Cindy Milstein (they) on Nostr: I went for a late evening walk under a winter sky, when the crisp air makes the stars ...

I went for a late evening walk under a winter sky, when the crisp air makes the stars extra visible and thus extra expansive. My next edited anthology “Constellations of Care” (Pluto Press, April 2024) speaks in part to how “anarcha-feminism in practice” does the same for those often excluded from the universe of liberation. Here are two more excerpts as I work my way through proofing the book.

“Colectiva Mujeres Subversivas: In Solidarity and Friendship” by Lora Galora:

“Polilla taught us how to use stencils. We threw all of our ideas together. To start, we wanted to demonstrate freedom and autonomy, so we used a drawing of a bicycle to represent that. We wanted to be inclusive for all kinds of women, so we made the bike long with multiple seats to include a woman with a prosthetic leg. There was one person in high heels and another in boots to portray the spectrum of femininity. We also added a child to represent motherhood. The bicycle was shooting flames to represent the internal fire we all carry, and in the flames we’d written ‘Existe Resiste’ (Exist! Resist!).”

“Pink Peacock: Lavishly Accessible,” Misha Holleb in convo with Alice Ross:

“We had the desire to be in and provide an accessible space, and the knowledge that disabled people are disproportionately likely to be poor and hungry, and that queers are disproportionately likely to be disabled, and so on. It was just knowing that people need a thing and so we try to make the thing happen. …

“Money is an access issue, and that’s always been one of the fundamental principles of the café: that it’s free. … And then there are mental and social access needs. Things like you don’t have to look a certain way, or be between eighteen and thirty-four, to be treated with dignity as a queer person, … or know all about gender theory and what your own gender stuff is in order to come talk to us about trans stuff.”

“There are a lot of examples around neurodivergence too. We decided early to have autism-friendly days—low-sensory days where we wouldn’t play music—but we changed from playing white noise to things that are less harsh like birdsong because of the collective’s feedback.”

For more on the book or to preorder:

https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349954/constellationsofcare

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