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White, eighteen (‘04), neurodivergent, able-bodied, gentile, queer. Bosnian-American, anarcho-queer, anarcho-communist, solarpunk, feminist, etc. Living on Patawomeck & Manahoac land. https://native-land.ca “You have to act as though it were possible to radically transform the word. And you have to do it all the time.” — ANGELA DAVIS

[rowdyqueer]

‘welcome,’ pg. 3-5, from zine ‘Gendertrash From Hell,’ Issue 1 Volume 1, April-May 1993

[cheapfilling]

college is catered towards the able bodied and able minded. school applauds people who can stay up all night, skip meals, and work endlessly. that kind of extreme contribution is expected. why are disabled people being squeezed out of academic institutions? why should I feel inferior because of some arbitrary and ridiculous standard?

[sickly-tired]

The undying truth.

[sylveon-trender-deactivated2019]

Not to mention, every college campus Ive ever been on is MADE of stairs and hills.

[captainamerica-inmiddleearth]

I tried to talk to one of my college professors about my ADHD once and he literally stopped me and said if I couldn’t handle it I shouldn’t be there

[closet-keys]

Read the book Academic Ableism on this subject. It’s an excellent read and I genuinely think about it all the time still even though I read it a couple years ago.

[ashenprincx]

not inclusive as in "yeah your identity counts as queer" but radically inclusive as in "if you say you are queer, then you're queer. full stop." being queer isn't some privileged position you have to earn or some special secret club, it's an allyship between marginalized identities where we band together to advocate for our rights to exist and live as we want.

the queer community formed before most of the labels we use now were even formed, and you bet your ass there were people a century ago who were nonbinary, or aromantic, or multigender, or, or, or, or! any identity you have an issue with is and always has been queer. as far as im concerned the only thing that revoke your participation in the queer community is causing direct, intentional harm to the queer community. you know like stalking, harassing, and sending death threats to teenagers.

[stevebucky-deactivated20221119]

HUGE list of free (!!) books by black authors and revolutionaries. includes writings by toni morrison, james baldwin, assata shakur, angela davis, malcolm x, audre lorde and frantz fanon. 

[boykeats]

“GOD IS GAY”

From The Detroit Gay Liberator, January 1 1971

[solarpunk-aesthetic]

Guerrilla Gardening

Guerrilla Gardening is the act of illegally gardening in spaces that are not technically yours to garden, to make subversive statements, protests, or as a form of direct action. The idea goes all the way back to 1973!

In other words, guerrilla gardeners take unloved or neglected land and assign it a new purpose – to make things pretty or useful. Cities are full of waste land and unused public spaces which people walk past every day without noticing. Spaces which would look a lot better if they were green!

Some guerrilla gardeners prefer to work at night when they can be more discreet. Others are activists who’ll do so in broad daylight, when everyone can see what they’re doing. Some choose to grow flowers to make places brighter. Others choose to grow fruit or vegetables (though care should be taken not to grow anything edible in places where plants might absorb toxins).

I don’t know why I haven’t posted any guerrilla gardening things on this blog yet, and I think I should change that. 

In the meantime, here are some links!

GuerrillaGardening.org

Guerrilla gardening: a report from the frontline

How to Start Guerrilla Gardening

Ron Finley: The Gangsta Gardener

What is guerrilla gardening?