website, etc.) for our readers, and any other information that you would like to be printed alongside your submission. Also, please include a current mailing address so that the editors can send you a complimentary copy of the fourth issue as a thanks for helping out with the project :]!

Also, the QUAC editors always need help with layouts and collages, if you would like to participate in a zine-making / background-making session, please email or message the editors.

The best way to stay up to date with the project is to (continue to) follow us on tumblr and “like” the facebook page.

We greatly appreciate all of the time and effort of the contributors, fellow zinesters, friends, and supporters of the project.

We greatly anticipate your work, comments, suggestions, and love.

In solidarity:
QUAC Editors

(Please reblog and repost elsewhere to spread the word. If on tumblr, please reblog as text please so the whole post shows! Thank you kindly! :])

submit to hoax #7 & support our friend’s zine!

Queer Under All Conditions: Queer Under All Conditions #4 Call for Submissions

queerinsurrection — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:17:34 -0500

Queer Under All Conditions: Queer Under All Conditions #4 Call for Submissions:

hoaxzine:

queerunderallconditions:

QUAC is an Orange County (UCI)-based zine project dedicated to archiving and distributing queer/trans voices, histories, experiences, knowledge(s), and survival tactics in the face of violent silencing within public space and dominant culture. As QUAC has become more established within the zine and queer/trans community, we’ve seen the growth and development of certain aesthetics, most notably anger, militancy, and rage. These three aesthetics have functioned in multiple ways throughout QUAC, but we’ve found that the pieces that center these elements in their work are some of the most effective / thought-provoking pieces that start conversations and build community solidarity. We, the editors, realize that there are often very few places queer and trans folk can publish angry / militant / raging things. As social justice minded activists and organizers (in our own ways), we recognize that there are a lot of fucked up things in the world to be angry about, and for many of us, this anger can become destructive if it is not given the proper outlet. As such, QUAC aims to become a space for this anger, to both “vent” a little bit, and to build a community in solidarity with the struggles of our complex and diverse community(s).

potential ideas for material include, but are not limited to:

Uses of Anger: How do you navigate (your) anger? In what ways has anger been productive? Destructive? What constitutes productive/destructive anger?

Coping mechanisms: Often times, our organizing work is against structures that have been in existence for hundreds of years (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.). Fighting battles that you cannot win within the next few days / weeks / months / years is physically, mentally, and spiritually tiring. In what ways have you learned to navigate this? How do you cope with the (violent) things occurring around you and your community(s)?

Queer militancy: The queer and trans movements blossomed out of radical liberationist movements of the 50s and 60s. However as we’ve seen, this liberationist framework has been obscured by more (homo)normative / liberal frameworks of thinking since the marriage equality movement of the early 90s. In what ways are militancy and queerness linked, historically, epistemologically, and ontologically? In what ways has a queer militancy resisted / subverted hetero/homonormativity? How do you navigate your own queer militancy, or why do you refuse a queer militancy standpoint?

Erasure: In what ways have you experienced erasure? We’ve noticed that a lot of anger / rage stems from a politics of visibility. What is at stake for the silent / erased? Can anger / rage break this silence?

Triggers: What triggers your anger, rage, and/or your militancy? When you recognize these triggers or possibilities of these triggers, what do you do pre-emptively? How have you created spaces with these triggers in mind? How can we create safer spaces, using our own experiences with anger and violence as insight?

Responses to anger: How do you respond to anger and frustration? How do you de-escalate situations? How productive is anger for you?

As mentioned above, please do not feel that submissions need to be restricted to or specifically answer these questions. QUAC is interested in hearing as many different voices as possible, in whatever form or on whatever topic they choose to speak. If in the process of writing your piece unfolds into something else and deviates from the questions above, we’d still love to take a look. If you have an older piece which you think might be relevant to this issue (or not, hey, we’ll read it anyway) please feel free to submit it, too.

QUAC has always had a commitment to local artists, poets, and musicians—we would love to have your work in the next issue. Please aim to have finalized submissions emailed to us by March 1^st, 2012 at QueerZineUCI@gmail.com

Included in your submission, please include the name that you would like to be printed under, contact information (email, blog, website, etc.) for our readers, and any other information that you would like to be printed alongside your submission. Also, please include a current mailing address so that the editors can send you a complimentary copy of the fourth issue as a thanks for helping out with the project :]!

Also, the QUAC editors always need help with layouts and collages, if you would like to participate in a zine-making / background-making session, please email or message the editors.

The best way to stay up to date with the project is to (continue to) follow us on tumblr and “like” the facebook page.

We greatly appreciate all of the time and effort of the contributors, fellow zinesters, friends, and supporters of the project.

We greatly anticipate your work, comments, suggestions, and love.

In solidarity:
QUAC Editors

(Please reblog and repost elsewhere to spread the word. If on tumblr, please reblog as text please so the whole post shows! Thank you kindly! :])

submit to hoax #7 & support our friend’s zine!

pinchdogpress: hoaxzine: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - HOAX #7 The...

queerinsurrection — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:26:57 -0500

pinchdogpress:

hoaxzine:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - HOAX #7

The topic of Hoax #7 will be feminisms and CHANGE. We are eager for feminists of all backgrounds & genders to submit!

Potential ideas for material include, but are not limited to:

Goals: how we aim to act & who we want to become / thinking about the future of feminism / short term vs. long term planning

  Measuring Change: methods in which we attempt to gauge change (grant cycles, report cards, the dsm etc.) / is change quantifiable? / a-ha moments in which we have observed noticeable differences in our communities / “normative” & expected changes (in terms of personal & community development, growing up, queerness as “a phase,” recovery etc.) / delusions of “progress” / changes that have not necessarily been positive/ inspirational stories

Development - colonization & gentrification / community organizing (strategies, personal stories etc.) / feminist & queer geography / international gender issues / re-location

  Loss – grief / assimilation / death of somebody close to you / dealing with trauma

  The Body: changing relationship our bodies over time (aging, weight, political beliefs, surgeries, etc.) / the “love yr body!” expectation within feminism (critiques of this expectation; positive stories) / body modification

The Self: personal growth & ways in which feminism has (or has not) pushed & challenged us / self-care & feminism / “the personal is political” – the importance of that statement paired with the necessity of challenging it / do we have a “true self” that escapes change? / how “coming out” alters the way that we relate to others & vice versa / stuff that others have tried to change about us (through force, coercion etc.)

Legislation: the pros & cons of legislative reform / does “radical” always mean a rejection of legislative reform? / obtaining legal aid / social factors that impact our relationship to the cops / when & if can the master’s tools be used to fuck with the master’s house

Visibility / Communication / Media: how our personal changes are showcased & read / self-expression (or lack thereof) & how it relates to feminism, queerness, zine making, etc / books, movies & music which have influenced us / changing nature of information sharing as it relates to feminism/ how the media has changed our perception of time & social justice work/ personal exposure & secrecy

Relationships: our feminism has impacted our interpersonal relationships (with family, friends, partners etc.) /relationships between who we are and what we can (& cannot) do / trying to change ourselves in order to feel accepted / how does (& doesn’t) feminism accommodate people who hold different identities & come from different backgrounds

Language: evolution of terminology & identity descriptors / nuances of identity politics in feminist & queer circles / what terms we embrace and cast aside over time / applications of the “feminist” label

History: unearthing connections with our predecessors / relationships to feminists & queers of the past / importance of historical perseverance / traditions (when to keep & to alter) / personal reflections & retrospections

we also totally need lots of artwork (photos, collages, illustrations, drawings, paintings, comics, etc.)! particularly for background designs and things that compliment the written material.

please aim to send us yr amazing material to hoaxzine@gmail.com by march 1^st, 2012. if you are interested, feel free to e-mail us yr ideas for topics & artwork! as always, we are willing to work with you during any and every stage of the writing process. the sooner you send us yr work, the better!

also, we are still distributing back issues of hoax #3 – feminism & health, hoax #4 – feminism & hirstory, hoax #5 – feminisms & community, and hoax #6 – feminisms & communication, in addition to our perzines. please check out our etsy shop or email us at hoaxzine (at) gmail (dot) com you would like to obtain any of these issues!

it’s been almost three years since we first began working on hoax. since 2009, hananah montana has been taken off the air, carrie brownstein picked up her guitar again, ugg boots are even more out of style & those of us in the us can officially be detained indefinitely. neither of us can believe how much this project has expanded since its inception. thank you so much to every contributor, reader, & supporter of this zine!

we are looking forward to seeing yr work!

in solidarity,
sari & rachel

Fixin’ on submitting something to this issue & you should too!

Photo

queerinsurrection — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:45:34 -0500

Queer Under All Conditions #4 Call for Submissions

queerinsurrection — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:10:00 -0500

QUAC is an Orange County (UCI)-based zine project dedicated to archiving and distributing queer/trans voices, histories, experiences, knowledge(s), and survival tactics in the face of violent silencing within public space and dominant culture. As QUAC has become more established within the zine and queer/trans community, we’ve seen the growth and development of certain aesthetics, most notably anger, militancy, and rage. These three aesthetics have functioned in multiple ways throughout QUAC, but we’ve found that the pieces that center these elements in their work are some of the most effective / thought-provoking pieces that start conversations and build community solidarity. We, the editors, realize that there are often very few places queer and trans folk can publish angry / militant / raging things. As social justice minded activists and organizers (in our own ways), we recognize that there are a lot of fucked up things in the world to be angry about, and for many of us, this anger can become destructive if it is not given the proper outlet. As such, QUAC aims to become a space for this anger, to both “vent” a little bit, and to build a community in solidarity with the struggles of our complex and diverse community(s).

potential ideas for material include, but are not limited to:

Uses of Anger: How do you navigate (your) anger? In what ways has anger been productive? Destructive? What constitutes productive/destructive anger?
Coping mechanisms: Often times, our organizing work is against structures that have been in existence for hundreds of years (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.). Fighting battles that you cannot win within the next few days / weeks / months / years is physically, mentally, and spiritually tiring. In what ways have you learned to navigate this? How do you cope with the (violent) things occurring around you and your community(s)?
Queer militancy: The queer and trans movements blossomed out of radical liberationist movements of the 50s and 60s. However as we’ve seen, this liberationist framework has been obscured by more (homo)normative / liberal frameworks of thinking since the marriage equality movement of the early 90s. In what ways are militancy and queerness linked, historically, epistemologically, and ontologically? In what ways has a queer militancy resisted / subverted hetero/homonormativity? How do you navigate your own queer militancy, or why do you refuse a queer militancy standpoint?
Erasure: In what ways have you experienced erasure? We’ve noticed that a lot of anger / rage stems from a politics of visibility. What is at stake for the silent / erased? Can anger / rage break this silence?
Triggers: What triggers your anger, rage, and/or your militancy? When you recognize these triggers or possibilities of these triggers, what do you do pre-emptively? How have you created spaces with these triggers in mind? How can we create safer spaces, using our own experiences with anger and violence as insight?
Responses to anger: How do you respond to anger and frustration? How do you de-escalate situations? How productive is anger for you?

As mentioned above, please do not feel that submissions need to be restricted to or specifically answer these questions. QUAC is interested in hearing as many different voices as possible, in whatever form or on whatever topic they choose to speak. If in the process of writing your piece unfolds into something else and deviates from the questions above, we’d still love to take a look. If you have an older piece which you think might be relevant to this issue (or not, hey, we’ll read it anyway) please feel free to submit it, too.

QUAC has always had a commitment to local artists, poets, and musicians—we would love to have your work in the next issue. Please aim to have finalized submissions emailed to us by March 1^st, 2012 at QueerZineUCI@gmail.com

Included in your submission, please include the name that you would like to be printed under, contact information (email, blog, website, etc.) for our readers, and any other information that you would like to be printed alongside your submission. Also, please include a current mailing address so that the editors can send you a complimentary copy of the fourth issue as a thanks for helping out with the project :]!

Also, the QUAC editors always need help with layouts and collages, if you would like to participate in a zine-making / background-making session, please email or message the editors.

The best way to stay up to date with the project is to (continue to) follow us on tumblr and “like” the facebook page.

We greatly appreciate all of the time and effort of the contributors, fellow zinesters, friends, and supporters of the project.

We greatly anticipate your work, comments, suggestions, and love.

In solidarity:
QUAC Editors

(Please reblog and repost elsewhere to spread the word. If on tumblr, please reblog as text please so the whole post shows! Thank you kindly! :])

I'm actually really excited for the existence of this zine! I wanted to submit some art last time, but my scanner was broken and prevented me from doing so. I can't wait until you have the theme for the next issue!

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:55:44 -0500

go ahead and send in some art for the next issue! If you have suggestions for themes, send them to us as well! queerzineuci@gmail.com

Next call for submissions will be out soon!

queerinsurrection — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:29:33 -0500

If you have a theme suggestion for the next issue, we’d be glad to hear it (meaning, we have no clue what to do for issue #4!)

queerzineuci@gmail.com or put it in the ask :]

hoaxzine: hoax # 6 - feminisms & communication is...

queerinsurrection — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:26:21 -0500

hoaxzine:

hoax # 6 - feminisms & communication is officially finished(!!!)

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”; 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! ½ size, 76 pages, b&w and super text heavy!

you can purchase #6 through our etsy shop (for paypal payments, where you can also find back issues on health, hirstories & community) or, if you prefer (well hidden) snail mail, you can e-mail us at hoaxzine(at)gmail(dot)com with your name & address. we also <3 trades of similiar worth!

we will be mailing out issues on a first come first serve basis. as always, feel free to shoot us an email if you have any questions about the status of your order.

happy reading, y’all!

in solidary,

rachel & sari

Queer Under All Conditions #3 (QUAC) is now printed! Thanks to...

queerinsurrection — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:02:00 -0400

Queer Under All Conditions #3 (QUAC) is now printed! Thanks to all of our loyal readers, contributors, and fans, you all make this project possible! Please reblog this post and spread the word :]! Click on the image to go to the online pdf of the zine! The file is large, so please be patient as the file loads (it’s in color again!!!) If you would like a printed copy, please message us and we can arrange something—zine trading, paying for shipping, etc.

This issue looks at queer / trans violence in a broad sense. How do queer and trans bodies occupy (violent) space(s)? What are some survival tactics used to persevere queer / trans violence? How do we locate our politics when so many of our brothers and sisters are fighting daily battles to survive within homo/transphobic publics? What are the distinctions and intersections between gender violence and sexual violence? What are the distinctions between these violence’s and race, class, and our positions as leaders, students, teachers, and activists? In an era of immense coverage of the “gay suicidal” body and the subsequent anti-bullying legislation / activism, why are we still seeing kids killing themselves? What does that mean about our projects and activist strategies in combating queer / trans violence?

PS: Sorry that some of the text is cut off, we were in a rush and had some technical difficulties. The printed version has the correct text filled in. The zine is still very readable, but just a small preface / explanation!

UC (Irvine) BUDGET CRISIS

queerinsurrection — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:03:08 -0400

weareuci:

Did you know …

That UCI will need to cut $54 million from its operating budget for the 2011-2012 school year? That’s the equivalent of one year of financial aid for 3,865 undergrads.

That the UC Regents are considering a 16% increase in fees each year until 2016, raising undergraduate tuition to $22,068 by 2015?

That these costs come in part from a 76% increase in administrators, “professionals,” and managersover the last ten years, with only a 24% increase in spending for what affects students most — faculty and instructors?

That Student Loan debt now tops $1 trillion?

The Budget Crisis affects not just individuals, but entire UCI communities - and the student groups that support them. Join the UC Tumblr to lend your group’s voice; share how you have been affected by the budget cuts degrading the quality of your public education. Take a picture of you or your group with a sign describing the challenges you face and send it to us at:

Nov9MediaUCI@googlegroups.com. Please keep attachments to 4 MB or under.

Of you can click here to submit directly on tumblr!

Click here to go to the Facebook event for the November 9th Rally (Noon at the flagpoles at UCI)

Please reblog as text, not as a link so that the whole post shows! Spread this far and wide, especially if you know students in the UC system!

Launch Party This Saturday!

queerinsurrection — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:54:51 -0400

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211074695627046

Come swing by if you’re near Santa Ana in Orange County! You’ll be the first to see the 3rd issue in all of its glory :]!

Love!

-Quac Editors

QUAC #3 is almost ready!

queerinsurrection — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:13:36 -0400

So excited! The editors are having a QUAC layout party this weekend, send us a message and we can send you the details :]!!! The 3rd issue will be ready by the 22nd of October (which is our fundraiser / launch party).

More info here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211074695627046

This is our largest and most awesome issue yet! We want to thank all those who have contributed and sustained the project, as well as our loyal readers. Thank you!

-QUAC Editors

QUAC / UC Rebel Radio fundraiser

queerinsurrection — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:11:13 -0400

QUAC / UC Rebel Radio fundraiser:

Hey ya’ll, QUAC and UC Rebel Radio are having a party / fundraiser on October 22nd. Click on the link above to get more information via the facebook event! Repost / reblog / spread the word to people in Orange County.

In solidarity,

QUAC editors