THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED

[pasithea]

Preface: This post is really questioning myself using an external voice. All use of the word 'you' should be interpreted as being about the writer, not the audience.

You've always moped and been sad that you missed the 60s. That far off fantasy time of great cultural change. And yet, you know that like the magical heterosexual 50s, they didn't really exist. It's a myth. Hippies were a subculture. Most of america was exactly as it is now. A bunch of miserable people who hate pretty-much everything that's different from them.

So.. Look around you right now. Burning Man, Free Hugs, and great stands against racism, homophobia, and the rape of our planet. Perhaps you're missing the revolution. Look at everything that's going on in the world today. How can you be involved? How can you be a part of it? How can you join the revolution and make change happen? The world is largely what you make it, and you live in a time and place where great cultural change is within your grasp if you're willing to reach out and be a part of it. Make the world a better place. You have the power. Everyone does. A million tiny changes add up.


So... Now back to the audience: What can I do to make the world a happier, nicer, more beautiful place? How about you?

Comments

[anaisdjuna.livejournal.com]

I've worked in activism a good bit. A lot of activists (tho prolly a different percentage out there in Cali given the high density of codeheads) are verbal folks and sociology/psych/english major humanties etc... types. They don't have code skills. Organizations and campaigns fight for budget. Since you have so many rad code skillz..... you should look to where they might be needed and offer to deploy them. Also.. a lot of demos rely on theatre to get press coverage. You could also deploy your rad creativity/sewing/making things skillz there. Pick a cause, show up at the meetings and do. Also, if she's up for it... you could bring Julia to some demoz and get her to photograph so the org has cool pix they can post on their pre-fab or the website you create for them.

What kinds of activist & public education presences are there on SL? Any thing you can do there? How about going to different causes and seeing if there is anyone trainable within those causes that you can teach to maintain a SL presence?

You could also make little viral animations with important messages and spread them around.

Maybe you could teach codey kinds of stuff to immigrant women's groups and improve the lives of women seeking to make decent money here. Or you could just help teach them English. There are orgs to do that here in the ATL so there might be some over there in CA.

Maybe you could help some of the microloans women in impoverished countries sell their wares on line....

Lotsa stuff you can do. Good for you for asking.

I need to get off my ass and do something more myself. I've been dormant too long.

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

I'm already working on some animation for the upcoming vote time but I feel very much that I'm on the defensive and just trying to hold ground. I need positive change. :(