Emotional Anarchism

A publication about mental health, trauma, and support in radical communities. It ran from 2018 to 2022. This is a static archive of everything it published.

It was an anthology. Of the 33 pieces here, 17 are by writers other than its founder — 52,009 of 93,496 words. Collecting them was the point, so they are listed by author as well as by date.

All 33 pieces, newest first

• Parsing Impact is Difficult and Important

  by emmi 25 September 2022 1,424 words

• Introduction to Altruism for the Hypo-Empath:

  by Quinn Dougherty 3 July 2021 1,337 words

• Zine library!!

  no byline 28 May 2020 19 words

• Important Updates and Talk at Please Try This at Home

  no byline 17 September 2019 90 words

• Anarchist Feelz Circle Retrospective

  no byline 5 August 2019 1,939 words

• You Are Not Alone!: Stigmergic Parity and Revolt

  no byline 2 August 2019 2,203 words

• Parsing Intentions is Difficult and Important

  no byline 7 April 2019 2,295 words

• Courage Before Hope: A Proposal to Weave Emotional and Economic Microsolidarity

  by Rich Bartlett 3 December 2018 5,671 words

• Stop your activism and go get therapy

  by Rich Bartlett 16 August 2018 1,435 words

• How to Form a Radical Feelz Circle – emmi

  by emmi 9 August 2018 2,859 words

• 5 Tips For Being Sweet To Yourself While Yer Smashing The State

  by Rich Bartlett 7 August 2018 1,748 words

• Authoritarians and the Ideology of Love – William Gillis

  by William Gillis 7 August 2018 1,885 words

• Sad Posting- William Gillis

  by William Gillis 31 July 2018 1,724 words

• The Cringeyness of Empathy ~ emmi

  by emmi 31 July 2018 2,520 words

• When “Restorative Justice” Means Restoring Peace, Not Justice ~ William Gillis

  by William Gillis 29 July 2018 940 words

• Sexual Attraction. Should We Drag It Out Back, Shoot It Dead, Stake It, Salt It, And Bury It At A Crossroads? The Case For Maybe Not ~ William Gillis

  by William Gillis 28 July 2018 1,856 words

• Armed Joy ~ Alfredo M. Bonanno

  by Alfredo M. Bonanno 28 July 2018 11,983 words

• Connection Can Be Radical and Important ~ emmi

  by emmi 28 July 2018 1,085 words

• Hurt People: The State Cannot Destroy Us the Way we Destroy Ourselves ~ Bobby London

  by Bobby London 28 July 2018 1,487 words

• Depression is Political ~ Bobby London

  by Bobby London 28 July 2018 854 words

• Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Clinical Psych Tools for Organizers ~ Megan Clapp

  by Megan Clapp 28 July 2018 781 words

• Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution ~ Megan Clapp

  by Megan Clapp 28 July 2018 2,332 words

• The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities ~ Megan Clapp

  by Megan Clapp 28 July 2018 3,368 words

• The Beautiful Trap of Belonging ~ Rich Bartlett

  by Rich Bartlett 28 July 2018 2,714 words

• Our Burden: Disability as a Lens Towards Anarchism ~ JFP

  by JFP 28 July 2018 980 words

• When My Brain’s No Good: The Ethics of Thought ~ emmi

  by emmi 28 July 2018 1,234 words

• Are Emotions Rational or Radical? ~ emmi

  by emmi 28 July 2018 2,542 words

• Don’t Protect Their Secrets!: Whisper Networks and Manipulation ~ emmi

  by emmi 28 July 2018 5,235 words

• Widening the Bridges: Beyond Consent and Autonomy ~ emmi

  by emmi 28 July 2018 8,714 words

• Talking To Suicidal People or About Suicide ~ emmi

  by emmi 28 July 2018 2,283 words

• Depression and Empathy: A Confusing-Ass Prisoner’s Dilemma ~ emmi

  by emmi 28 July 2018 2,184 words

• The Conversations We Can’t Have ~ emmi

  by emmi 28 July 2018 4,861 words

• Recovery and Radicalism

  by collective (2015) 23 May 2018 10,914 words

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