There are people for whom talking about every microagression that happens is affirming and energizing and there are people for whom talking about every microagression is extremely exhaustive and self destructive. It’s probably a good idea to adress that difference in your space (whether it’s a group of friends, activists or social community that gathers … Continue reading
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No more trans portraits please
I really hate how transgender experiences are individualized whenever they’re made visible. We’re always represented through portraits and biographies, dozens and dozens of them, but all individual. Everytime someone wants to do something for transgender people you can be damn sure they’re going to do more portraits. The goal is always to ‘humanize’ us, but … Continue reading No more trans portraits please
I’m not a brave person, I’m just even more scared of what will happen if we don’t do anything Anonymous climate activist I talked to This articulates what I’ve been trying to put into words when people respond with all sorts of ‘but it’s dangerous’ to activism. Allowing the world to rush forward into neoliberalism … Continue reading
queeranarchism: I solemnly swear that I am a foreign extremist hoping to destabilize the US. Since ‘stirring up racial tension’ is code for ‘honestly talking about racism in all its brutality’ and ‘encouraging isolationism’ is code for ‘opposing blatant imperialism and warmongering’ I can also confirm that I intent to stir up racial tension and … Continue reading
Transformative Justice 101
I’ve been getting some questions about transformative justice lately, so here’s an attempt at a quick 101 of what that means. It’s a first draft, a work in progress. Transformative justice is build on the belief that we all generally want to be liked by the people around us and want those people to be … Continue reading Transformative Justice 101
The media vs. the movement
It is impossible to present an effective challenge to systematic oppression and simultaneously receive positive media attention, because the big ‘mainstream’ media are the servants of the political movements and thus of the state and the systematic oppression it maintains. The media and the system are one and the same*. As a result, the only … Continue reading The media vs. the movement
When I see young survivors of abuse and sexual violence writing death threats to other young people for writing the ‘wrong’ sort of slash fiction and engaging in other sorts of online violence in the name of making everyone have only unproblematic sexual experiences, I don’t see a coping mechanism or a teenage phase that … Continue reading
Solidarity, not allies. The more I look at it, the more I think one of the worst thing to happen was that people started replacing the concept of solidarity with the concept of allies. Solidarity was this amazing idea that we’re all getting screwed over by the systems and the way we fight back is … Continue reading
Probably the saddest sign of our times is how many people respond with complete bewilderment if you mention direct action. Cutting border fences? punching nazis? sharing resources? blocking arms transports? building alternatives? They’re not even outraged, they’re just confused. It’s like they’re so caught up in the spectacle of petitions, calling senators, ‘awareness’ and media visbility that … Continue reading
Never ever turn off your phone: rethinking security culture in the era of big data analysis. Back in the 80′s if you were a pissed off anarchist that wanted to burn down a building, you probably checked your home for listening devices and made a plan. If you were the same kind of pissed off … Continue reading
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