Tis the Season for Dumpster Diving
Fall is almost here, my friends. Forget candy apples and halcyon hayrides: we begin the glory days of dumpster diving. It’s cool enough to keep the apples crisp, and warm enough to make the late nights...
View ArticleTransformus: The 11th Principle
Discussions about consent often get really heavy. (I know I fall into that mode myself.) But do they have to be? How do you spread awareness of consent at a radical and playful event like Burning Man?...
View ArticleI love you, Navy Yard.
The District of Columbia is a small town. Despite the quantity of agencies, ideas, government, non-profits, food trucks, and height limitations on buildings, we’re awfully close together. It’s...
View ArticleA Pro-Conflict Stance
The first time I saw one of the couples I live with sit in our shared living room and have a fight, I was shocked. Why didn’t they take it to their bedroom, to their private space? Why did they feel...
View ArticleOpen Thread: What We’re Building
We talk a lot on this blog about dismantling systems of oppression, and about what we want to build to replace them. I see the welcoming of the new year as a time of intention setting, so this open...
View ArticleWho’s Not In The Dungeon?
So this isn’t a very cheerful post for Valentines Day (for that, see here and here), but it’s important, and it’s been on my mind. See, my sweeties and I are headed to a big kink conference this...
View ArticleWikipedia, part II – Welcome!
When I first became an editor at Wikipedia, I noticed that other new editors had welcome messages on their editor pages. Other, more senior editors had thanked them for their recent contributions,...
View ArticleThe Problem of Power: Sarah Sullivan, Steven Mitchell, and Building Better...
this is a guest post written by Lena Chervin On January 22nd, 2015, Sarah Sullivan, a prominent teacher and organizer in the Baltimore lindy hop community published a blog post detailing her...
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