http://awol.blogsome.com Anticapitalist Autonomous Anti authoritarian Anarchist WOmens Liberationists Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:09:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In lots of ways families are natural groups that people form to care and support each other. But there’s another, more sinister dimension to “The Family” that oppresses people (especially when those people are women, queer or children). The Family isn’t just a natural social unit based ... http://awol.blogsome.com/2006/07/25/whats-wrong-with-the-family/ http://awol.blogsome.com/2006/06/18/fear-of-a-female-planet/ Anarcha, feminism, autonomy and every day liberation Workshop Notes for Subplot (28 August 2005) Unpaid Labour What kinds of unpaid labour do we engage in (or are meant to engage in)? Cleaning Having kids, taking care of them, educating them, etc. Psychological services Being pleasant Pretending that menstruation ... http://awol.blogsome.com/2006/06/15/18/ So with St Barnabas church being razed to the ground recently, we thought it would be a great idea to publish pix of some graffiti that our fine heroine Batgirl imposed upon them almost exactly one year ago. Remember kids, Jezus woz a zombie! ... http://awol.blogsome.com/2006/06/04/the-machinations-of-batgrrrl/ This is a rough derief from the Subplot convergence Look at what subplot tells us about the scene at large, and the scene’s hostile attitude to feminism approach to activisim very vague approach to theory and practice very vague and apolitical approach to activism that emphasises “what’s happening out there”, not what’s actually affecting ... http://awol.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/subplot-debrief/ If you would like copy of the AWOL@Subplot zine (pdf format) … leave your email address below. We’ll cheerfully email one out to you (and then delete your email addy for maximum privacy. Or email email us … or download from here…. http://awol.blogsome.com/2006/04/17/awolsubplot-zine/ AWOL have uncovered yet another stream of anti-woman vitriol from the heartland of ignorance: the Fred Nile Party. Will Sydney be safe for another day? Only a queer baccanalian riot at the Opera House could possibly save us from this kind of fundamentalist pap. “Feminism ... http://awol.blogsome.com/2005/09/22/15/ Going places that scare me: Challenging Male Supremacy I came across this article on Autonomy and Solidarity. Its interesting because it is written by a male who seems to be genuinely struggling with his sexism and privilege. He can’t be said to have “succeded” at unprivileging himself, but he does highlight ... http://awol.blogsome.com/2005/09/03/article-review-going-places-that-scare-me/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://awol.blogsome.com/2005/08/29/impressions-of-subplot/ Lifted from The Tyrrany of Structurlessness by Jo Freeman PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRATIC STRUCTURING Once the movement no longer clings tenaciously to the ideology of “structurelessness,” it is free to develop those forms of organization best suited to its healthy functioning. This does not mean that we should go to ... http://awol.blogsome.com/2005/08/24/principles-of-democratic-structuring/