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SEKHMET - MAGAZINE OF THE ANARCHA-FEMINIST FEDERATION OF AOTEAROA
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HOW WE STARTED
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At the Anarchist Conference in 1991 anarcha-feminism was discussed. From
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the discussion two groups were established, one in Auckland and one in
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Wellington.
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Here finally is issue 8 of Sekhmet - for all those who contacted us from
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overseas requesting an email copy thankyou! It certainly is a new
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development for us being able to get in touch with heaps of new contacts
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from around the world. If you don't want issue 9 please contact us, hey but
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don't hold your breath for it cause they tend to come out quite
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spasmodically. Also please note the following is not Sekhmet in it's
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entireity, we've cut a bit out especially basic stuff like definitions of
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anarchy etc.
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SEKHMET
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Sekhmet is the magazine of the Anarcha-feminist Federation. The name of
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our zine Sekhmet, is taken from Egyptian theology. Sekhmet being an
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Egyptian war goddess, we see Sekhmet as a good name for a magazine making
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war with hierarchies. Articles in Sekhmet do not necessarily reflect
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views of the collective.
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[continues in the original]
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EDITORIAL
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Kia ora! Were in the middle of a Wellington southerly storm. Despite the
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icy rain its been an exciting week - the events at Wanganui totally
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eclipsed more routine things! Nonetheless, Sekhmet VIII will be off the
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photocopiers soon (we hope). We also nearly had a computer disaster. On
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March 8, the Michelangelo virus wiped the hard drive of our computer! The
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main casualty was our mailing list. This stuffed up our distribution, so
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sorry a million times if you should have received this zine, and didnt.
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And please send us your address!
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The Katipo Collective is still sharing an office with the Committee for the
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Establishment of Civilization. Its on the second floor of the Blue Star
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(formerly Sharp) building, so, if youre passing, check us out at 264 Cuba
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St.! There is now an anarchist bookshop, too! This is at 272 Cuba St.,
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sharing space with the NORML shop, which has been totally refurbished. It
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will stock lots of groovy anarcha-feminist books and pamphlets, along with
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anarchist ones.
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The biggest thing we organized this year so far has been the Third Annual
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Anarcha-feminist Conference, and this issue reflects this in being a
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Conference Special! Were really interested in having more feedback from
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wimmin on how the Conference went for them, so we can work out what we did
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O.K., and what we could have done better. So have a rant, and send us your
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letters!
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Also happening is the Womens Book Collective a group set up to put
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together a book which documents some of the radical feminist thoughts and
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actions happening in Aotearoa/New Zealand today. The Collective was
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motivated to compile the book to combat the myth that feminism is becoming
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a thing of the past. Yeah we think that is crap too so the Katipo
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Collective responded to the questionnaire which forms the basis of the
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book. Groups and individual women who are involved in working for change
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are encouraged to be part of the book, so if you want to be included or
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want more information ring Rozy Tunnicliffe on (04) 2928828, or Maria
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McMillan (06) 350 4505 (work) (06) 3595279 (home).For those who would
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like to receive any information contact the Katipo Collective. Our postal
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address is P.O. Box 14-156, Kilbirnie, Wellington. The Katipo also meets
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every Tuesday at the Sharp Building, 1st Floor, 264 Cuba Street,
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Wellington. Contact us on (04) 389-1231. !
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SEKHMET
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P.O BoX 14-156, Kilbirnie,
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Wellington, New Zealand
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E-mail : aaa@nubm.wgtn.planet.co.nz
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Sekhmet is produced by theKatipo Collective, an independent, autonomous
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collective based in Wellington.
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Opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily represent the views
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of the collective.
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Contributions of articles and pictures are always welcome.
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