Archive for January, 2010
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Photo Show, Feb 4th, Seattle
(graphic design of flyer by Libby Bulloff, photo by me of a chicken named The Childlike Empress).
On Thursday, Feb 4th, Seattle’s Starfish Studios will be hosting myself and jeweler Noah Beasley as featured artists for their monthly artwalk show. It’s at 619 Western Ave, Fourth Floor South, from 6-10. It’s a one-day show, so please [...]
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Anarchist author denied entry to the US
I’ve been looking forward to meeting my friend Gabriel Kuhn of Alpine Anarchist Productions in person at the SF anarchist bookfair in March. Unfortunately, I won’t get the chance, because his twenty-two state US and Canada tour was canceled by the US government who decided he was on the no-fly list and denied him entry. [...]
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Howard Zinn, Rest in Peace
If there’s a “radical history 101,” it is of course The People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Zinn died on Wednesday, after fighting for radical social change for most of the twentieth century.
He also self-identified as an anarchist. There’s a bunch of arguing back and forth about this on the internets, but [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Anarchism by Magpie
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Video of my presentation at Powell’s with Ursula
Ursula K. Le Guin and Margaret Killjoy - Mythmakers & Lawbreakers: Anarchist Writers On Fiction from pdxjustice Media Productions on Vimeo.
there’s also a video of the more complete presentation (as done in Los Angeles) that I’ll be posting a bit later when I’ve got better internet.
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
france considers some misogynist racism
So France is set to ban the burka. So… in the name of protecting women, they are going to harass and fine women. Yay. First of all, where does a country get off thinking they can ban various forms of dress? And how can anyone, remotely attached to ideas of liberalism or whatever, support this? [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in Activism by Magpie
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Tour update #3!
Tour continues! I have a chance to stay in Portland and breathe a little bit, which is exciting.
The event at Modern Times was good, and it was exciting to meet more of the folks behind AK Press. And to eat the largest falafel I’ve even imagined to exist.
The next day, I spoke at a packed [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in MMLB by Magpie
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Comic Sans
What’s amazing how this distills the irrational hatred that lives inside of people. I’m only able to realize this because they use “comic sans” instead of “papyrus.” I’m a bit soft on comic sans, at least in contrast to my all-consuming hatred of the font papyrus.
4 Comments » - Posted in LOL by Magpie
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Speaking Tonight At Powell’s With Ursula K Le Guin
Tonight is the event that I booked my tour around: I’ll be doing a presentation at Powell’s (the world’s largest independent bookstore, for whatever that’s worth) tonight at 7:30pm, speaking with Ursula K Le Guin. Ursula is, and I know I’m not alone in this, without a doubt one of my literary heroes: unabashedly political [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Events, MMLB by Magpie
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Tour Update #2
Tucson, Arizona: I spoke at what was Dry River’s first event since running into (and navigating) a bit of a legal mess. The place was packed. Plus, I ate a ton of really cheap awesome burritos, since I was there for three days.
Los Angeles: I’d never been to Los Angeles before, and it’s sort of [...]
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
The -cate crew
Traveling is fun. Touring is fun. You come up with weird inside jokes that you think everyone will find hilarious, and then what’s hilarious is that no one else finds them hilarious. Anyhow, the first leg of our tour, from Baltimore to Pittsburgh, was the four of us pictured. From left to right, that’s Rollerskate, [...]
