Vegan Straightedge Anarchism. Music, rock climbing, hiking, canoeing, camping, I like to cook vegan food, go on picnics, play in the river, swim, printmaking, photography, art in general, tattoos, piercings, mohawks, reading shitty detective novels, reading political stuff, history, anarcho syndicalism, reading anythig about spanish anarchists and anarchist theory, debating, independent films, being sexy, sewing zippers on my clothes, painting my clothes, running around naked when no one is looking and also when they are. I like running and lifting weights. I've been a babysitter/nanny, lifeguard, cashier, pizza maker, cabinet builder, day care volunteer, EMT, waitress, stripper.
I'm interested in local foods, sustainability, solar panels, alternative energy, biodiesel, farming, permaculture. Survival. More recently I am developing strong interest in Green Anarchist or Anarcho-primitivist ideas. Animal and Earth liberation are also both awesome. And Straight Edge lifestyle also is something I'm learning about. I want to learn a lot more about trains and get some travels under my belt. I'm learning to pierce and might learn to tattoo one day if I practice drawin enough.
I am particularly fond of: Strike Anywhere, Screeching Weasel, Black Flag, Anti Flag, The Dead Kennedy's, Nirvana, The Meat Puppets, The Violent Femmes, Bad religion, flogging molly, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Less than Jake, Reel Big Fish, The Chancers, turbonegro, social distortion, Tiger Army, Cock Sparrer, The Meteors, The Adicts, Bum Rukus, Murphy's Kids, Fugazi, Aqua, Ace of Base, Ani Difranco, The Grateful Dead, Ziggy Marley, UK Subs, The Toy Dolls, Avail, Broken Bottle Band, Subhumans, Sublime, Stray Cats, Stiff Little Fingers, The Reverend Horton Heat, The Real McKenzies, Rancid, The Distillers, The Pietasters, Patent Pending, Operation Ivy, NOFX, the Molotovs, Career Soldiers, The Casualties, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Cheap Sex, Crass, the Crucifucks, The Dead Milkmen, Elvis, Eminem, The Exploited, Anti Nowhere League, Earth Crisis, Vegan Reich.
Filmler
Behind the Mask, Animal Liberation: History in the Making, THe Miami Model, Bastards of the Party
Televizyon
Smash it. I watch sometimes, but I'm happier when I don't.
Kitaplar
Fight Club. Days of War Nights of Love. Evasion. The Jungle. 1984. vampire and witch fantasy books, Dracula, Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. The Modern School Movement by Paul Avrich. No GOds No Masters by Daniel Guerin. Gramsci is Dead. Speciesism. Burning Rage of a Dying Planet. Hobo. Jumping the Line. Igniting a Revolution. Critical Mass. The Color of Their Skin Education and Race in RIchmond, Virginia, 1954-89. Blood Done Sign My Name. Stencil Pirates. Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs. Irvine Welsh books (Trainspotting etc.). Bansky Wall and Piece. The Condemnation of Little B. THe Monkey Wrench Gang. Hayduke Lives. The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha. T.A.Z. by Hakim Bey
Kahramanları
Political prisoners, people who don't snitch, musicians, train riders, squatters, people who are honest, people who get consent, people who love animals. Vegan Straightedge Anarchists
Hampshire College
Amherst, MASSACHUSETTS
Mezun Olduğu Okul: 2008
Öğrenci durumu: Eski Mezunlar
Derece: Bachelor's Degree
Ana dal: Social Movements
Ek dal: Anarchy
Kulüpler: Hampshire Anarchists, Hampshire Animal Liberation Advocacy, Hampshire Emergency Medical Service, Hampshire Zine Collective
Yunanlı:
Xi Xi Xi
2004 - 2008
St Catherines School
Richmond,Virginia
Mezun Olduğu Okul: 2004
Öğrenci durumu: Eski Mezunlar
Derece: High School Diploma
XMO KarnageX - go vegan! getting stoked for radical richmond zine meeting tonight and food not bombs meeting tomorrow night! and a new crush! and projects out the wazooo! 19 Kas 2009 tarihinde devamı
I'm a vegan, straightedge, anarchist, queer person.
I'm very into being friends with people, who are interested in lots of things. I have learned a lot from the people in my life. I'm always looking for more friends, especially people who share my political interests.I want to be a positive force for change in the world and also be surrounded by people who are doing that too. I'
Fuck the patriarchy, I don't shave my legs ,pits, etc. I have a (usually green) mohawk, and plan on keeping it. Green is my favorite color. I'm vegan and have been for 7 years and was a veggie for 6 or 7 years before that. I am definitely a supporter of animal liberation. I love food. I just started being straight edge 2 years ago and plan to stay this way. I'm polyamourous, and no that doesn't mean I'll sleep with you. It means I have love and affection for a lot of different people, around the world. It means that I work to not feel jealous in my life over the positive things that other folks have going for them. There are a lot of great people, and I wish I had more time to spend with all of them. Having a couple boos is nice
I'm against breeding, I got my tubes tied. If my dogs get fixed it makes sense for me to be fixed too. There are too many kids in the world who aren't taken care of for it to make sense to produce more. Which is also why folks should adopt from the pound, not buy pets from breeder
I want more tattoos and piercings- although right now I have approximately 28 piercings and 19 and a sleeve tattoos
I love punk, folk punk, old timey, ska, bluegrass, folk and lately I love country as well. I love sing along songs.I play guitar, just not often or well. I also really like singing. And dancing to punk or ska at shows is kind of amazing. My favorite part about music is the lyrics...I am a huge fan of political lyrics.
I'm a Massachusetts certified EMT. And a nationally certified lifeguard. I fucking love emergency medicine. But I'm tired of going to school and of dealing with close minded assholes who dominate the emergency medicine field, so I'm not going to get any more certifications
I love my bike, I ride it alot around RIchmond and intend to plan my life so that I can bike instead of drive. Trains are also good fun. I'm learning more about bikes, slowly, but I want to be able to work on them. I just got a tall bike my friend Jake helped me make, it is sparrrkkly!
I'm interested in art, mostly just for fun. Printmaking, button making, screen printing, textiles, stencilling etc. all interest me.And its good to be able to do these things for activist groups too. I make a lot of fliers
I also like sewing and making clothes and other stuff. Sometimes for fashion purposes, and sometimes for practical reasons. I tend to have to patch things up a lot.
I am really interested in political science, social movements, and anarchism. That is basically what I majored in. I'm studying radical activism in Richmond from 1994-2004.
I really like reading and writing. I get very passionate about political issues.
I am also interested in sustainability, environmentalism, land rights, animal rights, permaculture, alternative energy, biodiesel, zines, self publishing, collectives and co-ops, activism, protests, peace, freedom, justice,creative writing, economic theories, gardening, homeopathic medicine, librarianship, civil rights, constitutional law, globalization studies, political philosophy, history of social movements, Spanish language, adoption, home schooling, reading, pets, ZINESSSSS, tattoos, piercings, singing and songwriting, poetry, guitar, dreaming, hoping, planning, acting, getting things done.
I live and love Richmond VA. I have a dog friend named Grits and she is super cute Brindle pitbull and blueheeler mix. She is small and weighs only 35 pounds right now. I have another Pitbull named Flapjack, she is like 2 years and 55 pounds. She is a tough girl. I also really love Food Not Bombs in Richmond and all of the super duper people who do that. I work in a coffee shop part time here, and spend the rest of my time doing Food Not Bombs, Clinic Defense, The Really Really Free Market, the Anarchist Black Cross, Richmond Zine Fest, etc. Looots of activism and flier making
My blog thing I use: http://anarchymo.wordpress.com/
http://speciesism.wordpress.com
http://approachingapocalypse.wordpress.com
APPROACHING APOCALYPSE ZINE DISTRO
This is my new project...a sweet zine distro...yaaaaaaaay!
The Approaching Apocalypse Distro is an independent zine distributor working out of Richmond, Virginia. We publish and distribute DIY zines and other products (patches, buttons, etc.) that inspire and inform. The purpose of this project is to help disseminate ‘propaganda’, connect people around the world, and make the zine community more accessible to people everywhere. Information, art, music, ideas and stories were meant to be shared and the Approaching Apocalypse Distro will do what it can to share them by selling most items at reasonable prices or at cost (or less).
The name Approaching Apocalypse is not reflective of a gloom and doom attitude about a fiasco of biblical proportions, but rather of an understanding that the world is a mess, and will likely only get messier (hopefully not actually end-of-the-world type messy). Reading and learning and writing and creating and loving are all ways that we can ‘prepare’ for what is to come. Approaching Apocalypse is also about living out our beliefs as anarchists- finding ways to be a positive influence and remain true to our anarchist ideals. We can not (and don’t want to) count on the government, corporations or any other organization to take care of us. It is up to all of us to find ways to contribute to our communities. Autonomy and community will be the keys to making the world better, not worse. As Rising Tide North America puts it when discussing climate change and the mess the world is in, “Practical solutions exist; it’s time we start using them and making them more widely accessible. We must dismantle the systems of oppression that permeate our culture and ourselves, and work toward real solidarity across lines of race, class, gender and sexual orientation. When we begin to build a culture of mutual aid and community autonomy, we demonstrate that we don’t need the government, and certainly not giant corporations, to survive. We just need a livable planet.”. (www.risingtidenorthamerica.org). Lofty goals to work towards, but that is what makes us idealists.
When some of my friends at Hampshire and I had the (completely informal and mostly unrealized) Apocalypse club, or just ran around talking about the apocalypse, it was with an energizing feeling. It helped us gain the momentum needed to make hot pants out of a sweater (etc.). I am pysched about projects and friends and community- and yelling ‘for the apocalypse’ helps get me even more excited. Like how excited I am about a zine distro.
The zines published by the Approaching Apocalypse distro have a focus on political and social justice issues (animal liberation, straight edge, vegan, social movements, environmental and sustainability issues, anarchism, etc.) as well as DIY how to subjects, punk, art, travel and personal zines. We welcome any submissions along these lines, and probably most other well-done zines. Contact us if you want to be distributed by Approaching Apocalypse, we are always looking for more titles.
Certain books may also be distributed by Approaching Apocalypse, if they seem relevant to the previous mentioned topics. Hopefully a vast array of awesome things, such as t-shirts, patches, buttons, tapes, and CDs will become available as Approaching Apocalypse grows. Vegan snacks are a future attendee of tabling events.
Approaching Apocalypse will operate mainly through the postal service, tabling at shows and conferences, and a website in the near future.
Contact: Mo Karn
Approachingapocalypse@riseup.net
Mo Karn
Approaching Apocalypse
P.O. Box 6025
Richmond, VA 23222
For
those interested in animal rights/welfare fiction, please have a look to my
novel “The Demon’s Trial”. The process of writing it is what made me a vegan,
by the way.
Court gives Santeria priest OK to sacrifice goats Petition: CLICK HERE TO SIGN! Target:Texas Legal System Sponsored by: Advocate for Saving Dogs/Advocate for Saving Animals A federal appeals court reversed a lower court's ruling on Friday that barred a Santeria priest from sacrificing goats in his Texas home, saying a city's decision to prohibit the ritual violated the man's religious rights. In its ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said the Euless ordinance placed a substantial burden on Merced's "free exercise of religion without advancing a compelling governmental interest using the least restrictive means." "It's a great day for religious freedom in Texas," said Eric Rassbach, Merced's lawyer. Merced said by practicing his faith in the privacy of his own home, he didn't harm anyone. "Now Santeros can practice their religion at home without being afraid of being fined, arrested or taken to court," Merced said. Rassbach described Santeria as an Afro-Cuban religion with a complex ritual for ordaining priests, including the sacrifice of up to nine four-legged animals, such as lambs or goats, up to 20 chickens or other fowl and a turtle. Merced said police officers interrupted a ceremony at his home in September 2004 and told him to stop slaughtering animals. Source:CLICK HERE
Vick a PETA Spokesperson!?Target:PETA & Commissioner, NFL, Roger S. GoodellSponsored by: Friends of Animals FOES of Animal Cruelty PETA helping Vick get back into the game by making him an animal-rights spokesperson! We dont think so!
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Michael Vick is in talks to become the new spokesman for PETA.
Yes, you read that correctly. The disgraced one-time NFL superstar serving prison time for funding an illegal dog-fighting ring is primed to do public-service ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals upon his release later this month. According to three people with knowledge of the matter, the proposed endorsement is part of a comprehensive PR scheme aimed at rehabilitating the quarterback. Other image-changing moves
That's not all Mr. Vick will do to try to rehabilitate his image. People with knowledge of his comeback plan said it will also include mea culpa TV interviews, PSAs and charitable donations to other animal-rights organizations (or perhaps the formation of his own foundation), along with the possibility of working with PETA. But this might be the mother of all PR jobs. Mr. Vick's obstacles are many: a hard-line NFL commissioner who wants to see "genuine remorse" before reinstating Mr. Vick to the league; individual franchises that might be wary of the backlash and potential damage to their brands from signing Mr. Vick; and an incredulous public that remains shocked by the story. And what a grisly tale it is.
Vick a PETA Spokesperson!? Target:PETA & Commissioner, NFL, Roger S. Goodell Sponsored by:Advocate for Saving Dogs PETA helping Vick get back into the game by making him an animal-rights spokesperson! We dont think so!
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Michael Vick is in talks to become the new spokesman for PETA.
Yes, you read that correctly. The disgraced one-time NFL superstar serving prison time for funding an illegal dog-fighting ring is primed to do public-service ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals upon his release later this month. According to three people with knowledge of the matter, the proposed endorsement is part of a comprehensive PR scheme aimed at rehabilitating the quarterback. Other image-changing moves
That's not all Mr. Vick will do to try to rehabilitate his image. People with knowledge of his comeback plan said it will also include mea culpa TV interviews, PSAs and charitable donations to other animal-rights organizations (or perhaps the formation of his own foundation), along with the possibility of working with PETA. But this might be the mother of all PR jobs. Mr. Vick's obstacles are many: a hard-line NFL commissioner who wants to see "genuine remorse" before reinstating Mr. Vick to the league; individual franchises that might be wary of the backlash and potential damage to their brands from signing Mr. Vick; and an incredulous public that remains shocked by the story. And what a grisly tale it is.
Fuck the patriarchy, I don't shave my legs ,pits, etc. I have a (usually green) mohawk, and plan on keeping it.
I know we didn't spend much time together when I met you in VA, but I just wanted to tell you that I have a huge amount of respect for you. I love that you don't care what people think and make your own standards oppossed to what's "normal" in society.
