Comments | dea_says: activism here

dea_says

activism here

Feb 14, 2008 00:23

I'm really frustrated by the way activism works on campus at Oberlin. None of the information is really accessible and the activist community is very exclusive. Individuals who are not in certain clubs or friends with a select group that goes to conferences and meetings don't even know what is going on. I have friends within this social group and ( Read more... )

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alarmclockawake February 14 2008, 06:43:04 UTC

DO IT

justapprbag February 14 2008, 06:51:13 UTC

i'm very tired so these thoughts are sloppy and tinged with the crude passion that exhaustion brings ( ... )

dea_says February 16 2008, 05:45:35 UTC

i feel like having bravery in going against the lifestyles that we have been conditioned to believe are correct is so scary and yet so essential.

ohshitman February 14 2008, 07:12:20 UTC

a few of my friends and I had a great, hour long discussion today about activism or lack thereof at Pratt
the conclusion we all came to was that the vast majority of the student body is either apathetic, lazy, or disheartened that they can actually change anything and the only group on campus that actually gives a shit at all is SDS, and they're basically an exclusive clique that talks a lot but actually does very little
sadly, we all pretty much resigned to the fact that if we were to organize a protest on campus, even for something that students actually care about (like how our already outrageous tuition goes higher every year yet many of our facilities are still shitty and outdated) we'd be lucky to get 15 people to show up
and none of us could pinpoint why protests of all kinds are common at most colleges, yet completely absent at Pratt
but as disheartening as the discussion was, it was actually great to even be able to talk about it - because usually people just avoid the topic for fear of being brushed off as idealistic or

cheaperfumes February 14 2008, 13:19:58 UTC

i love suzan lori parks! i just had to do a presentation on her last semester hahah. she taught at my school

yeah . . . dea_says February 14 2008, 17:35:05 UTC

don't you get it?

Re: yeah . . . cheaperfumes February 14 2008, 20:00:29 UTC

don't i get what?

bayofpigs February 15 2008, 00:56:38 UTC

"Punk is a ghetto. Revolutionize the world, not just your scene"
-A//Political. Look them up! From Baltimore.

i thought this quote about the genderqueer community was relatable to punk . . . dea_says February 16 2008, 05:49:37 UTC

"And remember that thing I mentioned about caring for each other and sharing a commitment to gender liberation and social justice? Maybe these qualities are lacking and that's when the movement has become a scene. Exclusivity and attitude are qualities of a scene, not a revolutionary subculture. Genderqueer was my movement, but it's definitely not my scene."
-Rocko Bulldagger in "The End of Genderqueer"