Reposted from the Hoax blog. Rachel & Sari need contributors for this issue, so get to it!
the topic of hoax #6 will be feminisms & COMMUNICATION!!!
potential ideas for material include, but are not limited to:
- how we utilize the various creative mediums to express ourselves: ie art/music/playwriting/dance/zines etc.
- language: terminology / identifications / labels / who is allowed to use certain terms / reclamation
- media: various types / their historical & cultural relevancy / effectiveness for social change / the decline of print media / online activism & social justice movements
- visibility: how we choose to communicate our identities (verbally and non verbally) / how different communication styles “out” us / secrecy / how we talk & to whom / where do you draw the line in sharing certain information (online, at yr job etc.)
- non-verbal communication: how we “read” and then judge others / body politics & gendered expressions (“passing” and “body work”)
- consent: expressed vs. body language / legacy of shitty health class information / talking about queer and/or non-normative sex
- silence: when not to speak / boundaries
- relationships: communicating different with various friends, partners, family members, strangers etc.
- emotion: how it gets intertwined with communication & makes it more or less effective / intensity & whether it will hinder someone’s account as being believable (“too angry” “hysterical”)
- disagreements: how do and should we communicate our ideas to those who disagree with us? / “tone arguments” / should a person with a marginalized identity have to “play nice” when talking to somebody who has privilege over them? / “call outs” & accountability processes / expressing hate & anger
- the self: self-care / where the self ends & community begins / expressing yr needs / creating & sustaining personal boundaries
- accessibility: geographic accessibility / accessibility to language / pretension / the “academic industrial complex”
- networking: action / teamwork / friendships
- space: physical / emotional
- legislation: policy / community organizing / the importance of local action
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.