This is amazing.
hey remember when jane austen, a woman, referred to a character named richard as having “never done anything to entitle himself to more than the abbreviation of his name” in 1817. yeah me too.
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I wish I was beautiful or at least wise, but I’m simply mad and violent.
Courtney Love (via isolatedcolony)
it blows my mind that gender non conformity for women is just existing in our natural state
I want other young people to understand that if the extent of your radical action is posting “eat the rich!” on social media and waiting for somebody to tell you a revolution has started, nothing will change and you’ll get arrested in the Third Red Scare and that’ll be it
What’s the plan?
Join a local trade union and the IWW. Join or start a local tenant’s union. Volunteer with Food Not Bombs and do other mutual aid in your community. Support your local solidarity economy and maker community. Build, fix, and grow stuff. Use free, open-source software and stop letting companies sell your data. Pirate stuff. Break unjust laws. Attend local actions
And most importantly, join radical groups in your area. Strength is found in numbers and none of us can change the world alone. If you need help finding your local movement, DM me and I’ll look around for you so you can start getting stuff done
If you’re younger and can’t join unions or go to protests, you can still do some of the above.
Like as stated above for example, use open source software. Switch from chrome to firefox. Read the terms and conditions.
Shop at antique/thrift/pawn stores and stop buying everything new.
Barter. Exchange services, items, or skills with your peers. Are you 16 and able to drive your friends around? Carpool, and ask that your friends pay you back with food sometime, or teach you a skill that they have. Maybe that band kid is really good at knitting. Learn how to do that.
Never think that your contribution is useless. An ocean is just a multitude of drops.
Also, you can definitely join radical groups and participate in organizing protests and action groups when you’re younger.
There’s always a lot of work to be done and not all of it requires experience, a specific skill set or being legally an adult.
Tons of action groups would absolutely welcome young people and if some don’t, do not take it personally and just try another.
Also, and this is important, even if you don’t find or have access to A Group With A Plan, absolutely nothing stops you from taking individual action on your own time. Does your community have hungry people? Shoplift some bread and balogna, and let them know while you eat together why you did it. Rack some concrete and fill some potholes. Stencil some propaganda. Be the damage you’d like to see on the world.
I was with you until you said fill some potholes… is that something regular people can do?? LOL
But definitely archiving this post.
tumblr peaked when we were able to cyberbully john green
this is the post that got me my first anon graphically telling me to kms
that was john green