[zine] ALTAR MAGAZINE
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Altar Magazine is a forum for critical thought, coalition building, artistic creativity, and activism.
Issue One is Available Now!
FEATURING...
Interviews with:
* Mr. Lif on the politics of hip-hop
* Sleater Kinney, ladymen in effect
* Elaine Brown and Constance Curry, two civil rights activists talk about current politics
* shebang!, and all-girl breaking crew from Canada chat about being b-girl pioneers
* Bitch & Animal, self-described tittie tribal hoe down funk
Articles:
* Before and After September 11th: Notes from an Anti-Racist, Feminist Patriot by Zillah Eisenstein
* Justice is a Human Right, the struggle for prison reform by Vanessa Filley
* A Look at the Emergence of Graffiti Culture by J. Jarosz
* Hajira: Part One, a short story about a friendship between two Pakistani women struggling to define themselves within the confines of their expected societal roles
AND MORE!!!
For more information about
Altar Magazine, visit our website at
www.altarmagazine.com or email us with any questions at
info@altarmagazine.com. We appreciate your support!
MISSION STATEMENT
Altar Magazine believes that problems are not monolithic, and neither are solutions. It is imperative to have socially progressive women and men fighting on all fronts of the movement whether that is anti-racist work, feminism, anti-heterosexism, economic justice or any other political action. Altar Magazine exists within a community that is fragmented, but not broken. It exists in a time when coalition is crucial and must be implemented. We believe that the personal is political; therefore, all forms of creativity are inherently political. We want to create a space where critical thought and understanding happen simultaneously. This is important because before we can create social change we must be able to re-imagine communities that foster difference. We must be able to take ownership of that which we do not claim in order to effectively critique this oppressive system that we know and perpetuate. Social change is not momentous. It is a process. Our hope is that each individual recognizes his or her place within this system of change.
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