Dancing Rabbit’s Exchange Local Money System: The Promise of Local Currencies and Interest-Free Financing
Place-specific currencies can provide critical financing to the small businesses that keep local communities connected and thriving.
Digging into Community: A reflection from Tamarack’s 1000 Conversations Initiative
Tamarack Institute’s Conversations campaign reveals shifting expectations of community among youth and seniors, varying perspectives on group identity and boundaries, and diverse attitudes toward technology.
Opportunity Village Eugene: Pioneering New Solutions for the (Formerly) Homeless
An innovative self-governing village lifts spirits while modeling new ways to address homelessness.
Margaret and Me: The Iron Lady Becomes an Unexpected Ally
A squatters’ housing cooperative activist describes how Margaret Thatcher broke with her image to support an early “occupy” movement.
Healing Gender Issues through Community
Long-dormant childhood gender issues resurface in an intimate relationship in community—and this time avoidance and escape aren’t options.
Feminism vs. Spaghetti Pits
Trichomycosis axillaris can be the pits, causing even die-hard feminists to shave.
Sexism at Dancing Rabbit
At a community founded in feminism, a member suggests that strategies like corrective discrimination, single-gender gatherings, and prioritizing “gender balance” may themselves be sexist.
Gender-Bending on the Commune
When a Twin Oaks member leads a tour, “co” must “address the dress” (when appropriate) and wear a shirt, whether or not participating in the collective menstrual calendar.
Who Builds the Houses?: Gender in Eco-Communities
A researcher finds that men still dominate building in eco-communities, and offers strategies to empower women.
Gender: Is There a “There” There?
The intensity of community living can bring issues of gender, sexual identity, and gender relationships to the fore as nothing else does.