TotW: Against What? Whatchu Got?

The sad treatment of the topic of hostility from various folks, and a friend's question about definitions of anarchist, and an old @101.org question of whether anarchy could exist without the/a state, brings me to this question, which could be simplistic or complicated, depending on where y'all want to go. Below are various routes into this topic, pick the one(s) that interest you most. 

TOTW: Conservatism in Disguise

When I hear phrases like "fuck around, find out" it feels like jail/prison culture has busted out and is taking over popular culture...

The "fuck around, find out" mindset operates as a shorthand for harsh justice. Prison justice. That phrase and others of its kind reinforce the idea that actions have clear, brutal consequences. A way of signaling a no-nonsense, retributive worldview where power is respected and transgressions are punished without mercy. They are phrases that tend towards a form of conservatism... a law-and-order morality that maintains rigid social relations.

TOTW: RIGHTS, or So This Is How Cassandra Felt

(ALL EXTERNAL LINKS ANONYMIZED) 

Many of us define rights as a negative - the act of officially naming them is enough to bind our potential and creativity within them, thus reducing the liberty we would exercise otherwise.
Just as many rely heavily on rights as a foundational principle, sowing discord throughout communities by educating each other with labor rights readers in one hand and "If An Agent Knocks" in the other. 

TOTW: Forever Young

All that lives will inevitably die, but getting old is optional.

Anarchists take this challenge literally at times, joining the lineage of bombastic figures who meet an early grave, while most combat the aging process by staying “young at heart” despite their aching joints. To those who resist it, “growing up” often means trading away whimsy, delight, and Romantic notions of infinity for stress, alarm clocks, and tax forms. Anarchists have long made enemies with linear time—the type that makes you old—to escape its deleterious and conformist effects.

TOTW: Aliens

This week, we're talking about ALIENS!

But what does that even mean? What kind of "aliens"? Real ones? Fake ones? Imaginary ones? Illegal ones?

We're talking E.T. 

We're talking beings from places beyond the terrestrial zone

We're talking about UFOs, UAPs, Space Invaders, Xenomorphs, and such otherworldly creatures of the beyond!

Does that have something to do with anarchy? 

Well... does it?

TOTW: Anarchy Fangirls

A fangirl is someone - typically but not exclusively female - who gets hyped out of their mind about a particular person, group, activity, or interest. We're talking full-on, unfiltered passion: shouting from the rooftops about their favorite band, binge-watching a TV series until sunrise, or obsessively collecting everything tied to a niche hobby.

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