stillness is a lie, my dear
It’s easy to talk in loose terms about opposing disturbing moves by the government such as starting a registry of Muslims. But what will you actually do if these things become a reality?
There’s something I’m often struck by when I’m able to attend city council and planning commissions or other city events: I’m often one of the youngest people in the room, and I’m not even a resident of the city — which means that I can submit comments as a member of the interested public, but […]
If you’re on social media, you probably encounter them frequently: images of missing people, often girls, with a note saying that someone’s daughter/wife/sister is missing and a plea for anyone who sees her to get in touch with the original poster. Such images are widely circulated, often with a load of guilt attached — if […]
I recently read a piece that informed readers about the ‘new priority’ of the LGBQT movement. Now that this marriage equality thing appears to be in the bag, readers learned, people could start to focus on the new priority—homeless queer youth. This was the point at which my jaw dropped and I had to manually […]
An exchange from a meeting I attended a few weeks ago has really stuck in my head. Someone who looked to be in his 40s said that he didn’t really see the point of taking to the streets to demand change, and justice, and that there had to be something more concrete that people could […]
One of the roles which is often thrust upon people living in marginalised bodies is that of teacher. There is a common expectation in social justice movements that people experiencing oppression should educate other people about their oppression; that, in fact, one the things they need to do, as activists, is to use themselves and […]