Connexions
“Connexions” was an international women’s quarterly journal of translations produced by, for, and about women published in Oakland in the 1980s and ‘90s. Through a radical feminist lens, the collective that produced “Connexions” aimed to contribute to international women’s movements by utilizing contributors' diverse nationalities and political perspectives to empower, educate, and connect women. The contributors and producers attempted to publish unique women’s writings to connect women internationally and provide them with contacts for research and information exchange.
Documents
Connexions: Global Lesbianism 2
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1983Volume Number: No. 10 FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
This issue attempts to map the LGBTQ global movements, specifically lesbianism. It tries to bring light to the varying experiences of lesbians in different countries. Sequel to an earlier issue on Global Lesbianism from Winter 1980. *"I Am Everything" pg 14
Connexions: Women and Militarism
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1984Volume Number: No. 11 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on the effects of militarism on women's lives as well as their effect on miltarism globally, through stories about female members of militaries, women who protest against war, and women who have been impacted by war.
Connexions: Outrageous Women
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1983Volume Number: No. 9 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on individual women who have been agents of change, who have "transgressed the norms of their time and space".
Connexions: Women Organizing Against violence
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1981Volume Number: No. 1 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses global movements by women against violence. It is written by women and for women in an attempt to organize, support, and educate. Features articles on environmentalism, patriarchy, nuclear warfare, rape, and apartheid.
Connexions: Reproductive Technology
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 32Format: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Concentrates on the argument that reproductive technology takes women's power of the birthing process away from them. It includes various opinions on advancements in reproductive technology. Sequel to issue 31 on Reproducitve Rights: The Global Fight. *"Debating Reproductive Technology" pg 26
Connexions: Lesbian Activism
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1989Volume Number: No. 29Format: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on lesbians in political and social activism. It tells the stories of lesbians who are unafraid to stand up, organize, and demand change in their own countries.
Connexions: Crisis and Transition
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1987Volume Number: No. 23 Spring/SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on at how women approach and effectively deal with various kinds of crises, from personal to political. It looks at how crises push women to transition and grow, specifically how the crises of a male dominated culture has produced a transition in the form of feminism.
Connexions: Defy Violence
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 34Format: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on violence as the core of patriarchy and discusses violence against women as a result of that. *"Little Red Riding Hood"
Connexions: Surviving War, Working for Peace
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 36Format: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on the idea that war is a function and fulfillment of patriarchy and a male experence while highlighting the ways in which women work towards peace.
Connexions: Among Friends
Publisher: Peoples Translation ServicesYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 35Format: PeriodicalCollection: Connexions
Focuses on friendships among and between women. It looks at friendships on a global scale as a contributor to the feminist movement.
