my two-pence as a fellow drop out.
First and foremost speak - itās easy to feel inferior but most importantly speak to people as thatās how you become secure in your knowledge and learn how to articulate yourself.
I have many issues with academia, one of them being the forms and structures youāre expected to follow. itās selective and exclusive, as well as being inherently elitist especially in countries where you have to pay for higher education.
I could write and essay on this, but right now Iāll only argue for what i think is the most fundamental and that is: In any educational institution you are taught a specific way of articulating and formulating yourself. This structure is learned and as a society itās what we associate with intellectualisation and our concept of knowledge as its the format which has prevailed (historically only accessible to the privileged few with money). This Is also tied to a western obsession with the literary word where other forms of communication are valued to a lesser extent.
There are lesser opportunities if you chose to go a route outside of education - because itās less likely to economically make profit.
i think itās important to remember that academia does not determine how clever you are, its a skill and a way of articulating yourself - your ideas may be infinitely more progressive and unprecedented but within these institutions it will always depends on how you formulate and intellectually present yourself.
dont fear having a dialogue with other people because it will improve your skill at communicating in person- which undoubtedly has more impact than the written word ever had, and ever will have.
we all digest information differently- wether thatās audio, visual, through words written on a page or a video of someone talking. the internet archive is incredible because of its many different mediums and everything is accessible for FREE!!
https://archive.org
The anarchist library is good for reading up on revolutionary ideas ;)
3d ago
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During these times that can feel so hopeless and disempowering, Milstein encourages us to collectively dream of the futures we can build together.
So much of what keeps us stuck is a lack of imagination: there is only a two-party system, only a patriarchy, only capitalism. Anything other than what already exists is discredited as utopian at best and dangerous at worst. But what if there was an alternative to our current atomized way of living? What if, instead, we (re)build rich and vibrant communities where we could not only survive but thrive? Try Anarchism for Life helps us to ask those very questions, so we can see where they may lead us.
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Nov 30, 2024
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Firs tthing- walter Ben-ya-meen. If u bring him up in conversation and say ben ja min ur gonna look like an idiot apparently. But its funny bc its not like people say Valter Benyameen. They say walter. Go figure.
Anyways this text is So Great. im definitely late to the game to this contexts of frankfurt dialectics, post war philosophy manifestos, yada yada but this one is so powerful and formative esp if ur an artist or visual creator that is Woke. Its one of his more accessible writings, and he is also a very important person to kno if u r even remotely into literature/philosophie/art/design/criticism etc.
Benyameen talks about this loss/absence of human experience post war/industrual revolution whcih i think is rlly the root of all this floptok based retard gang xiaohongshu on the extreme side, but even at its most tame (yet this is more insidious/barbaric in the bad way as Benyameen puts it) all of these miu miu shoe unboxing, day in the life of a big city transplant, clean consumerism we are witness to online. It is rlly this central idea of experience that hit home for me, and the resulting idea of barbarism which fr opened my third eye and put words to the feelings of trying to contextualize our days of Today. Im also totally going to start using the word barbarian to describe creatives and intellectuals and world leaders haha. Be the Good Barbarian.
dm me if u want my annotated copy i culd keep going but arent these meant to be kept short idk<3
Jan 20, 2024
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An excerpt from David Graeberās short but thoughtful essay.
āEvery time you treat another human with consideration and respect, you are being an anarchist. Every time you work out your differences with others by coming to reasonable compromise, listening to what everyone has to say rather than letting one person decide for everyone else, you are being an anarchist. Every time you have the opportunity to force someone to do something, but decide to appeal to their sense of reason or justice instead, you are being an anarchist. The same goes for every time you share something with a friend, or decide who is going to do the dishes, or do anything at all with an eye to fairness.ā
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Dec 15, 2024
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Associated with William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Oscar Wilde to name a few. Mainly known as a childrenās book illustrator and for his work āCartoons for the Cause 1886 - 1896ā.
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you can never go wrong with a deck of cards. pub, festivals, friends at home, long journeys. whatever & wherever you canāt go wrong. new games, new tricks, i love cards!
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i wanna infiltrate more rich spaces with my broke arse- yes I will sneak in my meal deal.
But in the sense that I will ādress upā for the occasion - but my clothes wonāt be designer and will have loose strings because I donāt feed into the consumerist hell hole. so I showed up to the opera in full leather (second hand).
if people with money can appropriate and fetishise working class style and culture, then itās only right for me to return the favour.
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