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Will they ever get their shit together (not likely)

Today’s Neo-Nazis Have No Respect For Tradition

Oh how I love the Onion!

My favourite line:

You can’t just call yourself the Master Race—you have to act like it, and hold yourself to a higher standard than those you despise and wish to exterminate. Have you seen the way these kids dress? Their idea of a “uniform” is a T-shirt and combat boots. The rural militias are even worse, with their filthy fatigues and long hair and beer guts. Excuse me, but I hardly think hillbilly rejects are what our great Führer had in mind when he dreamed of a world filled with Aryan supermen. I wouldn’t even let them in my front door, let alone conspire with them to blow up a synagogue.

Don’t these people have any white pride?

he he, rock on!

A bit more on parenting

I’ve found some more stuff online which is quite cool. So I’ve started another section down the ol blogroll called Radical Parenting. I urge you to check it out. Some of them are blogs, some are resource pages.

Watch out, I’ve started on this one now…

Groovy map!

History of Religion
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Hattip: Motherhood & Anarchy

Anarcho-breeding

Warning: this is a looooong post
An acquaintance of mine was once overheard bemoaning activist women having children because it took them out of the movement. His argument was that there are so few efficient organisers around that it’s a shame when one of them gets ‘taken away’ to have children.

This has to be one of the most anti-women statements I have ever heard. But then look around the movement and see any positive writing about the role of women as mothers and you will notice that there isn’t any. So it’s not very surprising that this attitude exists.

Sure, there is an open acceptance and inclusion of feminist analysis, there are women’s collectives and when we have conferences we (almost) always include childcare in our planning. But the role of motherhood is still sitting on the outside and certainly not seen as a central role of the community. It’s seen as something to accommodate rather than truly seeing the contribution that motherhood brings to political thought.

So why does pregnancy and motherhood take women out of the movement? Because there isn’t room in the movement for them.

Australian Politics Test

Like NRT and Span (but no Australians that I could find..) I decided to do the ozpolitics test. And came up with groundbreaking results.

Well, no. Apparently, I’m 91.4% likely to vote Green..

But it was mildly entertaining nonetheless.

If I was in Wellington in March

I’d go to Craft 2.0 at The New Dowse.

Craft2.0 features an eclectic assortment of fine craft and handmade kitsch by more than 30 artists, makers and crafters from Wellington and beyond at TheNewDowse, Saturday, March17th. Craft2.0 embraces independent spirit and hip expression expressed through crafting mediums like hot glue guns, crochet needles, buttons and felt.

Sounds like fun, and the early people get free stuff too!

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I’m not offended that I didn’t get asked to participate in a Blinterview. I’m not really, I promise. Even though I haven’t really got anything better to do with my time. And even though I need more excuses to procrastinate from doing important things like writing serious crap. (Although there is a killer article about to be posted any moment, are you excited!). And even though I’m really happy to be home but am starting to miss some Melbourne people.

I promise I’m not sad about it.

*sniff*