February 2012
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Radical criticisms of Punk?
Tonight I’ll be writing an essay on the short comings, flaws, hypocrisy, and the political ineffectiveness of punk rock/hardcore. I have a general lay out of what I’ll be writing about, but what’re the shittiest aspects about punk/hardcore that you can think of?
why do they bury cops six feet deep?
steveisskinny:
cause deep down they’re good.
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“The clergy and professional philanthropists have always collaborated with the...”
– Murderous Humanitarianism - The Surrealist Group of France (via negationparty)
Greek hospital now under workers' control →
Health workers in Kilkis, Greece, have occupied their local hospital and have issued a statement saying it is now fully under workers control.
The general hospital of Kilkis in Greece is now under workers control. The workers at the hospital have declared that the long-lasting problems of the National Health System (ESY) cannot be resolved.
The workers have responded to the regime’s...
Organized Sports by Void
“[The young black males are] shuttled into prisons, branded as criminals and...”
– In her book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, legal scholar Michelle Alexander writes that many of the gains of the civil rights movement have been undermined by the mass incarceration of black Americans in the war on drugs. (via nprfreshair)
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I’ve grown a deep love for semicolons
Every time I see the word "poles", I read it as...
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Dark Mark by Blatant Lie
Death Eaters are fascist...
Seven Myths About the Police
neitherpath:
1. The police exercise legitimate authority.
The average police officer is not a legal expert; he probably knows his department protocol, but very little about the actual laws. This means his enforcement involves a great deal of bluffing, improvisation, and dishonesty. Police lie on a regular basis: “I just got a report of someone of your description committing a crime around here....
January 2012
If hardcore/punk karaoke existed, what songs would...
If there was a group of punks devoted to learn covers for the purpose of a “live” karaoke night, what are some “staple” songs that they should learn to play?
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Watchianpatrickcorrigan:
Brain is a movie I wrote and directed in Spring of 2010. It is about a conspiracy theorist’s struggle between preserving his father’s memory and preserving the relationship with the woman he loves.
Shelby Turner and Millie Rose gave me excellent performances, I am greatly indebted to them for how well this little film turned out.
It was shot in HD on a sony FX1000.
A white man is called "Cracker" by a black man.
dingraha:
The word hits him like a saltine underhand-tossed into a lake of whole milk. He feels nothing inside. He does not suddenly call to mind the centuries of injustice and cruelty people like him have suffered, because people like him have not suffered centuries of injustice and cruelty. He does not feel threatened, or like violence will be perpetrated upon him (anymore than he usually does...
India Factory Workers Revolt, Kill Company... →
f-e-r-a-l:
Workers at the Regency Ceramics factory in the India raided the home of their boss, and beat him senseless with led pipes after a wage dispute turned ugly.
The workers were enraged enough to kill president K. C. Chandrashekhar after their union leader, M. Murali Mohan, was killed by baton-wielding riot police on Thursday. The labor violence occurred in Yanam, a small city in Andra...
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leaving tumblr for a while (if not forever), to be...
a-bayani:
combat—wombat:
xmackenziex:
(TW: emotional and verbal abuse, manipulation)
I am taking a step back from tumblr (and the internet/social media in general) due to lots of shit I need to deal with in my life. My five-month intimate relationship with Jenna ended due to lots of issues of how I interact with her as a partner as well as how I interact with other friends and people...
so if you haven't heard...
boochxhound:
I’m going through a bit of a personal crisis, or rather going through the motions of an accountability process for a former partner. If any of y’all wanna talk about it or ask me any questions, I’m an open book. I have deeply appreciated the feedback and support thus far. In an effort to remain as transparent as possible, I will post the grievances and demands of accountability I...
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lavendula asked: Second your response. Preach.
andrewxvx asked: I addressed that by talking about convince stores. Of which (especially in the lowest ecominic standing: ie. shanty towns for migrant workers, etc) you can still buy cans of beans and vegetables. The quality of food may not be the same by any means, and that is why health concerns are such a problem is the low socio-ecominic sector, but the shortage of sustainable food doesnt mean one can't...
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Lifestylism and ethical consumerism will solve all...
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Tonight we discovered that there is such a thing...
14 raw cloves is over doing it. oops.
“It is far easier to talk about the tragedy of LGBTQ youth suicide than it is to...”
– Tey Meadow, J.D., Ph.D. (via gaysagainstgaga)
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Ten Reasons To Re-Think 'Overpopulation.' [PDF] →
paxblueribbon:
Somebody should put this in a better tumblr-rebloggable format. If nobody does I will the next time I get a chance to sit down.
Edit: And while you’re at it fix the cissexist language.
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