Lena Chen

is a reluctant sexpert, a feminist and queer advocate, and a walking case study on bad publicity. As a Harvard undergrad, she authored the blog Sex and the Ivy about her college sexcapades and misadventures. Her reputation has never quite recovered. Want to give her a book deal, send her hate mail, or misquote her in an article? Read her daily musings at The Ch!cktionary and check out her full bio.

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Wow, I’m super late in blogging this, but I contributed a while back to HOAX, a radical queer feminist collaborative zine. I got my copy in the mail at some point during or in between traveling last month (thus my forgetfulness in mentioning it!), and it is pretty frickin’ awesome. Please support the zine! For less than five bucks, you get to enjoy lots of fab art and writing + the wonderful feeling that comes with holding in your hands a true labor of love. And it’s super aesthetic — sitting on my coffee table back in Boston right this moment. My piece ran in hoax #5, the feminisms and community issue: Essays include: core requirements for a “safer space”; a manifesta written as the basis for the mother ourselves bootcamp for queer folks of color; supporting those who are new to feminism; notes from a trans*feminist; queer land movements; community in the punk scene; environmental consciousness and ecofeminist policy; a comic about food co-ops; parenting and looking to create community for one’s child; a coming of age story about radicalization through queer internet forums and punk rock; thoughts on collectives; wanting a more intersectionary feminist community; rethinking personal feminist politics; a comic about the cons of “women’s space;” reflections of a soon-to-be community organizer; a short introduction to the amish community; an intersectional feminist library short list; girl-on-girl crime & the need for unity amongst women; a reinvestigation on sexual assault; the effects of a family member’s suicide; a powerful poem called “crowing the may queen,” reflections of zine release party that implemented as “safer space” policy; and how the labor movement has helped feminism! also includes an interview with the editors, original art/comics, prose, feminist we love, and vegan recipes! 1/2 size, 68 pages, b&w, and super text heavy! in case you have not already heard, we have decided to pledge 10% OF THE PROCEEDS OF EACH ISSUE PURCHASED FROM US THROUGH SEPTEMBER TO SUPPORT BO THE DOG’S KNEE SURGERY. you can read more about bo’s condition and sari’s fundraising efforts here. you can order hoax #5 by emailing your name & address to hoaxzine@gmail.com. we will be mailing in order of whoever emails us first! we are asking $4 or a trade of similiar worth.  we accept well-hidden cash via snail mail and paypal to hoaxzine@gmail.com. They now have an Etsy store up, where you can browse the selection of previous issues as well :) [For more information on the back issues published, read the note from editors Rachel and Sari here.]

Wow, I’m super late in blogging this, but I contributed a while back to HOAX, a radical queer feminist collaborative zine. I got my copy in the mail at some point during or in between traveling last month (thus my forgetfulness in mentioning it!), and it is pretty frickin’ awesome. Please support the zine! For less than five bucks, you get to enjoy lots of fab art and writing + the wonderful feeling that comes with holding in your hands a true labor of love. And it’s super aesthetic — sitting on my coffee table back in Boston right this moment.

My piece ran in hoax #5, the feminisms and community issue:

Essays include: core requirements for a “safer space”; a manifesta written as the basis for the mother ourselves bootcamp for queer folks of color; supporting those who are new to feminism; notes from a trans*feminist; queer land movements; community in the punk scene; environmental consciousness and ecofeminist policy; a comic about food co-ops; parenting and looking to create community for one’s child; a coming of age story about radicalization through queer internet forums and punk rock; thoughts on collectives; wanting a more intersectionary feminist community; rethinking personal feminist politics; a comic about the cons of “women’s space;” reflections of a soon-to-be community organizer; a short introduction to the amish community; an intersectional feminist library short list; girl-on-girl crime & the need for unity amongst women; a reinvestigation on sexual assault; the effects of a family member’s suicide; a powerful poem called “crowing the may queen,” reflections of zine release party that implemented as “safer space” policy; and how the labor movement has helped feminism! also includes an interview with the editors, original art/comics, prose, feminist we love, and vegan recipes! 1/2 size, 68 pages, b&w, and super text heavy!

in case you have not already heard, we have decided to pledge 10% OF THE PROCEEDS OF EACH ISSUE PURCHASED FROM US THROUGH SEPTEMBER TO SUPPORT BO THE DOG’S KNEE SURGERY. you can read more about bo’s condition and sari’s fundraising efforts here.

you can order hoax #5 by emailing your name & address to hoaxzine@gmail.com. we will be mailing in order of whoever emails us first! we are asking $4 or a trade of similiar worth.  we accept well-hidden cash via snail mail and paypal to hoaxzine@gmail.com.

They now have an Etsy store up, where you can browse the selection of previous issues as well :)

[For more information on the back issues published, read the note from editors Rachel and Sari here.]

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