Removing the symbol

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Come Downstairs Now's "long things" by Frances

[...] i end by saying, yes, let us protest, yes let us wear skinny jeans, but do not let this be the symbol of our activism. let the symbol of our activism be our activism. in other words, REMOVE THE SYMBOL! especially when symbols rely on the beholder anyway. [...]

Also: G.M.R.'s Dynamic Street Art post "Today's Street Art: The Stencil as Means of Social Protest," Colby Sledge's "College kids in Tennessee help to spread the green gospel" for The Tennesseean, Nikolas Kozloff's "Danny Glover, Haiti, and the Politics of Revolutionary Cinema in Venezuela" for The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Justine's "Sneaker Activism Pays Off...Well Almost" for Brains On Fire Blog.

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