RQ#96 - Online

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Two RQ Gender Forums

Complete theme sections from RQ #96 and RQ#101

• from RQ#101 - "What if the Earth Is Not Our Mother," by Keith Hennessy, Kirk Read, Rachel Kaplan, Jack Davis, Ravyn Stanfield
  
  
• from RQ#96 - "Undoing Sexism: A Forum," By Lynx, Donald, Keith, Phillipe, Rosa, Seed, Jonathan, Scarlet Harlot, and Luna
  
  
• includes original layout of article on this page

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Gender and Sexism

An RQ theme section coordinated by by Lynx Adamah, Jonathan Furst, and Amanda Etain Adamah

Painting by Anika - click for larger image

There is a commonly held belief that sexism, as well as other "isms" like racism and homophobia, don't exist in progressive communities. Unfortunately, this simply isn't true.

While most of us are liberal, open-minded, and well-intentioned folks, the reality is that we all have some work to do freeing ourselves from old, deeply rooted beliefs and feelings towards other groups of people, be they people of color, women, queer and/or trans folks, Jews, etc. It would be nearly impossible for us as individuals raised in this very oppressive and dehumanizing culture to not have recorded at least some of these messages, somewhere within us.

In this theme section on Gender Issues and Sexism, RQ gathers a range of views on sexism and gender relations - especially as they operate in progressive communities such as Reclaiming, where the nuances are sometimes subtle. To join this discussion, email your ideas to quarterly@reclaiming.org

RQ's website and print editions are ongoing experiments, especially at this moment - send us your feedback on the website. Your input will help shape the site for future issues. Email RQ with your comments and suggestions.

Gender and Sexism: RQ#96 theme section articles

• Undoing Sexism in Reclaiming and other progressive communities, by Lynx Adamah

• Gender and Sexism: a Forum featuring Donald Engstrom, Keith Hennessy, Rose May Dance, Seed, Phillipe Lewis, Jonathan Furst, and Melissa Moon

• Sex Work and Sexism, by AManda Etain Adamah

• The Unrepentant Whore - Luna Pantera interviews Scarlot Harlot

• Men and Sexism, by Lynx Adamah

• Super Dyke and Flowy BiGrrl - a cartoon adventure with a message!

• Readers Respond:

• A Dancer Responds by Stripper Witch Number Three

• Thoughts on Gender and Sexism by Keith Hennessy

• Thoughts on Gender and Sexism by Melissa Weiss

Want to add your voice to the discussion about Gender and Sexism? Contact RQ!