Pass the Post-Modern, Please

The point is not to stay marginal, but to participate in whatever network of marginal zones is spawned from other disciplinary centers and which, together, constitute a multiple displacement of those authorities.

Judith Butler

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Wearing Sunshine

In the spirit of welcoming the springtime, I knit a sunshine hued cabled headband :)

Knitting makes me happy, as does the beautiful weather.
Yesterday was the perfect day to be outside.
A friend and I went out to a local park/battlefield and just lay in the wild green grass, and it smelled good. And the trees cast lengthy shadows that you could hide within. And as the shadows lengthened and the wind cooled, I could feel the springtimes of the past stretched out over my memory, and each one was novel and new again.

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Spontaneous Haircut

I felt the need to give myself a spontaneous haircut today.
First time sporting a Chelsea.
Not sure if I like it or not.
We shall see.

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Earth Day ~ Hell Yea!

Happy Earth Day comrades!!!

Go Vegan!
No, seriously, go vegan.
This is an act that you can partake in every single day to benefit the earth, the animals, and your health.

Fun links!:
http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2011
http://www.vegan.org/

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(Photo Source: sacramentoscoop.com)

Thought Control: Right-Wing Koch Brothers Caught Telling Thousands of Employees How To Vote

Thought Control: Right-Wing Koch Brothers Caught Telling Thousands of Employees How To Vote

Follow the above link for an excellent analysis of the Koch brothers involvement in manipulating the politics of their over 50,000 workers.
The power of the bourgousie to influence, through exploitation, the outward politics of their workers, and to repress their true beliefs has been going on for as long as industrial capitalism has existed. But now, as industry becomes more consolidated and monopolized, there is even less room for dissent among workers, who fear losing their jobs if they have dissident opinions. The right-wing, free-market libertarian ideals of the bosses has no place being forced upon the worker. The Koch brothers are guilty of holding forced political meetings among workers in order to manufacture consent. Worse than this, it is completely legal as previous Supreme Court rulings have passed a dangerous precedent granting freedom of speech to corporations, and giving corporations rights akin to those granted to the individual.
Should bosses and CEO's be allowed to manufacture political consent amongst their workers? I say no, of course.
This only further proves that our country is a plutocracy, run by the rich and powerful in the interests of the rich and powerful.
And we must stand by workers, and fight for their right to express their true political opinions!

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Community Garden in Red Bank??

http://redbank.patch.com/articles/appeals-for-community-garden-in-red-bank-continue

I'm a big fan of community gardens.
Community members growing their own local produce, talking, making friends, and cultivating beautiful gardens...what's not to love?
And Red Bank is a place near to my heart. I've spent a lot of time there and have quite a few friends who live in the area.
What are your thoughts on community gardens?
A good use of space? A place that is sure to be neglected?
Weigh in, I'm curious!

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Political Doodle

I forgot how much I enjoy pen and ink drawing.

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Soft Spoken

I'm really loving this knitted chain scarf.
Even more so, I love this photograph.
The photo is as soft as I imagine the scarf feels.
So I'm giving a shout out and some free advertising space to Soft Spoken: Handmade and Vintage Designs, a knitting shop on Etsy.

It's been a rough week. I'm not up for politics this week.
I'm down for art, escape, the woods, the water...nature is soothing to me when I feel shittiest.
Trying to effect positive change in the world can feel overwhelming when your own small, personal world has been flipped upside down.
I need sunlight and fresh air and water, or I will wilt like a flower in the frost.

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Stomache Ache

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Oscar Wilde

I need to read more fiction. Non-fiction is becoming overwhelming.
I love to knit and I love to talk politics.
But sometimes I just like to sit and read and think of a world that is smaller and more intimate.
Where it is easy to lose yourself without being lost to others.
A story always has a clear beginning and end, but in life we are always beginning and ending simultaneously.

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Leaving Civilization

A nymph in Greek mythology is a female minor nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from gods, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and daughters of the Greek polis. They dwell in mountains and groves, by springs and rivers, and also in trees and in valleys and cool grottoes. Though they would never die of old age nor illness, and could give birth to fully immortal children if mated to a god; they themselves were not necessarily immortal, and could be beholden to death in various forms.

Can I be this when I grow up?

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Beautiful Banana Silk Take Two

So apparently banana silk is the most beautiful yarn ever?
This is my second post about the stuff!
It's heavy and natural and the colors look fantastic.
I envision this yarn becoming either a really beautiful neckerchief or possibly a cardigan?
Whoever gets their hands on it is luck!

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Imagine Your Own World

Ripped this image right off of the commuknits tumblr (Thanks dressa!). Why? Because it is fucking glorious! Because the false limitations and depressing culture that we live in should not prohibit us from engaging with our inner creativity and revolutionary spirit. Because even when the world tries to tear you down, tear your mind to pieces, art and beauty and emotion and the REAL and the UNREAL can save you. And you can save yourself. And we can save each other. And it's fucking beautiful isn't it?

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I Can Relate

Sit all day pissing away my time
Looking into a crystal ball and I don't know why
I'm living too fast, to live too long
I don't wanna die but I don't know yet where I belong

I've had it better than some and I know that I shouldn't complain
Though my grandfather told me once that all pain hurts the same
Your glass has been emptied but your bottle is filled
Now I don't wanna break your heart but I probably will

Some are born to be good, some are born to be bad
Most do the best that they could while others just wished that they had
If I could return to when I was a child
I'd forget what I'd learned and go back to the wild
Back to the wild
Take me back to the wild
Going back to the wild

- Langhorne Slim
"Back To The Wild"

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My First Cabled Knit-Wear!

I have completed my first piece of knit-wear involving a cable pattern!
It was a bit arduous at first, but like all activities, with practice the pattern became much easier to achieve.
The yarn I used for this headband is a 100% Cotton and was the perfect weight and texture for a cabled headband. Seems really durable as well.

I've been knitting a lot lately, and am considering donating most of what I've knitted to a local Women's Shelter and Counseling Center known as Womanspace. I'm involved in the Women's Center on my campus (co-president!) and we have fundraised and donated money to this wonderful non-profit in the past. If you would like to donate to Womanspace, simply follow this link: https://support.womanspace.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=298
Additionally, if you are in need of Womanspace's services, follow this link for more information: http://www.womanspace.org/

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Political Poetry

Anarchy
Ever reviled, accursed, ne'er understood,
Thou art the grisly terror of our age.
"Wreck of all order," cry the multitude,
"Art thou, and war and murder's endless rage."
O, let them cry. To them that ne'er have striven
The truth that lies behind a word to find,
To them the word's right meaning was not given.
They shall continue blind among the blind.
But thou, O word, so clear, so strong, so pure,
Thou sayest all which I for goal have taken.
I give thee to the future! Thine secure
When each at least unto himself shall waken.
Come it in sunshine? In the tempest's thrill?
I cannot tell-but it the earth shall see!
I am an Anarchist! Wherefore I will
Not rule, and also ruled I will not be!
- John Henry Mackay

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My Darling Emma

Ask for work. If they do not give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread

Emma Goldman
Foreward to Anarchism and Other Essays

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Defying Gravity ASL

An absolutely beautiful ASL interpretation of Defying Gravity, from the broadway musical "Wicked" (and as performed on Glee).
Love this.



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Reform or REVOLUTION?

It is not true that Socialism will arise automatically from the daily struggle of the working class. Socialism will be the consequence of (1), the growing contradictions of capitalist economy and (2), of the comprehension by the working class of the unavoidability of the suppression of these contradictions through a social transformation

~Rosa Luxemburg "Reform or Revolution"

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