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Lonih,Pearshuct, Doty, Dine...

Fires of Pairarchal Fewer...


Social Detox Primer Issue # 1 ~ Summer £007
Dear scars, y

‘Welouue tthe first issue of Goal Detox sino! This
project is Just baginning in print form Fors coupe of
‘yeaa iV’ been a cluster of ideas Hoang about walang
‘or the right conditions... ow ater afew study gouge,
and supportive friends, it’s beginning to take root.



‘M's our framework;

‘We're Anarchists. that rveans We tipct all hierarchical domination Oy? ideas abeut
(Gonder and sexuality sre rented inthe ideas of mutual aid end solédetrminatio..
Tottiachy eat the ere of how our svolaty WANfactues roles of unaqual power. W&
‘eet patiarohy and thus resist the socal “norms inposed on us reardg the gender
roles “ma” a “woun”. These binary bores don't eave room fr fre and eretivo
txpression. AB axarclsts we ack to destroy the status qus.ereate ruptures inthe social
ander shat contels ou ves.

We're Against Colonization. That means we support the resistance and sel
‘ceverinstion of all poples. We sre commited to understanding how a who supremsoizt,
‘colonial framework has been imyosed upon our reality, corrupting our density and
soolalising us into HIS story of Low the world came tc be... how i ends.. waere we fib into
‘1. Weare committed to CONNECT the DOTs between all struggles. We rejoct the framework
cf capltalis liberal wtite reformist campus feminism, and commit to listening and being
‘ocoustable to other antt-cslonil feminists.

‘We believe in Gender Liberatiaa. Wo baliovo it s wp to YOU to decide your gender and
‘bow you exprea t. Wo reject palztarchal gander roles, We reject saxiam and sexist
owas, We are scxpositve. We are pre- consent. We edebraie the dtvenity of gander
‘expression and Wankity that can be incladed in tue tarm “queer”. Quowro began
‘sezualiy.1's naltical 11 a sosal revebuion.

‘We're MU: Thas means wo identity an men, It DORS NOT MAAN we have panieos.
‘We're the LOST BOTH. Wo're frands, We love eachother and support eachother. Wo
‘wank to destroy the homophobic and sexist barriers to our frieniahips. Wet los.
‘ometimes because wo can't find a pee amongst other men... ometined banalte we're
{alling to plocos and can’s cry as mush as wo noed to or can't find the suppurt we neod to
‘rooms Our loses Wo're lst in various layers of gender prtviages ad even Wacagh
‘woo trying, we can’t always croate supportive and safe environments. Wo're lst
‘pooause thare ar eo few polite Wess about masculinity to dram from... a our role
‘modes have betrayed winmin and betrayed us and wo want tobe diferent. Together wo
deren, dr naps, and arpa rough hs easy wot ur oe Are you
‘loot bot?

‘We are Dedicated: We're maxing tis sine Deosuse & nelje us process our abut and
‘coop us fooused on reaisting the White Supremaciat Patriarchal tale. Wo work, we

ston, we study, we train we mobilise. Wo'te moving bayoad rhatoria. We're taking ft
sarloualy. When we talk about raistanoe, we mean connect the dots‘ the rook. an
bullding a strategy with foous and a clear undarstanding of our dvarse atruggios.




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The Under Cover State

by Lava Flow

Picture this; dlmost half of your town's population has beoome
‘undarcover pole officers and most of your friends are harassed
‘and attarked by them. Imagine that two out of five emergency
oon visits are now because of pice violence. Ths ths nompolie half of the populace are
row living in constant warirass. You ourself have sicoped going outsde after dark. Your
roommate has been acting strange and you suspect him of beng an ageat..

‘Would you consider ths e stato of omongency? Lowlevel warfare? Would you
doom this political or would & seem personal, s matter between ths individuals invalvec®

Well lot me ly some statisuss on you, and I quote iny Feit: In she USA half of
all women experience an inkima:e relationship with an abuser, one in four women are
‘raped by the male “data, every nino seconds a man beste & woman, & man rapes 1 oubof &
‘women, @ mele partner kills « Woman avery two hours.

How does this touch my life? A punter frlend tele me er father raped her and
her siger all thelr childhonl, A musician friend aqyo a man raped hor with + knile. A
writer mourns her friend, left on the ede of the mad, drugged, raped and kiled. My friends
Strip 0 they can make as much money as some “real worker” guy who drives the rood
repair machinery. And I am walking arvund after dusk curfow, aside from mathe
pedestrians are all men, comfortable men, sauntering around, thinking their ovn private
ftoughta, maybo stoned, maybe drunk, at homa ina world made for them. Perhaps & police
‘ar drives by anc they mouentarly freed, Ob, i all Thad vo fear was @ uniformed man in
abrigttiy marked cart

‘Do you have a elsssbased analysis? Il quote United Nations figures: Woman do
‘7o% of the World's work, earn 10% of the world’ pay, ant ows 19% of the werld's
‘roperty. But how easily despised isthe rich woman in furs who is baying the stairway to
heaven? Like the corporate receptionist, she is 4 buffer between us and the rich elite
rales. Worzen and children sre 80% of the hosless in this nation. Women atd ehdren
fro an ecoromic class or easte in themselves. So much for the noble burly:man worker of
tae wor.

Sometimes [see the pyramid of control mere like an feo beng. The visible tip is
the corporate state, rh men snd uniformed nen éoing violence to otlsr men. Dut the
state s a formulation of the fashercontrelled ‘amily unit. The huge, underwater pack of
that state consists of man who police women ab home, work, cn the stress. The obvious
tgont of foree aeed only be relatively fow because men are doing the work of the state,
terrorizing (or supporting the terror with silence) and keeping the majo-ity of the
population — ween aiid children — in line. WRhout male eupromacy, the stale would be
‘impossible, But the ecllapes ofthe state can and does leave male supremacy intact. This is
‘why anareby without feminism ags bzen called reformist

Perhaps you wil learn mere about feminism. And when you ear “smash the
state’, youl think atout the urdereovar state about what isn' being sad and how you're
sping to aay it.











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(One thing is that men must break the cllonos that protects patriarchy. Gexist
Power is safe bacause itis protected by a stronghold of sllence, Men are quick to
‘lence wimmin who spesk out. There is a whole variety of behaviors tha men
exhibit to degrade wimmin.. all the time, just in éay to day normal seeming
interactions
Have you ever been called out for being sexist?

ef, We can ———____» slop a:ting out on defensive impulses,
even if we foe! misunderstood. Wimmin have a reason to be angry with us,
‘Wimmin have reasons to call uc out and demand safe spacts; places for wimmin fi
nly. Rather than arguing, or demanding explainations and support irom wimmin,
‘We could dedicate time educating ourselves about gender oppression and how we
can heal from patterns we've heen tanght to perpetuate.

TOWN OE SS








‘Tereis a whole ot that Ist being sal
‘A wice ot we can say,

‘And Awhol: lot cf work to be done.
Eevoltion isa process of healing, of restoration of partnership in struggle












If we're serious about revolution, if we're dedicsted lo challenging hierarchal
‘power, then it’s crucial we understand how patriarchy works. Oppression is
‘protected by silence. Bliseful norance ~ privilege. Those of us with gender
privilege need to take the serieus time to bring this issue into our day to day
awareness. This is the time for radical change, the end of patriarchy, the end of
powsrover.

What is patriarchy?
(rom aginst pasar eoternce)
‘hitp://againatpatriarch07.wordpness.com

Patclarchy is 8 “concept thet explain the eystomatie gondered organization of nl areas af
‘nell ifecconom, plitial, and idedogial—such that more social resources, yower, and
‘alue accrue to men as a group sk the expense of wouen aa group” (Rosemary lennesoy,
“Queer Visibility in Commodity Caltur,”p. 744).



= Fatriarchy isa form of domination, which extends to and is manifested in all”
forms of oppression, This icludes, but is not Limited to, racism, elassism,
‘colonialism and neo ocloniailom, the destruction and exploitation ofthe Raith,
the murder of indigenous peoples, the commdifivation of dally life experionee,
‘and all forms of personal and soctetal oppressien »

<Patriacchy is « system of entitlement that rewards behavicr tha: is antiweman,
‘anti queer, antibody, anti-nature, and anttp0.. (people of olor)

= Patrlarehy interanta with ether forma of oppression and affects peopl»
tifferently based on their social locations,

Patriarchal values arc embodied in intorporconalrela-ionships and everyday
te.

--Anyone, woetner ne/she/eo occupies. socially subordinated cavegory or rob,
can gain degrees of pewer and privilge by advocating patriarchal values.

- There is no one er singular frm of petriarehy. I: manifests itself dffrently
tn diferent socal and histareal onntexts



‘moreare many ways to respond to the preblom of petriarshy. While come women hare
attempted to clalm equal aeoess to the dominanee exploitation, and yower of men, otters
‘ave emphasize! the feminine as “beter” than ihe masculine, esseuially ust fpping the
‘coin However, neither agproach reflects our core



Py beliefs, Wo understand gender oppression s deeply

As many hare | tia i us cus one

discovered, single-tssue | gbieism, the state, the destruction of the

struggles fail to create | environment, end ukimately ovilization Roof. As

radical change.” many have discovered, singleissue strugses fall to
create radloal change.






Patriarely means rule by
from Wembons Ariay “BooAnatiha Feats arom

Patriarchy isa Hlerarety. A hlerarchy is ikea pyramid... A fow at
the top have the most control the peopl Inthe miidle have
‘medium, abd the majority on the bottom have very little. The people
atthe tepcorttol/own the media (ralue syoteme) ermica, money,
lay, institutiens, eorporations, lant, alr, and water, They keep this
cetitrol hy force (and threat of fore), fear, and reward systems.
‘Thay reward Yebariors that go along with thier plans ard values,
‘The rewards differ. They uso the plloscphles of sexism and racisn
to ¢ive oft rewards differentiy.(Sexiom Is when Men are given
‘ore value than women; Racism in America Is when white people
are given more valse than poopie of cole). There are more rewards
for men, more rewards for white people. White people ard men
‘want to keep thelr privilogos. Thoy use thelr postions of privilege
‘to-contrel others. Men control worn. White people contre people
‘of olor. Straight people control queers. No ar all ugh to be
‘suyorior to others and that it is gond to do go, But silosophles of
‘sexism and reolsm keep us against each other so the pesple a the
{top ean contre us all. Tk few at the ton of the pyramid ane men
‘mn they are saris, racist, ard greedy. They are making all the
Imnportaut dedistons about the day to day oxisance of al of us.
‘They decide when and where to blow up nucioar bombs snd what te
tells about, what chemicals go into the lard ant our food, how
many forests the next generation will have, which dictatorships
veil remain beosuse it profits them, who gets to be a doctor, who Is,
bburned a the stake, whe 1s Dut away In arison, who Is raped, who
terrorizes who, and who works forless money than It takes test,
‘The controlling few deolée thase thing. The onatroling few ace
‘men. And the peopl atthe bottom doing unpald and low paid iabor
aremostly wounes aud ost with ouldren. There hive been many
revolutions but the pattern of patriarchal hierarchy remains... How
oes this make you fel? What are ya gonna do?




‘Resist Patriarchy ) aN



‘What are the barriers to our visions ofa sustainable and heakysocioty?
ow can we work to dasinoy thase harrars?

‘What repression do we fice and how ean we resist?
How con we incorporate an understanding of gender dynamics incur actions?
How does an anteslonil feminist framework help us develor straiegy?













strategy

‘There is action one can take..for example, divect action agaiast capitalism is inevbly an
‘ction against patriarchy. There's ‘ots of great revolutionary theory and tazk and groups
and stores that encourage mlitan: action There's alot of good eampaigns tc inform us
about strategie targets cf action,

‘The foous of SOCLAL DETOX i to encourage multiple layers of resistance... cause
sabotage alone will not bring revolution Wo must transform the scial relations ir which
‘we build community and movements.

Forming a support group to challenge sexism can bea relly effecive way of confronting
‘the ways we perpetuate oppression on 8 personal vel. Amongst eachother as mea, anc
‘amongst wimmin. There is lls of info out there atout forming groups. dust co your

rosoateh, And reflet on it...and tale about t.












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smoons army and co.

‘This is a cal to al Men who want to make deconstructing petriarchy apriotty in their
Journey towards a healthier sociey.
‘Tis here sa short intro for a man who i stepping aside,
‘Who is getting ou: of the polSeneébox of commercial mascuniy,
4nd beginning ths long, ongoing process of cutting sexism.
Tealing the addiction to sexist privilege is not going to happen overnigat,
‘fo belove that you do not have exzst prudice or cenit habits is egotistical.

“To belave that yo are foingto undo a ifetime of patriarchal training overnight is not
realise orhelpfel to your growth asa feminist thinker
Becoming bumble and acoopting the work of looking deeply nto yourself
snd you culture is what is rallod for.

“the work can bo lond and hard aad personally challenging, but ubimaaly gratifying ton.
‘tis s the work for men and wenoon who want vo experierce true love and anarchy.
In this countey and in most place all arourd the whole woeld wemoon and girls are nit
‘afe, phybleally, splrtually, or mentally.
‘Memoon are far trom ihriving vo our full potential as individual,
‘Tho fect renaing that many of us are not even surviving.
Most of us are severely wounded from the Hows of rape, molestation, nvisbilty, slavery,
fear of abuse, geist storityping and sexist brainwashing.
‘Wemoon ard gk are systematically oppressed.
fiyotemotie means i not aéeldentel er rardom oppression
[Ws perpetaal and routine, propagandized and nermalized.
‘emcon aze used, objrliied, comodiied, sold sleneed, raped, and mardered
Pomale oppression is so wile spread and deeply embetded that oexism is rarely even.
‘uidresced usa socal problom. Sexism is ectally acceptable. Wenvon's oppression 12
widely bellsved tobe the natural order of things.
We need to address this opppreasion with the same seriousness and aeréy that we nzed to
sadérvaa roolom, elaseiam, end the destruction of our eolecive home, planet earth. There it
to pace or revcution with out zhe Mberation of wemvon from tis systematic
fdettmanization objetiflestion} and rlolenco tha lo Inherent ix this sexist wold order.
‘This s a call toalll Men who want to make deccnstructing patriarchal values apriorty in
their ourzey towands a neatnier soetety.

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A MESSAGE TO “ANARCHIST”
MEN AND THEN SOME.

By Molly Tov



So they say a wanyn’s wore is never Jone, and here Tam writing an article that @ man.
should be writing, and I'm starting to believe it.

‘Wimmin have bee locked over, talked over, pushed bec, Isughed at, een shut up, used,
used, an raped all by our “brothers” self tiled anerchiot mon and proalsimed
revolutionaries. Al the ant!-sexist men qulek to ump on someone else's setistrémark
‘when sround an anarchist crows, but wil lt It lide when around his not 0 “P.” fends
‘Tha man who voralize thelr aggression agamnst pists, but when THEIR lovers say n0,
coercion {s simple, and its not rape, because he's ANTISRXIST. There are men who we
ttt cexict tlk to plek up wimmin. The men whe challonge othars to cll them on thelr shit
‘nd when eomeone dees, on goes the defense made and he's applied chat somoane could
say HS was fucking up, Instead of actually thinking about the eliuation and to start
workdag on it

We already know all nen are sexist,
{st as all whlte poope are rast
‘because of our neity, whike poople
still baving privlege over people of
olour and men stl have privilege over
‘wimin, and once born into this
process ite incredibly hand to break i,
aspeclally when you forget to look at
yourself. Once men siap
‘RBVOLUTONARY" cn thomselves,
‘hey think onee they know a prablom
‘ests, thas they are no longer a part of
{hat problem, which they are,

Ax abwagshefore ané now, sexism is
‘second hand term. It seems everything
in boing lad out in ond of importanoo,
mado who? Re lk “rt wll ft
rec, co we alresy KzoW Dow tO
beat ap mats toon maybe we'l tink:
about soem, captaism, ot
hhomephobia,whehovrn at afects
our piv. Aer tet tthor's ine,
ad no mir ber, we can read about
specetan, ages, or elaiom. if were

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‘Watover happened to fucking equally?” How di some isms become more ixportant than
thers yon sak? Rs called “How tobe colin te political sene, and kerp as muck privilege
‘8 possible" Goof at your local enrportebookstcre) B

1s sad when & comes to ths point where we dont wast to think of enone but ourselves
cr the PC. satus quo, Which brirgs me back to the conclusion of ll these “feminist” men,
‘who care so dearly about winmlr (or atleast fucking them), untl it affcts thelr privilege,
they care. Whloh I challengs SELF-FROCLATMED watiexist men o rediy think about, how
far the words they speak so well go, maybe try asking your bestfriend or lover Just how
‘nttomrist jou ae.



Tas this article cfonded you yot? Do you use your knowiodge of others oppression to make
‘ching oF to Just make a good impresoion, Do you fos! challenged when a womyn speaks?
vor assuned Is ok to touch soneane? Bver fee! bothered when 8 womyn asks you to
‘confront sexist bullshit? wel tuck you, ou chose the termi revolationary not me,

Unless we can start seeing ourselves as the problem, and until we can
actually start talking and listening to each other about our problems and
‘work on them, revolutionary change will always remain a distant dream.

o ths last question boing, how many aici doos it lake until nen scart working on thelr
shit? Arent you tired of hearing and reading about it (if they even tonk the time)?

Maybe Smith an Wesson do batter job??
Atleast stop nnaldaring yourselves revolutionaries, YOU'RE NOT MY COMRADE,
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Don't just talk the talk ! w
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fre hs ng ee ey
‘every moment, with every project we work 02. ‘and every intimate relationship we | must be
Fo gama

Lice many other womya have befcre,
Molly Tov brings up the fact that our
pailtes often became rhetoric... oth
‘words to mace our way into the
“scone”, To show off that we know
something..to impress upor others ant Solidarity means connecting the dots.
‘tw boost our egos. he's right. Wenood ‘Seeing struggle as interconnected.

tw let g ofthis compettive behavior, ‘Understanding yer own struggle and the
‘slop seeing ominiem as ancther tool In Context of your strugele.

wtih oifuence peo Solidarity is bainstrming &

Pr ‘acting on the most effective way to link
‘I Teould stress anything, t would bo y
‘process. Just process slot. Deal with. ‘struggles and form partnerships. To
Tofleot Re aware of your though. ‘contribute to someone ora group of
Heatly your struget. dently and people in solidarity ito contribute to
tring t out...oven tf 's unzomfortsbis their self-empowerment, Anti-sexist
nd tard, Seek support. Get involved rren’s work is NOT CHARITY,
‘men’s groups thst are working against Learning about sexism is our
responsibility and our struggle. While
both men and wimmin resist and

2 struggle against ptrerehy, oar struggles
SS DNECTOS oe cpt are differem. Ics by working together



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Masculinity, Maleness, Dudeliness..

‘The ina core fasue and « concept wo really need to unravel and lok at Only by
‘understanding ths way masculin'y bas beoa constructed and shaped throughout history
‘can we atralegize on how to destroy patriarchy, and dlcovera gender expression that
original and true to oursaives.

"The idea of *man® has bith overvthing
‘noting at ll to de with biology. Tbs a
‘superhuman delus.on, a octal construot
bated soley on class power, dtviniy,
‘wilteness, entitlement, and a psychological
‘isoonnsction from the very land we ive on.

‘Patziazchal Masculatty lx a creation of eslonialism, Reeaane al theeughoit HIB etary
‘been men coloaizing wimmnin and men wko have interpreted wimmia and natone'and
_Progarty and prizes of conquest. I's the men cf god from whioa the horrors af rage

ccukare, child sbuse, wars and slavery originats, I's been the colonial European whl
‘whohas lcenet indigenous poops to chularen and animals, thus rendoring them as
ot another obsianle to expanding “gud's gory” Indeed, gendor plays roe tn Glantz
because entire people's are not seen as “nen”. The logic cf patriarchy lt logte af

blerarchal power. That crastaa “MAN” as dominant, Thats entitled to powor are of
“other”, These relationshps of domination are gendered from the start, We must RES
Wo muct undorotand masculinity first in opposition to patriarchy. Taen, we 08a gro¥
be creative an¢ find what lies underneath, true to ourselves and our expreselon as ps

‘Kl the MAR in you. Bong cut Uh
layora of your identity, youthfulness

‘meaning and connecticn tothe world ia
bch we lve. he poople we love and relate
ta, Aradical vision of masculinity can guide
us toward oreating the kind of ommunitios
‘nd revolution we're workin’ towards. And {
say vision...becauso we cant Just change
‘overnight. Wo can't just inchude fominism in
cor analysis and be done, It's a process. As
Jeng as patrarchy exists to priviegs us, we
have aresponsiblity to resist; internally and




Sexism is jdstitutionally steuctuced Inlo Ihe culluce
OF patriacchy. -Ftcomot “be narrowly defined as “sex ‘Ais
‘crimination a vSeniew ti "a dynamic enforced everyday the-
ough Violence :£raama thot oppresses wimmir.



ALL* MEN ARE SEXIST no

‘This s a complicate Woplc.1Us een sald, ara debarec, anc olearly W's
controversial. But let's get right into it, What does it mean? Thst all men are
sexist. How can we make such generalisations’ Is there something inherently
‘wrong with men?

* The following word address fclks born into the boy binary box. It's important to
2eoognize that transnen experience fender privilege and sexism differentyy than non
‘rans men, However, we are all responsible to destroy the idea tat man = powesover



Prom boy to max, growing ep;

‘This ootesy raises Us Fight nto AS story. Rghk
Into the factory of wae, genocide andthe
dostruction of the earch, We're taught off the bat
(o Identify with patelarchal vabies, We grow up
and we're totally surrounded by serism and it's
somplstely normal. By tho time we're alder, and
‘wo'velearned about eux from TY or pern of "
‘whatever, we've een further incoctrinatod. AS

‘We grow up, we barn our pce in our gander...
what we can and can' do, We are foreed inva
inary hares. Astaonsgers we begin to experience
{ender oppression from our poors. We get insulted
vith gender. Insults ace almays feluized. This
hurts all of us,









‘Thereis a oartain age where “being a man" becones a tarnble desire. We look up to men
‘who stem successful. He bogin te Identify with him. Whon we're old enougt: to have
masculine fratures, to present and perform maceuliny...wo're in doop.

Many times the eyoton is crude aud suuple. Lf we're dsempowered in some way. we can,
‘ways use gender to I ourselves up. It doosn’t mattar if we cal ourselves antiserist or

‘aot... weve been raised as a man, we have male privilege. We
Gender privilege te | #MA texist power without even trying. The examples are
amount of secesss antes.

one as to ashleving / ach men and wimmin, holero ks and queer folks, dan all
Power ce gnoranoe | aun power hy atvocstng patriarchal vals, ALRoUh prirlege
‘through thelr gender. | and access make all the difference. The realty is, heterosexual,

‘bite privieged men with penises (and musces) awn have
the mpat asessto patriarchal values; thus the most privge.
‘Toe condition of having privilege ts the condition of being sexist. That ls why all
lueu are sexist. ALL men gain Male privilege through male identity. Mer. are
soxist because male privilege creates the ccnditions of sexismn waerever
we bring ourselves.


















Process wor Pkopucr PROCESS NOT PRODUCT.

“personal note; Make this part siralle...ot the point across with less words maybe

“Transforming social relations isa process nota product, of revolution*
‘from ANTFMASS organizing for collectives

‘This is important :o think on. We've been taught to valug the thingfication of things... to
have process only as a means to an end,

(Our soclety teaches us 7 be producer consumers. To thinkin dichotomles (opposites) and
{n roallyHnour (etart to finish) concopte of living, acheving, accumulating, producing.

ti thon. doth. Ins narow rew nothing eontines. here udganen ore are |
2 options. Heaven wud bell

‘Ard for our Ife hare on earth? there is no accoun:abiliy, norespensiblity tothe and in
‘wich ve lIve, no longterm vision of socety...No give b&ck...no respect for ether cultural
‘views o Interpretations... As longs we're trapped inthe linear sory cf MANKnd, wee
not fret.




i a oyelical process. whers everything Is both autonomous and
‘mtereonneeted. There is no death really, in a fe eyelo, Ax withthe changes ofthe days,
the seasons, there are sunsets and periods of recession and sometines even blunt, volen:
changes. But the cycle continues, ard growth is procesc of adjusting oneself in relation
to asorgthing alse

tis through our relationship to the world around us that revolution is made pussies
bow we create ourselves and our identity, Revolutioa is a prooess.






‘There is no point in which we achieve revolution. There is no beginning
either-..there is simpy the ongoing process in which we can participate
in learning and unlesrning, building and burning... adjusting our focus
and adapting to our conditions.







Being anti-sexist is a process... a framework from
which we understand and interact with the world.
What kind of world are you workin’ toward?





WHAT DOES A RADICAL MASCULINITY LOOK AND FFFL LIKE 72?
(not done or refined) 19

{t's different for everyone... What docs it mean to you? Have you ever bean callad out for
being oppressive? How did you respond? How can you respond in the future? What doas it
‘meat to be redisl? How can you getthe support you need to change and heal for real?
How much effort are you wiling to put into understanding gender issues?

‘When brainstorming a “radical masculinity" it's super importart to us that we keep in
tind the varity of men's experionoc and how ono's gondsr relates to class, saruality,
race, ability ote...Oppresson i all sc deeply counsctad. For example, raclum is often
sondared; meaning that white men Ir power see Uuouselvss as he only real *retionsl”
‘en...you know, god's chesen...all that bullfhi. In the U.S. The whole idea of MAW is
‘white frontier man. All the valugs placed on MAW in this country connectto resist colonial
{ntorpretations of other cultures and ta canquest

‘Wamnin have teen associated with nature, and nature has boon goss as feminine, Pom &
patriarchal perspective, men are removed from nature... his separation connects ren
‘with technology, deat, "the divine”. Again, were taliang about White man. You may nob
believe this word for word. but think for moment sboUt how these messages have
permeated the stories in cur culture, By rendering sometaing feminine, it becames
‘pprosoablo.Ibbovomee objected... something that men feel entitled to explore anc
dominate This is Just one bref attempt to explain the huge and complicated ways that
pakmarohy Wonks,

(Clictes; eave room for image..on r side of page, Make sure I'm not saying the
samme thing Dv already sad earlier in the zine. Make sure to ask more“ icns
‘and make less statements.)

Cory, Jonathon , and Foacis ad
try on the new hats...


































































































































‘TIPS FOR MEN FOLK
By Skunkriving

1



sf you're making fters for your bands’ next show, dont just slap
some image of a woman's body to seduce youaudience'to your
ig, decreativel

don’t laugh at coxist jokes. “Humor” is often used an propaganda
‘that dehumanizes women, and trivializes the realty of sexist
violence women fax.

practice viewing wemen as deepsr that their sexual
attractiveness to you. Reject the habit of watching women as
prey, as sex onlegs, as a sum of her parts, get outof the mind-
set that you are the ultimate judge. It is tiresome to feel that
Judgenicut day in and day out

be conscious ofthe images you surround yourself with. What
posters, cards, magazines do you have around? Practice coking
at your room, your house, your hangouts, through the eyes of a
‘woman. What might she see and feel surrounded by the images
there? Are there images thab fetishize violeuce? What music 1s
playing? Who created the space and whose comfort was the
space designed for? How resnectful are the other menin the
oom towards women? Is tere a heavy predator vibein the
room?

read beoks by feminists, Take women’s herstory, watch movies
made by women. Then, don’t claim tc be an expert on sexism or
‘a woman's realty just because you took « women’s studies clas.
bbe aware of gener dynamics. Practice taking stap hack and
observing groups of people. Ask yourself, whe is talking more?
‘Who interrupte? Who taka up more spaco, both physically and
intellectually? Who's ideas are validated? Who's wishes and
desires are respected and acted on?

don’t police women. Don't tell her what, a woman's role is and
make her step back inside your box. Don’t be over protected, or
constantly remind her sie might be raped if she goes out alone,
Ifyou're concerned about her safety, encourage her tobecome
‘twalned in self-defense and assertiveness,

be respectful of women’s space. Don't assume you can just
assume you can just touch a woman, or get up in Ler space.
‘Touch asserts apower dynamic. Don't interrupt o7 stare at a
stranger-woman in the park if she's cbvicusly enjoying her
solitude, give her suune space!

clean up after your own self. Don't expect your mom, your
‘Girifriend, your roommate to take responsibilty for your
messes. Practice being aware of your rurronndings and take






















































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care of your own colf. Be pro-active in household chores such 88
clean toilets, and stove tops too.
respect women's only spaces. Don't ask why. (tere are very few
spaces that are made by women for women. Do you realize we
live in rape-culture ard for some women gathering together
‘outoids the otrong presence of the all too often intrusive male
gaze and/or touch, and the authority-complex that often comes
Out of living with male privilege is healing and retreshing? Asie
yourself why you want in there so badly? Just what is it you feel
‘you have ta offar such & space? Or why you feel s0 left out. Ors
{tjust the thought that there is someplace on earch that you are
not the guest of honor that makes you want in sobadiy?)

. if your lover has a flash-baok of an awful expericace while
‘making out with you, help her beal, ask her what you can do to
help the healing. Be patient, don’t just press forward,

work on your communication skills, learn how to he & gocd
listener, don’t interrupt, learn how to express your needs,
desires, ycur trustrations and worries in an assertive, non-
hostile, positive, constructive way.

use gender neutral language. Don’t use male generic language.
(read wemoon’s army ard 00.’s zine on male generic
language)

. when caled out on sexist behavior, con't automatically
become dofensive, Listen. Feel. Think. Re willing to admit
your sexist habits. Defensiveness to constructive
criticism gets noone any where,

16. ba willing to change and grow.
16. use this list as a conversation starter. Copy off these
suggestions and distribute it widely.

Remember everybocy, we're all raised in a culture that trained us
to think and act in compulsively sexist ways. Ifwe can see our
sexist. hahits and expand our own sexist limitations, we can all
have more freedom to choose how we want to be, and how we
want our communities to feel.

Remember, we're all in this together. Sexism aifects everyone,
Let's see it, name it, and transform is into something really
brilliant and healthy so that each and every one of usean grown
and thrive.

17.


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Tere are scme Important books and websights that are worth ckeckin’ out

Iitp/(thetearusprojec.net- Radical Mental Heakh support groups

ttp//sewre wentooncarmy som - Radial Bxo-Anaroha Fominict Group

itp /(differenthindotiudefes dead oity.onf/ - Confronting sexism in the music sc
yew anarota og - huge arcuve of anarcna feminist resources.

‘Refusing to be a Man Jon Stoltenberg

‘Transferminga Rave Calture ~ Emilie Fuchwald

Languafe Oléer than Words - Dercick Jensen
-Willto change - bal

‘Cenquest ~ Andres Smith

Stopping Rae ~ Rus Ervin Funk

‘Any of the books published by South End Press

‘Woman and ature ~ Susan Griffin

‘WigntVision ~ Buteh Lee and Red Rover

Caliban and the Witoh - Sylvia Federici

The toler of violence incite!

‘ee no Speak no Hear no
Support zine,

‘our Respense; comnuaily response to sexual eacaul
Concent? CONSENT!

Any of the zines by wemooons army

Regamners guile ta Responsible Sexuality for men.
On tae Road to Healing .
Pricnde Make the Best Medicine

The struggle within “Teeognizing Rererdy.





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