Monthly Archives: April 2009

79 year old anarchist wins nebula award

Ursula K Le Guin is of course one of the most respected speculative fiction authors around. And today (yesterday?) she won the 2008 Best Novel Nebula Award, which is pretty much sci-fi’s highest honor. She won it for a book … Continue reading

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Why I Love Finland

I always romanticized Finland when I was a teenager, and Helsinki was the first foreign city I ever visited by myself, and is one of only two that I’ve bothered to go to twice. In Finland, there are no gendered … Continue reading

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Ego Likeness on Tour (without me)

My good friends in Ego Likeness are about to head out on an east coast tour for a few weeks, and if you have the chance you should definitely go see them. They’re not a “political” band, but all of … Continue reading

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Rightwing Teabaggers

Okay, this is really, really funny. Here’s some highlights: …teabagging day for the right wind and they are going nuts for it. thousands of them whipped out the festivities early this past weekend and while the parties are officially toothless, … Continue reading

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Our Enemies In Blue

This article is amazing. It cuts right through to the underlying racism of our society and media reporting, liberal reaction, all of that: The Ambivalent Silences of the Left: Lovelle Mixon, Police, and the Politics of Race/Rape Even the Columbine … Continue reading

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Infernokrusher!

i know, I know, I’m 3 or 4 years too late, but I just found out about infernokrusher, which is basically the best literary movement in the world. For example, the first Infernokrusher poem: I blew up the plums that … Continue reading

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SteamPunk Magazine #5!

So about six months ago, I stepped down as editor of SteamPunk Magazine, and my friend Allegra Hawksmoor stepped up. I’d left her with a big jumbled mess of contributions and such, but she got everything organized and has put … Continue reading

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Intellectual Property Is Theft! (and the NYC anarchist bookfair)

I’ll be tabling at the NYC Anarchist Bookfair next Saturday (April 11th), with Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness, and possibly also with some stuff from Eberhardt Press. As per usual, almost everything Strangers tables is free, like beer and like … Continue reading

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