Separatist Me: Brazil’s 2019 presidential inauguration
An account of the day after Brazil’s 2019 presidential inauguration.
Alchemizing the Lead of Masculinity
2018 was a fascinating year. Its subtitle seemed to be: “Men are trash.”
The Gods Behind the Church
Slovenian Christmas songs, remembering the Sun and the Water, and holding on to old traditions.
I Don't Remember Being Born to Please You
Politeness isn’t our shield, our unity is. Unity not only between women, but between all of us who are dedicated to destroying White Capitalist Patriarchy. There is no way to destroy the Patriarchy by being “gezellig”.
A Radioactive Wolf Scrolling
A radioactive wolf near Chernobyl
is now looking at your Instagram account. From Rune Kjær Rasmussen
[Un]Conscious Colonialism – Why is “Native Spirituality” a Pagan Genre?
Being placed within Paganism for quite a few decades now, the genre of “Native Spirituality” has been a convenience entirely directed by white people.
How To Get Over Fake News
“thanks to ‘Democracy' we can finally see how the lives of LGBTQIA+, indigenous, black, and poor people don't really matter to the majority of voters..."
Wherefore the Despair?
“I offer you a different reason to fight, beyond hope and despair, beyond a hollow victory that only restores Status Q. A reason that can exist regardless of the chances of victory, regardless of the size of that dragon.”
The Perpetual Choir
"The memory was a like a bad tooth that his tongue kept wanting to probe." From Kevan Manwaring
'A Luta Continua': The Struggle Continues
Good Morning, Brazil! And to all of you watching us from afar in this special day. Yes, today (October 28th, 2018) is election day down here...
Here is my prediction...
Fighting Invisibility: Maria Lacerda and Lucy Parsons
“Anarchism has been a hostile political field to racially marginalized segments of the population, as virtually all fields were, and somehow still are. Analyzing why this is is essential so that we can unlearn this harmful behavior."
Cancer, Technology and an Ineffable Visceral Space
Everyone was a cancer patient and everyone was--like all those people who go to cancer hospitals, have the best care in the entire fucking world and don’t make it--going to die. This was an all-consuming thought. And really, what was the point of it all? Why had I bothered to go through all that, if it was just going to be a less intense version of that for the rest of my time alive?
Urbancentrism
…as if there was a huge dome around the metropolis that prevents access to other places, or that transforms other places into utopias disconnected from reality which can be accessed only from time to time in dream
When They Bought Us Out
From Shane Burley: "white supremacy exists not external to the class, but as a perversion of its own interests."
Place of Discourse and Folklore of the African Diaspora
On being white and talking about racism. How to witness and learn from Afro-Brazilian stories of resistance, through lenses free from the objectifying effects of the white gaze.
Why Do You Care About Alex Jones?
Sophia Burns questions the impact of social media on radical organizing.
Sometimes Coordinated, Always Authentic: Terrorism prevention efforts apply to G&R
Facebook's efforts to detect and eradicate “coordinated inauthentic behavior" by Russian meddlers is a pretext to suppress political activism and counter-hegemonic initiatives.
The Common Ground Between Anarchists and Maoists
“Brazilian Anarchists and Maoists are both being criminalized for dissent that could undermine the government’s ability to function.”
Outlaw Women
“if Rights were ensured to everyone, the Government would have to become something else entirely. It would have to cease to be.”