Here are the posts I have on the site, organized by subject. They have been written over the span of a few years. I don’t update this blog too often as I am not a prolific writer.
Anarchism
- My relationship to struggle right now – Although I am deeply committed to this project—the project of creating a world which is reasonable to live in—I have lately found myself more often a cynical observer than an active member.
- Why anarchists need to pay attention to management literature – How the Left can learn from the substantial knowledge and evidence amassed by the capitalist classes in their drive to make profit. Their own literature, when viewed through the eyes of the anti-authoritarian Left, can clearly be seen to support our economic ideas.
- Revolutionary Stripes – Here is a picture I drew a while back as an illustration of how movement building works. Is it too simple? Definitely. Is it a useful teaching and thinking tool? I think perhaps so.
- Tactics and strategy – Here is the text of a couple of little essays I wrote in the comments when someone posted a link to some anarchist fighting. Debating tactics outside of the context of goals and strategy is useless. I think the real debate being had is of those latter points.
- Stating the obvious – A little rant about anarchism.
- Rules for Radicals – A book review.
- Underpants anarchism – But what does South Park have to teach us?
Gender
- My crazy gender and women-only spaces – As a person born female-bodied but with a complicated gender identity
which leans strongly towards male, I have had many thoughts on the issue of women-only spaces. - I fight like a girl – A poem of unknown origin.
Trans isn’t radical
A series of posts taken from an essay I wrote after immersing myself in reading the trans cannon. So much of it seemed overly self-congratulatory because the authors felt like trans and genderqueer were “radical” and “revolutionary”. Having a deep respect for both these words and their history I found this hard to stomach and here is some of the reasons why.
While I have tried to make these stand on their own, they were written as one giant essay, some of which isn’t posted yet. So if something doesn’t make sense that might be why.
- Gender challenge – The thesis I am disputing here is: Trans challenges assumptions from the culture at large regarding the foundations of gender, which is a central component of the network of oppression.
- Administrative reforms – About the paperwork side of trans.
- Medical magic – Reforms we demand of the medical system do little to prefigure or create any sort of new health care model. In this post I compare the trans health care movement with the feminist health movement, and suggest ways trans folk may be able to build on their successes.
Humour & Jokes
- Attentat! Newsheet – A joke newsletter I wrote about Ottawa Anarchists.
- Which lane are you in? – A song I wrote riding my bike in the city…
- Parody of “Baby, I’m an anarchist” – In which I defile the expression of lifestylist smugness
- Scared of government – A few TPFD comics I stole.
- Design for Anarchists – (Or, How to stay in the anarchist ghetto) I have been meaning for years to write something for anarchists about the basics of design. But I felt that there are already such copious materials out there that if anyone cared to look there’s no reason why anything I wrote would be too special. I figure the problem is more with people not caring. So knowing that anarchists don’t tend to like to do as they’re told I am employing a bit of reverse psychology… oops I gave away the trick before the show.
Labour
- The Ontario Labour Relations Act and it’s effect on union activity – A graph that tells a story.
Other
- What does “privilege” mean? – An unfinished list of what privilege looks like, in general.
- Making spaces accessible – Some research I did about how to construct accessible spaces.
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