Precarious capital and privilege

queeranarchism: Precarious: dependent on circumstances beyond one’s control; uncertain;unstable; insecure.  I want those interested in social and economic justice (as if the two can be seperated) to think more about the role precariousness in people’s lives. Below, I’ll explain why. Much of the theory behind this was not developed by me but by the Dutch Union … Continue reading Precarious capital and privilege

softtrade: Something weird abt tumblr politics is that people will take a thought abt yr personal experience or an emotive expression and interpret it as like a formal political treatise that yr trying to get passed by radical congress Truuuuuuueeee. And “so this happened to me in my queer community” becomes “so you’re saying this … Continue reading

softtrade: The problem w people trying to fit nonbinary people into like a binary “gender as two separate classes” situation is that in the first place like there’s nothing that says that classes have to be inherently binary. Even if you are using a transferred simple Marxist analysis, Marx acknowledges that there are more than … Continue reading

How Facebook Outs Sex Workers

sexworkinfo: This story was produced by Gizmodo Media Group’s Special Projects Desk. Leila is a sex worker. She goes to great lengths to keep separate identities for ordinary life and for sex work, to avoid stigma, arrest, professional blowback, or clients who might be stalkers (or worse). Her “real identity” — the public one, who … Continue reading How Facebook Outs Sex Workers

Oprah Winfrey: one of the world’s best neoliberal capitalist thinkers

ourqueenfelinefatale: phoenix-ace: queeranarchism: Friendly reminder that not a single rich celebrity is going to save us, no matter how ‘inspirational’ they are, no matter how ‘powerful’ their speeches are or how good their hashtags and not even if they’re honestly a ‘good person’. (Which doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy any of the things they do, just … Continue reading Oprah Winfrey: one of the world’s best neoliberal capitalist thinkers

lines-and-edges: elthara: lines-and-edges: I feel like there’s sometimes a kind of punitive edge in the “oh well then, minors don’t interact” culture on this site, and I am bone-deep certain that the people most completely screwed over by this whole war are the minors who do want and need to interact with fandom as it … Continue reading

Oprah Winfrey: one of the world’s best neoliberal capitalist thinkers

Friendly reminder that not a single rich celebrity is going to save us, no matter how ‘inspirational’ they are, no matter how ‘powerful’ their speeches are or how good their hashtags and not even if they’re honestly a ‘good person’. (Which doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy any of the things they do, just don’t put your … Continue reading Oprah Winfrey: one of the world’s best neoliberal capitalist thinkers

ghoulchantsister: queeranarchism: anaisnein: queeranarchism: williamlegal: queeranarchism: The exploitation part of Capitalism isn’t just that your boss profits by taking most of the results of your labour (you know, the ‘having to bake a loaf of bread in order to be able to afford a slice of bread’ thing) but also because your boss carries no responsibility … Continue reading

You’d think that with all our awareness around language, we’d understand that it’s a bad thing to call adult activists/scientists/artists etc ‘girls’ or to give them a hashtag like #girlpower. They’re women. They’re adults.

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