Memento mori......

Vegan. Anarchist. Misanthrope. Pantheist. Feminist. Logophile. Use any pronoun on one that you would use on animals, that's all one asks. Watch this! Then this! Then go here! Pythagoras "For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love." Jeremy Bentham "The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?'”. Gautama Buddha "One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world."

[weirdbardthesojourner]

[radanaecosoc]

Who cares about body hair?

Who cares about body hair?

V1:

Why’d we let greedy profiteers decide (10) About our bodies and what goes inside? (10) Or what should be on them to be pretty, (10) So we’d look the same in ev’ry city? (10) It is now the hour (5) To take back power! (5)

Chorus:

You’re already beautiful in your skin (10) Whether you’re dark, fair, fat or thin! (8) Hair removal ads try to get you down, (10) Don’t doubt yourself: ignore those clowns! (8)

V2:

Even if those shiny razors and wax strips Claim to better your legs or upper lips Don’t put those packaged liars on your shelf Unless you’re doing it just for yourself! It is now the hour To take back power!

Chorus

V3: There is not just one way to be human, The truth about this will have ‘em fumin’! P&G wants to make you think you need Smooth, hairless, shaved skin; look beyond their greed! It is now the hour, To take back power!

Chorus

V4: They’ll try to claim it’s for basic hygiene: But that’s just a lie for all to be seen. The obsession with prepubescence Is creepy and patriarchal nonsense! It is now the hour, To take back power!

Chorus

V5: Your body is your own and yours alone! You are a person, not filling some zone. Your body’s beautiful, hairy or not; Don’t give Patriarchy a second thought! It is now the hour, To take back power!

Chorus

V6: Then there is the whole damn issue with pain: Pour hot wax, plucking again and again! An expectation for some to endure: For men’s approval?! To be seen as pure?! It is now the hour, To take back power!

Chorus

V7: If it’s not your body, you get no say: Not today, tomorrow or any day! Keep your damn shame and judgment to yourself: That junk, like razors, belongs on no shelf! It is now the hour, To take back power!

Chorus

[radanaecosoc]

Pandemic

V1: You’re probably tired of this word, (9) For one year, it’s all that we have heard!(9) But before Coronavirus came (9) Was a disease whose spread was quite the same. (9) Bridge: The longest lived diseases on earth- (7) And in this field is no dearth- (7) Are nowhere near this one’s worth. (7) Chorus: It’s Capitalism! (6) The Worst-of-all-ism! (6) This disgusting pandemic (7) Makes us incurably sick. (7) V2: This awful system has doomed us all- Growing, while all ecosystems fall: Money buffers some, but for how long? Don’t wait for the Rich to see it’s wrong! Chorus V3: A system based on hierarchy- Just a glorified oligarchy- That puts price tags on ev’ry Life form Guards the int’rests of a few by storm. Chorus V4: Slavery, conquests and racism, Mass extinctions, theft and sexism, Poverty, speciesism as well: Capitalism maintains this hell. Chorus V5: It is not some glitch nor divine fault To see the homeless and starving; halt! The wealth of the wealthy comes from them: The poverty of the poor ’s the stem. Chorus V6: Hard work brings wealth, some bootlickers say: Why do some work twenty hours a day Picking tea or fruits, while bosses lounge? Jeff doesn’t work harder: he’s a sponge! Chorus V7: Don’t let them fool you with their foul lies: In this system, community dies; Profits are stretched by stealing labour- Exploitation is not to savour. Chorus V8: There’s always another way to live: Instead of just taking, we could give. Kindness and cooperation cures: Greed can’t wipe out compassion for sure. Chorus Outro/Rap: More money, more oil, (5) More misery and toil; (6) We can’t drink money- This system’s not funny! Food and water: locked; Ask why and they’ll be shocked, We pretend it’s right That kids should starve at night; Not that all be fed; Sell yourself, end up dead- The only choices, Repeated oft by voices- Seem to buy this lie Sell labour till you die: Make your boss richer Refill all their pitchers, With all your labour; Forsake your own neighbour. Wealth is not a car: Nor mansions, yachts, by far; It’s not enmity- It is community! We are social apes Together, order shapes! We’re all different, Our labour’s to be spent On what we desire- And all that we require Ought to all be free Not withheld for a fee. Let’s bridge the chasm: Fuck capitalism!

[weirdbardthesojourner]

Caste away!

Caste away!

Intro: We are sailing on a damned ship! (8) Through a sea of hatred we slip… (8)

V1: The captain on this vessel, (7) Is bigoted and hateful; (7) His age-old venom will nestle (8)  In minds taught to be grateful. (7)

Bridge: What do we do now as the crew? (8) Is there a role for me and you? (8)

Chorus: Mutiny! Kick that captain out! (8) Mutiny! Against prestige shout! (8) We’ve let this run too many days- (8) It’s time we kicked this Caste away! (8)

V2: The best roles and best chances Strengthened the upper classes, Without even second glances, They stepped all o’er the masses.

Chorus

V3: They’ll talk foreign injustice- The horrors in distant lands. Yet will refuse to accept this: There’s Dalit blood on our hands.

Chorus

V4: Honour killing’s still a thing, Cause someone dares fall in love- And in their state love songs they sing- To one from a caste above!

Chorus

V5: If we turn our eyes away To the distant horizon, We fail Dalit comrades today, Trumped by this system wizened.

Chorus

V6: Leave Brahmin priv’lege behind- Support Dalit platforms; Let not more souls the system grind: Yield not to Tradition’s storm!

Chorus

V7: All crew members stand as one! Birth and jobs do not make us- We sail this ship but not for fun; United, naught can break us!

Chorus

Outro: Mutiny! Mutiny! (6) Only then, are we all free! (7) Mutiny! Mutiny! (6) Only then will justice be! (7)

[weirdbardthesojourner]

Don’t let Modi get us moody

V1: We got a fascist head of state Who has made us all quite irate But is this all we can hope for?  A tyrant for the bhakts to adore? V2: Pushing the hindutva cause, Relentlessly: without pause; But is that where this goes? Turning neighbours to foes? Chorus: Nay! Rouse yourselves comrades! Look beyond his PR ads! Stay strong and don't get broody: Don't let Modi get us moody! 

V3: He sells off our precious forests: Permits Adani and the rest! But must we stand by as trees die? Will we let this destruction fly?

V4: Cheating farmers of what they need Selling farmers feeds corp'rate greed! Why should we buy his silly act? Why do we accept PR as fact? Chorus: Nay! Rouse yourselves comrades! Look beyond his grasping at fads! Stay strong and don't get broody: Don't let Modi get us moody! Stay strong and don't get broody: Don't let Modi get us moody! 

[weirdbardthesojourner]

Holy cow!

The butcher of Gujarat (7) Brought us the awful "Beef ban": (7) What a devious man: (6) Acting like a friend of cows (7) Expanding dairy somehow: (7) What a self-serving brat. (6) Bridge: The beef ban divides the folks (7) Like twisted purity jokes (7) Animals are comrades too, (7) They're not here for me and you. (7) Ch: Don't buy his lies! (4) Don't buy his lies! (4) Look! Look through his lies: (5) Fascist in disguise! (5) V2: The butcher of Gujarat, Added buffalo murders; Gath'ring casteist herders Waving the BJP flag. Into fear, this path will drag. What a divisive brat. Chorus V3: The butcher of Gujarat Tried to hide his dirty past; Shedding now more blood fast. The Massacre of Oh-Two Should remind all of you: What a violent brat!  Chorus V4: The butcher of Gujarat, Subsidises violence What's our response: silence? Don't let your tastebuds deceive- That's what his PR achieves! What a deceptive brat! Chorus Look! Look through his deep lies: (6) He's a fascist to clear eyes. (7)

[weirdbardthesojourner]

The flag is just a piece of cloth

V1: 

Borders, passports and visas, (7) Stamps and immigration fees are (8) Just instruments of blind hate (7) That racism curates. (7)

V2:

We are born on this green earth And assigned our lot right at birth  Lies we foolishly hold true.  Lies meant to rule and subdue. 

Bridge:

We are not just what a paper dictates, (10) A paper will not control all our fates. (10)

Chorus: We are more than our passports (7) We can always help and support! (8) The flag is just a piece of cloth, (8) It's no token of sacred troth! (8)

V3: Where were visas when Cook sailed? When just treatment of natives failed? Who permitted invasions Of current wealthy nations?

Chorus

V4: Families torn apart now: All tacitly allowed somehow. Refugees are turned away Condemned to death - horrid days!

Chorus

V5: Please remember who we are: Comrades in spirit near and far! We share more likeness than not Alone, apart, we have naught.

Chorus

[weirdbardthesojourner]

Upcoming posts

Just thought I’d have a go at writing out lyrics to some anti-capitalist, anti-supremacist, anti-nationalist and pro-community songs. 

If you or anyone you know is keen on setting these to tunes, please feel free to use them! I’m looking for punk/folksy vibes but not particular! 

This is just for the fun of collaboration because no idea can be truly traced to one individual owner. Share and collaborate and I will too!

[weirdbardthesojourner]

Making a GIF after forever!

[profeminist]

#BlackHistoryFact  - African American Inventor Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner is known for developing the sanitary pad  

MEFeater Magazine 

“She and her sister were both inventors, creating and patenting inventions for household use. Her sanitary belt wasn’t put into use until 30 years after she invented it because the company rejected her when they found out she was a Black woman.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kenner

- @MythjaeComics

The Forgotten Black Woman Inventor Who Revolutionized Menstrual Pads

Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner was a self-taught inventor who created the sanitary belt and filed five patents in her lifetime.

“https://twitter.com/MythjaeComics/status/1225209347510358017

[peachdoxie]

Look, someone’s gotta be the weirdest person in any given social group and it might as well be me

[whitepeopletwitter]

[perpetual-fangirl]

[uccelletto-di-kokuyo]

Not to mention most don’t want snakes, and all they ever do is hang out in their enclosure and make no noise whatsoever.  

[acel1en]

The number of people in the notes who think this post is saying “landlords should be charging for kids” and not “landlords shouldn’t be charging for pets” is astounding

[anarcho-gamerist]

Landlords shouldn’t exist

[catchymemes]

[viostormcaller]

You really can’t find this type of humor anywhere else

[studyblog-intj-blog]

[blaruto]

I still think Moana deserved an Oscar for this part

[i-want-cheese]

To me, the moral of Moana is that only women can help other women heal from male violence. 

The movie starts with the idea that the male god who wronged Te Fiti must be the one to heal her. This seems to make a certain sort of intuitive sense in that I think we all believe that if you do something wrong you should try to make it right. But how does he try to right it? Through more violence. Of course that failed. 

It was only when another woman, Moana, saw past the “demon of earth and fire” that the traumatized Te Fiti had become (what a good metaphor for trauma, right?) and met her with love instead of violence that she was able to heal. Note that they do the forehead press before Moana restores the heart, while Te Fiti is still Te Kā. Moana doesn’t wait for her beautiful island goddess to appear in all her green splendor before greeting and treating her as someone deserving of love.

Moana is only able to restore the heart because Te Kā reveals her vulnerability and allows Moana to touch her there. Maui and his male violence could only ever have resulted in more ruin.

[smalltall]

…this is exactly what I was trying to say and you put it beautifully. @i-want-cheese This is why the scene makes me tear up every damn time. Women’s honest, ugly reaction to trauma is almost never even depicted in films, let alone honored the way it is in Moana. Te Fiti doesn’t have to “rise above” being violated before she’s allowed to heal. Moana sees her and says

I know your name They have stolen the heart from inside you But this does not define you

She utterly accepts Te Fiti’s rage, her fear, her lashing out at anyone who comes near the remains of her ravaged body island. Female ugliness isn’t punished, it’s mourned and loved. What an indescribably comforting moment.

[in-the--afterglow]

You know when you know something is beautiful but then smart people break it down even more and somehow it gets even more beautiful??? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES 😭😭😭👌👌👌👌

[avengersonna]

When I say save the bees I mean save ALL the bees not just honey bees. there are nearly over 20,000 different species of bees .

[acti-veg]

It should come as no surprise to anyone that the only species the honey industry wants to save is the one they make a profit out of, despite the fact that the bees we exploit for their honey are not even close to being endangered while many other species are.

[telnaga]

living has always been a large part of my life. I was born at an incredibly young age, and ever since then, I have been alive