What, when, who, where, why? The Happy Queer Club is an independent organization with the purpose of perpetuating the values of TRUE equality, empowerment and a more sane and intelligent society. It was begun in January 2003 by Weiting, Sarah and Jessica in a Duke dormitory, but it seeks to go beyond the social “bubble” atmosphere of our campus and permeate as much of society as possible.
How many members does the HQC have? Membership is growing every day, as more and more of our peers see the innate logic of our Womanifesto and wish to be a part of it. Right now our membership includes both males and females, and covers the gamut of ethnic identity and sexual orientation.
I read your Womanifesto and I like it. How can I be a member? At this point there are no specific grounds for membership. Just drop us an e-mail or better, talk to us in person and we’ll let you know. However, we are presently creating an application process in order to determine whether potential members truly understand what we’re trying to accomplish, and more importantly have ideas of their own to contribute. We value quality over quantity: we would rather have fewer members with a deeper understanding of both themselves and the HQC.
Isn’t it silly to make a club about queers and makeup and tight pants? The Womanifesto is written in a light and humorous style, but we are deadly serious about the underlying implications of our mission. If you still don’t understand the point behind the Womanifesto, articles are forthcoming penned by both Empresses and Members. Some of them will be silly, but some of them will be serious and educational in purpose.
I hate your club, I love my cock and I want to argue with you. How do I go about doing so? All mail, including hate mail, love mail and any further questions, should be sent to maniacalfemme@hotmail.com. All e-mails will be answered promptly, except ones so ignorant/pointless/offensive that we are compelled to laugh at them and relegate them to our trash bin where they belong.
Are you feminists? The answer is slightly complicated, but boils down to: yes and no. While we have enormous respect and appreciation for traditional feminism, both our methodology and our ultimate goals are different. We share a drive for ultimate equality of the sexes, but we think traditional feminism focuses too much on the struggle of women to be equal to men, while we believe the reverse should occur. For example, we do not believe women should struggle for the “right” to fight in combat situations; we believe that men should struggle not to go into combat in the first place. Jessica is writing an article addressing this question, which will be posted soon.
Are you lesbians? Tell us exactly why this question is relevant to you, and we’ll be glad to give you an answer.
I take offense to the word “manservant”. Aren’t you just perpetuating inequality? Absolutely not. We use the word “manservant” more as a term of affection than anything else, and rest assured that all of our manservants chose to be so because they saw the obvious benefits of being in the service of beautiful, intelligent and helluva fun women. We have no interest in oppressing or enslaving the unwilling. First, it would be counterproductive to our goal of equality, and second, what possible use could we have for unenlightened tools?
On a related note, does the HQC hate men? NO. We don’t tolerate the hatred of anyone. However, we DO follow the doctrine of Female Superiority, because we believe that in the current state of things, females are superior to males. The patriarchal construction of society has allowed men to run rampant like unsocialized little boys, beating, raping, starting wars and generally acting rude and unmannerly. One needs only to look at our current Bush vs. Saddam circus to see the very real destruction and suffering that occurs when you give little boys big toys. Phallocentricity is a sick joke when the human race has been blessed with a far superior organ: the brain. Unfortunately, men have given supremacy to the penis, an organ with neither intelligence nor imagination, leaving women as essentially the only creatures to employ the human brain. Men are inferior because women have allowed them to be so. It does not have to be this way, which is why the HQC exists in the first place. NOTE: if you are a man who absolutely does not identify with the above description, has accepted your penis as an awesome perk that shouldn’t be allowed to rule your entire being, and is devoted to sanity rather than chaos, congratulate yourself. You have already achieved equality without our help, and we would love it if you’d consider applying for membership.
But wait, I got another question! E-mail us! We’ll answer it, and add it to the FAQ if we think it’s essential.
Love, Peace and Hair Grease, The Empresses