X by Kuhn Gabriel;

Author:Kuhn, Gabriel;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2019-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

WHEN STRAIGHTEDGE WALKED THE EARTH / STRAIGHTEDGE MEANS I HAVE NO FRIENDS / NOT GOING TO THE EARTH CRISIS GIG

Laura Synthesis

Laura Synthesis started the zine Synthesis in 1996, and Synthesis Zine Distro a year later. She has organized gigs, campaigns, demos, and film events. In 2003, she was involved in opening a vegan cooperative café. She currently works in a homelessness charity and volunteers as a legal observer with Green & Black Cross. She lives in South East London with her partner and two little terriers. This is a medley of three of her essays.

When Straightedge Walked the Earth (2004)

NB. The purpose of this article is to put forward my belief that alcohol is solely destructive. I am not advocating any kind of a ban on alcohol.

So sxe has all but died out in Europe and is it any wonder? Its popularity was established as a trend rather than as a movement and so of course people are going to find it difficult to hold on to something so superficial. Maybe we need to be reminded that straightedge ethics are actually very radical, revolutionary and progressive. Being straightedge means I am saying no to some of the most manipulative devices that the Powers use to keep us from being free individuals. They want to drug us into ignorance and passivity. They want us to have artificially constructed desires and to make us forget our desire for freedom. They want to make money from these constructed desires.

All the above things concern me of course but lately I have been becoming more and more conscious of straightedge as a feminist choice. The feminist aspect is mostly about alcohol but I will mention the “don’t fuck” aspect very quickly first.

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