REFUSE: A Journal of Iconoclasms embraces the multidimensional and ambiguous meaning of the term “refuse.” To refuse is to be unwilling to do or perform that which one considers unacceptable. Refuse is matter that has been thrown away, deemed worthless. To re(-)fuse is to bond together that which has been broken; to repair. Iconoclasm is the intentional destruction of traditional cultural images, monuments, and doctrines. Places from which the force of authority and discipline emanates are, from the perspective of iconoclasts, the ruins of tradition. In our refusal of the dominant, default and disciplinary, we reclaim and celebrate cultural productions and forms of knowing that have been trashed and neglected, and in doing so repair the severed connections in our collective mycelium, fertilizing possibilities for new life in the ruins.

ISSUE #2

August 2022

LETTER

Antiwork
and Over-employed
by Natalia Smirnov

LONG TAKES

The Position We Are In by Ellen Foster and Shannan Lee Hayes

A Conversation on Refusal @ the Labor Tech Research Network by Stephanie Beth Jordan, Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Mariam Asad, Patricia Garcia, Natalia Smirnov, and Stephanie Dunning

POETRY

Hurry to Play by Ursula Curiosa

CHOOSE
YOUR
OWN
ADVENTURE

Refu(SAL/SE/GE) — webcomic bildungsroman in 6 episodes by Jun Qi

Bootstrapper — a solo RPG by Jon Hook and Michael Laub