Butch Anarchy Sun, 17 May 2026 00:09:22 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2289653 en-us © 2026 Butch Anarchy yes 884fc06b-21e4-52fb-b375-555455defc47 Lee episodic false Lee Cicuta's (@butchanarchy) essays in audio format. Lee is a disabled, trans, butch anarchist theorist who focuses her theorizing on anarchism, abolitionism, and domestic violence. 

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Lee https://storage.buzzsprout.com/62s1va3rcw69i7bvg3clmsxsoh7h?.jpg Butch Anarchy Songbird, insurrectionary: continuity and escalation on the fronts of border regime Songbird, insurrectionary: continuity and escalation on the fronts of border regime In Lee's newest essay Songbird, insurrectionary: continuity and escalation on the fronts of border regime, she offers historical and current political analysis on the movements of border regime. Importantly in this piece, she locates racialized women and children as the inventors, developers, and most skilled practitioners of the insurgent tactics used to disrupt campaigns of ethnic cleansing of the past and present.

This zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop: https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy/shop. You can also tip her through Venmo: @butchanarchy and Cashapp: $butchanarchy. Or sign up to become a regular supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls: so tips, when possible, are profoundly appreciated! Thank you! 

Check out Lee's new website to find this zine, an archive of her other work, a digital library of compiled theory, and updates on her projects: https://butchanarchy.noblogs.org/

]]> In Lee's newest essay Songbird, insurrectionary: continuity and escalation on the fronts of border regime, she offers historical and current political analysis on the movements of border regime. Importantly in this piece, she locates racialized women and children as the inventors, developers, and most skilled practitioners of the insurgent tactics used to disrupt campaigns of ethnic cleansing of the past and present.

This zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop: https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy/shop. You can also tip her through Venmo: @butchanarchy and Cashapp: $butchanarchy. Or sign up to become a regular supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls: so tips, when possible, are profoundly appreciated! Thank you! 

Check out Lee's new website to find this zine, an archive of her other work, a digital library of compiled theory, and updates on her projects: https://butchanarchy.noblogs.org/

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-18944937 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400 4012 1 16 full false Butch Anarchism Butch Anarchism "Butchness is serious about everything and takes nothing very seriously; anarchism calls for the same approach. Butch anarchism is butchness’s daily practice of regime defiance taken to its logical conclusions, made militant, and tied irrevocably to an anti-authoritarian posture against all systems of domination."

This zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop: https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy/shop. You can also tip her through Venmo: @butchanarchy and Cashapp: $butchanarchy. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls: so tips, when possible, are both extremely appreciated and sorely needed! Thank you! 

You can also sign up to become a regular supporter on Lee's Patreon and receive early access to essays and updates on Lee's other projects:  https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> "Butchness is serious about everything and takes nothing very seriously; anarchism calls for the same approach. Butch anarchism is butchness’s daily practice of regime defiance taken to its logical conclusions, made militant, and tied irrevocably to an anti-authoritarian posture against all systems of domination."

This zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop: https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy/shop. You can also tip her through Venmo: @butchanarchy and Cashapp: $butchanarchy. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls: so tips, when possible, are both extremely appreciated and sorely needed! Thank you! 

You can also sign up to become a regular supporter on Lee's Patreon and receive early access to essays and updates on Lee's other projects:  https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-17731083 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400 569 1 15 full false Atrophy and the Subterranean Microbiome Atrophy and the Subterranean Microbiome This essay by Lee Cicuta is a reflection on disability, settler colonialism, the fragility of microbiomes, and the fear of atrophy. It is a piece about archive, about loss, about relationship to environment, and about accessibility. It is an essay about a cave tour in the rural Midwest. It is an attempt to craft meaning in catastrophe.

The zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls so donations, when possible, are both extremely appreciated and sorely needed! Thank you! https://ko-fi.com/s/24162c4ae6 

You can also sign up to become a regular supporter on Lee's Patreon and receive early access to essays and updates on Lee's other projects: https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy 

]]> This essay by Lee Cicuta is a reflection on disability, settler colonialism, the fragility of microbiomes, and the fear of atrophy. It is a piece about archive, about loss, about relationship to environment, and about accessibility. It is an essay about a cave tour in the rural Midwest. It is an attempt to craft meaning in catastrophe.

The zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls so donations, when possible, are both extremely appreciated and sorely needed! Thank you! https://ko-fi.com/s/24162c4ae6 

You can also sign up to become a regular supporter on Lee's Patreon and receive early access to essays and updates on Lee's other projects: https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy 

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-17319698 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400 1589 1 14 full false This Was Fairly Trivial: A CEOs Assassination and its Aftermath This Was Fairly Trivial: A CEOs Assassination and its Aftermath This Was Fairly Trivial by Lee Cicuta is a research piece on the material conditions and contexts surrounding the December 4, 2024 assassination of a Unitedhealthcare CEO, the surveillance apparatus that was leveraged in the hunt for the shooter, and its political aftermath. 

This zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls so donations, when possible, are both extremely appreciated and sorely needed! Thank you! https://ko-fi.com/s/3f8f7d611f

You can also sign up to become a regular supporter on Lee's Patreon and receive early access to essays and updates on Lee's other projects: https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy 

]]> This Was Fairly Trivial by Lee Cicuta is a research piece on the material conditions and contexts surrounding the December 4, 2024 assassination of a Unitedhealthcare CEO, the surveillance apparatus that was leveraged in the hunt for the shooter, and its political aftermath. 

This zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls so donations, when possible, are both extremely appreciated and sorely needed! Thank you! https://ko-fi.com/s/3f8f7d611f

You can also sign up to become a regular supporter on Lee's Patreon and receive early access to essays and updates on Lee's other projects: https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy 

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-16575361 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0500 4934 1 13 full false Butch Ability Butch Ability (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) This zine by Lee Cicuta is an exploration of the ways that popular intracommunity conceptualizations of butchness that focus heavily on physicality may in some ways act as companions to notions of our disposability.

To do so Lee theorizes on her own experiences as a disabled butch as well as the life and work of Leslie Feinberg, a transgender butch communist who struggled with chronic Lyme disease for the last forty years of hir life. 

This zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls so donations, when possible, are both extremely appreciated and sorely needed! Thank you! https://ko-fi.com/s/3f8f7d611f

You can also sign up to become a regular supporter on Lee's Patreon and receive early access to essays and updates on Lee's other projects: https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) This zine by Lee Cicuta is an exploration of the ways that popular intracommunity conceptualizations of butchness that focus heavily on physicality may in some ways act as companions to notions of our disposability.

To do so Lee theorizes on her own experiences as a disabled butch as well as the life and work of Leslie Feinberg, a transgender butch communist who struggled with chronic Lyme disease for the last forty years of hir life. 

This zine is available for free to download (with the option to donate if you have resources to share) in the Butch Anarchy ko-fi shop. Lee is a disabled transgender butch anarchist who makes her work available without paywalls so donations, when possible, are both extremely appreciated and sorely needed! Thank you! https://ko-fi.com/s/3f8f7d611f

You can also sign up to become a regular supporter on Lee's Patreon and receive early access to essays and updates on Lee's other projects: https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-15637852 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:00:00 -0400 1417 1 12 full false Gender Liberation Gender Liberation (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Gender Liberation by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Gender Liberation by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-15231768 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0400 582 1 13 full false Cry Like A Fag, Scream Like A Woman Cry Like A Fag, Scream Like A Woman (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Cry Like A Fag, Scream Like A Woman by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Cry Like A Fag, Scream Like A Woman by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-15231760 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0400 569 1 12 full false Masculinity: Contested Territory Masculinity: Contested Territory (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Masculinity: Contested Territory by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Masculinity: Contested Territory by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-15231750 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0400 618 1 11 full false Butch Anarchy Butch Anarchy  (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Butch Anarchy by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]>  (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Butch Anarchy by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-15231548 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0400 358 1 10 full false Introduction to A Woman Can Be Any Gender He Wants To Be Introduction to A Woman Can Be Any Gender He Wants To Be (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Introduction to the zine A Woman Can Be Any Gender He Wants To Be by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Introduction to the zine A Woman Can Be Any Gender He Wants To Be by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. You can download the zine for free at https://ko-fi.com/butchanarchy

If you appreciate my work and want to support me you can donate via my ko-fi, venmo (@/genderchaos), or cashapp (@butchanarchy). Or sign up to support my patreon https://www.patreon.com/butchanarchy

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-15231507 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0400 367 1 9 full false The Coercive Control of Israeli Settler Colonialism The Coercive Control of Israeli Settler Colonialism (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) The Coercive Control of Israeli Settler Colonialism is an essay that puts into practice the argument made in Lee's previous works: that an analysis of coercive control as it appears in domestic violence lends tools to better understand how power and domination function on wider scales. The analysis in this example is applied to the settler-colonialism of the state of Israel.

You can download the zine for free here:
The Coercive Control of Israeli Settler Colonialism
and any donations made through this download will be given to the crowdfund of a Palestinian in Gaza or the West Bank. At time of recording, I am fundraising for Yazan, a Palestinian in Gaza City raising funds to escape the war. You can also donate to him directly here: chuffed.org/project/110396-help-for-yazan-and-others

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) The Coercive Control of Israeli Settler Colonialism is an essay that puts into practice the argument made in Lee's previous works: that an analysis of coercive control as it appears in domestic violence lends tools to better understand how power and domination function on wider scales. The analysis in this example is applied to the settler-colonialism of the state of Israel.

You can download the zine for free here:
The Coercive Control of Israeli Settler Colonialism
and any donations made through this download will be given to the crowdfund of a Palestinian in Gaza or the West Bank. At time of recording, I am fundraising for Yazan, a Palestinian in Gaza City raising funds to escape the war. You can also donate to him directly here: chuffed.org/project/110396-help-for-yazan-and-others

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-15187031 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:00:00 -0400 1965 1 8 full false Tactics for the Fight Against Abuse: Learning from Anti-Fascism Tactics for the Fight Against Abuse: Learning from Anti-Fascism  (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Tactics for the Fight Against Abuse: Learning from Anti-Fascism. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]>  (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Tactics for the Fight Against Abuse: Learning from Anti-Fascism. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-14149916 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0500 1253 1 7 full false Intimate Authoritarianism: The Context of Abuse Intimate Authoritarianism: The Context of Abuse (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Intimate Authoritarianism: The Context of Abuse. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Intimate Authoritarianism: The Context of Abuse. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-14149903 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0500 857 1 6 full false Why Don't They Just Leave? Entrapment as the Context of Abuse Why Don't They Just Leave? Entrapment as the Context of Abuse (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Why Don't They Just Leave? Entrapment as the Context of Abuse. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Why Don't They Just Leave? Entrapment as the Context of Abuse. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-14149891 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0500 381 1 5 full false Our Abuser's Humanity Our Abuser's Humanity  (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Our Abuser's Humanity. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]>  (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Our Abuser's Humanity. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-14149870 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0500 364 1 4 full false Against A Liberal Abolitionism Against A Liberal Abolitionism  (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Against A Liberal Abolitionism. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]>  (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Against A Liberal Abolitionism. Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-14149859 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0500 688 1 3 full false Is Punishment Carceral Logic? Is Punishment Carceral Logic? (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Is Punishment Carceral Logic? Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Is Punishment Carceral Logic? Found in Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-14149823 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:00:00 -0500 385 1 2 full false Introduction to Destroy What Destroys You Introduction to Destroy What Destroys You (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Introduction to the zine Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> (Update: Author's name is now Lee Cicuta) Introduction to the zine Destroy What Destroys You V1: Essays on Abolitionism and Intimate Authoritarianism by Lee Cicuta. Read by the author. Download zine for free here: Destroy What Destroys You V1 - Lee Shevek's Ko-fi Shop - Ko-fi ❤️ Where creators get support from fans through donations, memberships, shop sales and more! The original 'Buy Me a Coffee' Page.

]]> Lee Buzzsprout-14149775 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:00:00 -0500 311 1 1 full false