Values

These are some of the values of Sinister Wisdom and the community we are creating.

• Make art and literature
• Facilitate and embrace the creative work of others
• Show up for one another
• Try new things
• Fail at something but always learn
• Lean into success
• Be gentle, kind, and generous
• Life is long and Sinister Wisdom will always be here for you
• Sinister Wisdom’s life is longer than any human life—or the attention of any human editor, publisher, curator, or steward.
• Sinister Wisdom dreams of being an enduring lesbian communal formation, her for the great, great grandchildren we have not met.

What can you do to ensure her life and longevity?

"Empowerment comes from ideas."

Gloria Anzaldúa

“And the metaphorical lenses we choose are crucial, having the power to magnify, create better focus, and correct our vision.”
― Charlene Carruthers

"Your silence will not protect you."

Audre Lorde

“It’s revolutionary to connect with love”
— Tourmaline

"Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught."

― Leslie Feinberg

“The problem with the use of language of Revolution without praxis is that it promises to change everything while keeping everything the same. “
— Leila Raven