Trigger warning: extensive discussion of rape and the power dynamics thereof. Read only when you’re ready. [This essay expands on ideas from our work-in-progress book about Patriarchy, so if there is a large overlap with what the book eventually contains when it’s published, it’s not plagiarism but from the same minds and hands. Plagiarism is […]
Tag: anarchism
All politicians are rapists
Content Warning: rape, rape culture, victim blaming. Read this when you’re ready. Power makes rapists. There are endless reports of politicians, celebrities, businessmen and more raping. This is not some fluke: It is not just that powerful people being powerful makes it more likely to hear about their assaultings due to being famous and “news-worthy”—it […]
We have unexplained chronic pain and we’re fucking sick of it!
Our primary care provider has variously said to us that we have: chronic migraines, myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) [1], postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) [2], fibromyalgia [3], myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) [4], and possibly some form of Ehler-Danlos syndrome (EDS) [5] but neither of us are sure. That is: basically everything that […]