Shotgun Seamstress
@shotgunseamstress@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

“Black Weirdos” from the first issue of #ShotgunSeamstress zine (2006) featuring #FlorynceKennedy and #SunRa.

20 years ago it felt necessary to assert our right as Black people to express ourselves freely without our racial identity being called into question. (In other words, other Black people might say you were “acting white” if you exhibited any behaviors outside of what was considered the norm for Black people, including listening to rock music.)

While so many social issues remain the same or have even worsened since then, I’m glad to say that I’ve seen improvement in this area over the last couple of decades. If you dare to call a Black punk rock, book smart, awkward, nerdy anime loving gamer “white” you just look like an ignorant dumbass at this point.

#zines#BlackPunk #BlackLiberation #BlackFedi#DontCallMeWhite#Xerox #photocopy#CutAndPaste

The image features a black and white layout highlighting two figures: Florynce Kennedy and Sun Ra. Florynce wears her trademark cowboy hat and Sun Ra wears a headdress that seems to reference either Ancient Egypt or outer space. The text includes quotes and descriptions of their lives and contributions, emphasizing Kennedy's outspoken activism and Sun Ra's unique musical style and cosmic philosophies. The pages are laid out by hand with scissors and glue and the text was typed out on a typewriter. The pages are photocopied which has made the images grainy.
The image features a black and white layout highlighting two figures: Florynce Kennedy and Sun Ra. Florynce wears her trademark cowboy hat and Sun Ra wears a headdress that seems to reference either Ancient Egypt or outer space. The text includes quotes and descriptions of their lives and contributions, emphasizing Kennedy's outspoken activism and Sun Ra's unique musical style and cosmic philosophies. The pages are laid out by hand with scissors and glue and the text was typed out on a typewriter. The pages are photocopied which has made the images grainy.
The image features a black and white layout highlighting two figures: Florynce Kennedy and Sun Ra. Florynce wears her trademark cowboy hat and Sun Ra wears a headdress that seems to reference either Ancient Egypt or outer space. The text includes quotes and descriptions of their lives and contributions, emphasizing Kennedy's outspoken activism and Sun Ra's unique musical style and cosmic philosophies. The pages are laid out by hand with scissors and glue and the text was typed out on a typewriter. The pages are photocopied which has made the images grainy.
Shotgun Seamstress
@shotgunseamstress@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

“Black Weirdos” from the first issue of #ShotgunSeamstress zine (2006) featuring #FlorynceKennedy and #SunRa.

20 years ago it felt necessary to assert our right as Black people to express ourselves freely without our racial identity being called into question. (In other words, other Black people might say you were “acting white” if you exhibited any behaviors outside of what was considered the norm for Black people, including listening to rock music.)

While so many social issues remain the same or have even worsened since then, I’m glad to say that I’ve seen improvement in this area over the last couple of decades. If you dare to call a Black punk rock, book smart, awkward, nerdy anime loving gamer “white” you just look like an ignorant dumbass at this point.

#zines#BlackPunk #BlackLiberation #BlackFedi#DontCallMeWhite#Xerox #photocopy#CutAndPaste

The image features a black and white layout highlighting two figures: Florynce Kennedy and Sun Ra. Florynce wears her trademark cowboy hat and Sun Ra wears a headdress that seems to reference either Ancient Egypt or outer space. The text includes quotes and descriptions of their lives and contributions, emphasizing Kennedy's outspoken activism and Sun Ra's unique musical style and cosmic philosophies. The pages are laid out by hand with scissors and glue and the text was typed out on a typewriter. The pages are photocopied which has made the images grainy.
The image features a black and white layout highlighting two figures: Florynce Kennedy and Sun Ra. Florynce wears her trademark cowboy hat and Sun Ra wears a headdress that seems to reference either Ancient Egypt or outer space. The text includes quotes and descriptions of their lives and contributions, emphasizing Kennedy's outspoken activism and Sun Ra's unique musical style and cosmic philosophies. The pages are laid out by hand with scissors and glue and the text was typed out on a typewriter. The pages are photocopied which has made the images grainy.
The image features a black and white layout highlighting two figures: Florynce Kennedy and Sun Ra. Florynce wears her trademark cowboy hat and Sun Ra wears a headdress that seems to reference either Ancient Egypt or outer space. The text includes quotes and descriptions of their lives and contributions, emphasizing Kennedy's outspoken activism and Sun Ra's unique musical style and cosmic philosophies. The pages are laid out by hand with scissors and glue and the text was typed out on a typewriter. The pages are photocopied which has made the images grainy.
Caro S.
@Heidentweet@todon.eu  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Understanding fascism: a reading list

"The works below not only reject the lure of liberalism as an antidote to fascism, but also refuse to limit themselves to the European interwar period. In his classic Discourse on Colonialism, Aimé Césaire identified that fascism in the metropole was the boomerang effect of European colonialism in the periphery. We see this today: the genocide in Gaza is expanding authoritarianism within the imperial core. Noura Erakat writes, “In order to resist fascism, we have to fight it on two fronts of U.S. state violence: at home and abroad.” Organizing against fascism, therefore, urgently calls on us to build interconnected, internationalist movements." - Harsha Walia

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/understanding-fascism

#AntiFascism#Fascism #BlackLiberation#Palestine#TheBlackAntiFascistTradition#InternationalSolidarity#LateFascism #capitalism#ForAntiFascistFutures#BloodInMyEye#HostileHomelands#Kashmir #abolition
@israel @bookstodon @palestine
Caro S.
@Heidentweet@todon.eu  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Understanding fascism: a reading list

"The works below not only reject the lure of liberalism as an antidote to fascism, but also refuse to limit themselves to the European interwar period. In his classic Discourse on Colonialism, Aimé Césaire identified that fascism in the metropole was the boomerang effect of European colonialism in the periphery. We see this today: the genocide in Gaza is expanding authoritarianism within the imperial core. Noura Erakat writes, “In order to resist fascism, we have to fight it on two fronts of U.S. state violence: at home and abroad.” Organizing against fascism, therefore, urgently calls on us to build interconnected, internationalist movements." - Harsha Walia

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/understanding-fascism

#AntiFascism#Fascism #BlackLiberation#Palestine#TheBlackAntiFascistTradition#InternationalSolidarity#LateFascism #capitalism#ForAntiFascistFutures#BloodInMyEye#HostileHomelands#Kashmir #abolition
@israel @bookstodon @palestine