Comments on: Two New Zines for Activists

By: Bookmarks about Zines

Bookmarks about Zines — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:45:38 +0000

[...] http://planetofteen.com/?p=82 - bookmarked by 6 members originally found by HexenX on 2008-09-13 Two New Zines for Activists http://www.pattricejones.info/blog/archives/262 - bookmarked by 6 members originally found by [...]

By: Confronting “The Worst” | SuperWeed

Confronting “The Worst” | SuperWeed — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:14:34 +0000

[...] I wrote about the DiY grief zine for anarchists and other anarchists, “The Worst,” before but now that I’ve had the chance to read it in it’s entirety (thanks, Kathleen!), let me share a quote with you: The norms enforced by the ruling elite of our society ensure that time and effort are structured by competition for resources, rather than by our own automous quests for fulfillment. Amidst this competition, human differences in race, gender, sexuality, and class are transformed into tolls of control and oppression with respect to grief and loss. In order to survive, we end up internalizing and reproducing these dynamics of control, which becomes evident as we make inquiries into structural racism, socially codified sexism and violent heteronormativity, violence against the earth and its resources, the enforcement of borders and nation-states, and many other facets of mainstream society that are simply taken for granted as permanent. [...]

By: Dealing with Grief & Stress « Creature Talk

Dealing with Grief & Stress « Creature Talk — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:06:38 +0000

[...] The discussion was moderated by the very down-to-earth, smart, and thoughtful activist/author/blogger/eco-feminist Pattrice Jones. I’m not gonna lie: things got a little emotional. We all talked about the things that hurt us the most–sometimes it was how our veganism and our passion for animals had affected our personal relationships. Often it was about how our efforts sometimes feel futile and hopeless, like no one is listening and no one cares. Yet there we all were, sitting in a room full of people who do care and who keep trying to get people to listen despite what feels like the many failures. There was something that was just incredibly comforting about being in that room and knowing that we had a lot in common, and it was so nice to have an outlet to be able to talk about how we felt with people who really wanted to listen. I think Pattrice summed it up nicely in her blog about this session: [...]

By: mindy

mindy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:08:33 +0000

Great post, and I’m sorry about Samhain. I hope she regains some independence, but even if she doesn’t, she’ll still be a lucky girl to have a loving home! Good luck with her!