shit's fucked up... what can we DO about it?

I don't know about you all, but I'm tired of sitting on my ass feeling guilty about all the stuff coming up in class. I want this post to be a sounding board for people to share ideas about activism and steps we can take to really make a difference, however small.

Here's some things I've thought of, or that we've discussed in class:

-Organize a clothes drive. This would be really easy. We could send the clothes to a womyn's shelter, or maybe to Dignity House, which is a great organization that does really important work. 

-Talk about the issues that come up in class with peers, friends, family members: spread awareness!

-Support one another in not shutting down and being proactive, support one other emotionally... we need each other!

-Freeskool is an awesome resource... maybe we could organize some freeskools around womyn's issues, immigration issues, human trafficking, homophobia/heterosexism, etc.

-Volunteer with Women's Empowerment Breakthrough

-Continue to educate ourselves... the books Cunt and Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil by Inga Muscio are AMAZING and also have some cool ideas about unique forms of activism, including...

-"Cuntlovin' Public Retaliation" which is a brilliant way of retaliating against rapists in our community... if womyn and men are willing to speak out and identify their attackers, we can come together and fight back, namely by publicly humiliating rapists. Do we have a rape crisis hotline for our college/community?

-Poetic Guerrilla Activism -- use your imagination... come up with creative ways to spread awareness, exert social disapproval of ... things you disapprove of

-Awesome resource guides collected by Inga Muscio: http://www.ingalagringa.com/links/

-Challenge peers and professors who use dominant-paradigm-enforcing language & white normatism

-Donate money or free time to organizations that fight hate-crimes, poverty, racism, AIDS, homophobia, etc.

-Volunteer at local food banks/drives, donate food

What else???

-Kelsey