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Given the sheer amount of media available to any person with an internet connection, we have no shortage of “witnesses” to atrocity. Forcing people to behold injustice is not enough. Nor is the goal to simply generate a reaction—any reaction—to injustice; such noise can easily become a passing clamor. The goal is to pull people into an active forma
... See moreKelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You
“when life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. make life take the lemons back! get MAD!! I DON’T WANT YOUR DAMN LEMONS WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THESE!?!?! DEMAND TO SEE LIFE’S MANAGER!!! MAKE LIFE RUE THE DAY IT THOUGHT IT COULD GIVE CAVE JOHNSON LEMONS!!!! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?! I’M THE MAN WHO’S GONNA BURN YOUR HOU... See more
Critique as a participant who is shaping the work. Be willing to do whatever task is required of you, whatever you are capable of, feed people, spread the word, write pieces, make art, listen, take action, etc. Be able to say: ‘“I invest my energy in what I want to see grow. I belong to efforts I deeply believe in and help shape those.”
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
“make the revolution irresistible.”
adrienne maree brown, Rodriguez, • Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy Book 1)
and iconoclasts like Carlos Souffront
Matthew Collin • Rave On: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music
Invite an Audience
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
Create invitations, not ultimatums