Anarchist Resources on Accountability and Consent

Radical resources about sexual assault, accountability, trauma, consent, intoxication culture and assault, relationships, and kink

Zines are listed by general topic, largely in that order, after books and pamphlets.

Obviously, these topics all overlap, so zines were sorted according to what seemed the most helpful way to categorize them; every resource speaks in some way to issues of consent and sexual assault.

Due to the topic, a general content warning surrounding discussion and depiction of sexual assault and trauma. More specific content warnings are listed individually where relevant.

Books:

The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Partner Abuse in Activist Communities, 1^st edition, 2011

http://criticalresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Revolution-starts-at-home-zine.pdf

Learning Good Consent: On Healthy Relationships and Survivor Support, AK Press, 2016

(Different from the zine with the same title)

Pamphlets:

DIY Guide to Preventing Sexual Assault

PDF: https://ia801307.us.archive.org/6/items/DiyGuideToPreventingSexualAssault/diy-guide-prevent-sexual-assault.pdf

Let’s Talk Consent

PDF: https://ia801307.us.archive.org/2/items/LetsTalkConsent/lets-talk-consent.pdf

Strategies for Survivors

PDF: https://ia802304.us.archive.org/0/items/StrategiesForSurvivors/strategiesforsurvivors.pdf

Zines:

(when printing zines, remember to use the short-side binding setting)

Criticisms of responses to sexual assault in anarchist spaces

Accounting for Ourselves: Breaking the Impasse Around Assault and Abuse in Anarchist Scenes

Single-page PDF: https://ia802307.us.archive.org/21/items/AccountingForOurselves/accounting_for_ourselves.pdf

Printing PDF: https://infokiosques.net/IMG/pdf/accounting-for-ourselves_print.pdf

Betrayal: A Critical Analysis of Rape Culture in Anarchist Subcultures

Single-page PDF: https://ia802803.us.archive.org/17/items/BetrayalACriticalAnalysisOfRapeCultureInAnarchistSubcultures/Betrayal-read.pdf

Printing PDF: https://ia802803.us.archive.org/17/items/BetrayalACriticalAnalysisOfRapeCultureInAnarchistSubcultures/betrayal.pdf

(I think the printing file is formatted slightly incorrectly; it will work best if you first print the cover page separately on one sheet of paper, and then print the other (10) pages together double-sided)

The Broken Teapot (2^nd Edition)

Single-page PDF: https://ia802800.us.archive.org/5/items/TheBrokenTeapot/broken_teapot_2nd_edition-SCREEN.pdf

Printing PDF: https://ia802800.us.archive.org/5/items/TheBrokenTeapot/broken_teapot_2nd_edition-IMPOSED.pdf

Safety is an Illusion: Reflections on Accountability

Printing PDF: https://warzonedistro.noblogs.org/files/2017/09/safety-is-an-Illusion_Reflections-on-Accountability-2.pdf

Why Misogynists Make Great Informants:

Printing PDF: https://ia802605.us.archive.org/17/items/WhyMisogynistsMakeGreatInformants/misogynists_great_informants.pdf

Read Online: https://truthout.org/articles/why-misogynists-make-great-informants/

Addressing sexual assault and supporting survivors

In Our Hands: Using a Community Accountability Approach to Address Sexual Violence, Abuse, & Oppression

Single-page color PDF: https://ia800603.us.archive.org/30/items/InOurHands1/in-our-hands-1-screen.PDF

Printing PDF: https://ia800603.us.archive.org/30/items/InOurHands1/in-our-hnads-1-imposed.pdf

Supporting a Survivor of Sexual Assault

Printing PDF: https://ia802807.us.archive.org/5/items/SupportingASurvivorOfSexualAssault/supporting_a_survivor.pdf

We Are All Survivors, We Are All Perpetrators // What To Do When Someone Tells You That You Violated Their Boundaries, Made Them Feel Uncomfortable, Or Committed Assault

Single-page PDF: https://ia802305.us.archive.org/0/items/WeAreAllSurvivorsWeAreAllPerpetratorsWhatToDoWhen/we_are_all_survivors-screen.pdf

Printing PDF: https://ia802305.us.archive.org/0/items/WeAreAllSurvivorsWeAreAllPerpetratorsWhatToDoWhen/we_are_all_survivors.pdf

(I think the printing file is formatted slightly incorrectly; it will work best if you first print the cover page separately on one sheet of paper, and then print the other (4) pages together double-sided)

Ask First!: Resources for Supporters, Survivors, and Perpetrators of Sexual Assault

Printing PDF: https://ia600700.us.archive.org/4/items/AskFirst/ask_first.pdf

So You’ve Been Accused of Abuse: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/william-gillis-so-you-ve-been-accused-of-abuse

What is consent

Let’s Talk: Feminist Communication for Radicalizing Sex, Consent, & Interpersonal Dynamics

Printing PDF: https://ia902705.us.archive.org/8/items/LetsTalk_52/lets_talk_feminist_communication.pdf

Learning Good Consent

Printing PDF: https://ia800702.us.archive.org/35/items/LearningGoodConsent/learning_good_consent.pdf

Let’s Talk About Consent Baby

Printing PDF: https://ia800901.us.archive.org/11/items/LetsTalkAboutConsent/lets_talk_about_consent_baby.pdf

Where intoxication meets sexual assault

CW: drugs and alcohol