by Harvey Lillywhite I, a small protest movement against unfairness and injustice, one of the 2,818 occupy communities worldwide, inspired by the Spanish Indignants and Arab Spring (American Spring?), but completely ignored by Adbusters, irrelevant to everyone but me, have decided, at last, to occupy ground zero: myself. Halfway stuck in the sucking analog quicksand of the … [Read more...] about Occupy, Yourself!
The First, The Greatest, The Best.
by David Budbill Must we all die like the philosophy professorat the little college in Ohioforever wishing he were somewhere elseand hating himself for never having really made it, for always beingonly second place? To see the Ten Thousand Things clearly, distinctly,yet each separate from the other,and also simultaneously see each without … [Read more...] about The First, The Greatest, The Best.
Occupy Sex Ed.
by Alena Deerwater I love Momma – Dad too, I guess – but sometimes … I don't know. Do you ever feel like you were dropped off at the wrong house at birth by the stork or whoever? Or God got the right mother but who is this man hanging around her acting like he's her first child? That's why sex ed was so disappointing. … [Read more...] about Occupy Sex Ed.
Occupy the Mirror.
by Mira Allen My friend Richy and I sat across from each other as we shoveled homemade beef tacos around the table by candlelight. We discussed the Occupy movement- our connections and disconnections with it. Neither of us wore a scrap of anything designer and I was willing to bet he used the same all-natural toothpaste that I did. We were taking turns tearing apart … [Read more...] about Occupy the Mirror.
Occupying Your Own Room.
by Julie PrinceNew York apartments are pretty small, especially if you’re of moderate means. We have two incomes, to be sure—who doesn’t at least try to have two incomes these days? But I work in a school and my husband works in sales, and ain’t too many folks buyin’ anything much.We get by—cancel that—we more than get by; … [Read more...] about Occupying Your Own Room.