Riot Review of 2019: Resistance and The Western Gaze
This piece won’t have the pretence of analyzing the myriad of global uprisings and their effectiveness. It will deal critically with the Western gaze over Southern and Eastern movements — without promoting deradicalization. […] More often than not, mass media has been used to manipulate public opinion, and we must be critical, above all, of that which seems to have been catered for us.
The Transformative Power of Harvesting Wild Plants
To be honest, I still get knots in my stomach when I eat wild plants at a dinner, sometimes even when I’ve picked them myself. A little voice in my head still asks me, “are you really sure?”
Where does this anxiety come from exactly?
Who's Afraid of "Cultural Marxism"?
“Cultural Marxism,” that neat conspiracy theory that aims to ridicule anyone who isn’t convinced today’s “World Economy” is an organic and beautiful expression of human nature.
A History of Displacement of Non-white Women In Vila Mimosa
Mapping the roots of Brazil’s most notorious red light district from the Byzantine Empire and WW1.
Don’t Shoot the Messenger! Invasive species and halting biodiversity loss
“the war on invasive species is a distraction from genuine ecological change, through spending our time and money on ‘carrying on like before’ whilst shooting the messengers of change; invasive species.”
Thoughts On Food, Magic & Culture
So whilst there is a separation in culture between the generations, even within the culture one is raised within, for how many of us live the same lives as our grandparents or even our parents, it doesn’t mean that our heritage isn’t important nor does it reduce it.
Water City Blues
He comes and goes with the rain and observes the different processes of eco-destruction, sometimes finding pieces of our old gods in the mix. What's going on?
In the Midnight Hour: On Mattering, Will, and Hope
As we sang, “In the midnight hour / I can feel your Power,” late into the night I felt my will in manifestation. Here was an experience I wanted to have, and through my actions and intent I created it. My will was powerful.
Rio's Concentration Camp: the drug scene in the favela Maré
The Crackland in Rio— Portraits of people from the drug scene in the favela Maré.
The More-Guns-Less-Books Policy
If for our Government weapons are more important than schools, perhaps choosing a gun over a book isn’t a matter of choice, but of survival.
Stop Caring About Intentions, Start Caring About Actions
“Truth" is the secular reinvention of God, owned by those closer to the Christian idea of Man.
Trending Topics Don't Matter
We went through this phase where we thought social media could be the cradle of a revolution, but now that this idea had time to mature we can see it for the passing phase it is, can’t we?
The Diversity Petrichor
Here is a short overview of G&R’s past year in terms of diversity.
Misogyny, Colonialism, and the Armed Forces
On the misogynistic culture of the Armed Forces, colonial attitudes toward Indigenous and Quilombist peoples in Brazil, and a call to action asking women to take up space.
How the Discordian Society created the Deep State, and other Silly Lies
“Yup, that's right folks, the weakness of the fascist is his own stupidity.”
New Deal, Old Science
Current Big Green proposals for a Green New Deal are coalescing around inadequate targets.
Watership Down, yer missin’ the point
On Watership Down’s change from 1978 to 2018, Druids, bio-purism and radical feminism.