I am unfortunately too busy to reply to harm (although I would point out that my previous update was less a response and more of a link for further consideration, which is why I haven't "offer[ed] a workable modus operandi") so instead I will post this press release just for him, because he will find it very amusing. I also found it very amusing, for the record, and I know that harm will enjoy it way more than my nominally-lefty friends will. Well, except for Rachel, who would also think it's hilarious.

>>SCREAM OUT!
>>
>>WHAT: SCREAM OUT is a performance/protest. One by one, hundreds of women
>>will condemn the Bush administration for destroying our basic American
>>freedoms. Each charge will be answered with a scream of rage and
>>resistance, fury and frustration. The event is free and open to the
>>public.
>>
>>WHO: SCREAM OUT was initiated by performance artist Karen Finley and
>>organized by the Women's Action Coalition (WAC). Speakers and screamers
>>will include prominent and not-yet-prominent women artists, performers,
>>writers and activists including Finley, author Mary Gaitskill, Franklin
>>Furnace's Martha Wilson, poet/performers Nicole Blackman and Emily XYZ,
>>and many others. A more complete list of participants will be announced.
>>
>>WHEN: Monday, June 9th 2003, from 5 to 7 pm.
>>
>>WHERE: In the courtyard of St. Mark's Church in the Bowery,
>>131 East 10th Street at Second Avenue in New York City.
>>
>>WHY: We are out of time. The Bush administration has launched a relentless
>>attack against our civil liberties.
>>
>>We are out of options. Millions of Americans have protested against the
>>administration's policies and our voices have been ignored.
>>
>>We are out of patience.
>>
>>PUBLIC INFO: The WAC website at www.wacnyc.net Information will be updated
>>regularly.

Yeah, because nothing says "potency" like screaming wordlessly at people who agree with you. We're out of patience so we're going to have a big group scream? That'll, uh, make us feel better. I dunno, maybe it's a chick thing.

*sigh* I kind of like Mary Gaitskill...
posted by Mike B. at 3:59 PM 0 comments