Here, we can fully resist the call to attempt to assimilate our identities into the rhythm of traditional, patriarchal, masculinity. We know that doing so would afford us no real safety, and, further, we know that even attempting to do so would be a capitulation to the very system that brutalizes us and so many others in the name of control and “normality.”--"Butch Anarchy," Lee Shevek

On April 7th, at 10AM, the Prairie Cafe will be encompassed by a wave of reclaimed, bejeweled, healing masculinity (and femininity and nothing and everything and whatever we crave) from the tranarchists of Middleton Hills. We will be discussing two short texts by Lee Shevek--"Butch Anarchy" and "Intimate Authoritarianism"--with a focus on ways to shatter patriarchal and abusive dynamics through an anarchist understanding of their structures and violatory nature, as well as how the restraining ownership of who can be masculine and what masculinity can be shattered and masculinity repurposed as something to enjoy and share in a way that is uncontrollable, liberatory, and loving, inherently destructive to all patriarchal dynamics with its warming venom.

Butch Anarchy: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lee-shevek-butch-anarchy
Intimate Authoritarianism: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lee-shevek-intimate-authoritari…
Our website: https://linktr.ee/tranarchymiddletonhills

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anonymous (not verified) Wed, 03/13/2024 - 11:08

i hope the conversation is good. passages like "Abuse is not an unfortunate mistake. Abuse is the form that systematic oppression takes on an interpersonal level. It is an agent of patriarchy, ableism, capitalism, and white supremacy." load words like abuse even more heavily than they already are.

making words do such heavy duty makes it harder to have conversations with people who haven't learned (or don't accept) the jargon. i'd say it's essential to note the connections between personal behavior and structural realities, but that doesn't have to include accepting single definitions/associations with specific words.

just sayin'.

anon (not verified) Thu, 03/14/2024 - 20:23

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This sounds like it could lead to a provocative, worthwhile discussion! the texts under review sound awesome and I'm glad that " foggy" terms like "birthing bodies" aren't muddying the waters, so to speak...This sounds productive (though not reproductive)!

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