Stop Mutilating Now

Mad As Hell Event Recap

stopmutilating — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:10:20 +0000

“A Bunch of white ol’ men” -AV

That’s probably the best way to describe our collective initial response to the panel discussion that was going on. But, our silly critiques were later dismantled by the moderator who let us know that there were simply no women or p.o.c present because, “they were all at home taking care of children.” He later remarked, “I’m sorry, but that’s just the way the world works.”

With that said, we did learn some new information about single payer universal health care and why it’s legit the best option (way better that public option). To find out more, check out https://madashelldoctorstour.com/

The folks from our group were there to represent. We made awesome flyer/booklets and passed them out, and with the help of two of our comrades, we plastered the UIC campus, Center on Halsted, and Lincoln Park.

Here is the video of what I said at the end, that will hopefully be on this site soon

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO.

Audio Documentary Piece – Shame, Secrecy & Family

stopmutilating — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:14:48 +0000

The following audio documentary piece is hopefully going to be part of an ongoing set of recordings I have with my friends and family members. This first one is with my grandmother. She’s a woman who raised me alongside my mother and aunt. She recently fell down a flight of stairs and broke her neck, and hip. She can walk again, but the bleeding on her brain caused her dementia to go from the early stages to the late stages overnight. The shame and secrecy so prevalent amongst my family members when it comes to the surgeries that went on with me when I was an infant, a toddler, and again when I was 11 really come through in the way we can hardly have a conversation about it in this audio piece. It’s the first times she’s ever really openly tried to talk to me about any of this…

Audio link

Hello Delicious People

stopmutilating — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:31:36 +0000

Thank you for joining us in this uprising to people that won’t stand for the barbaric cutting up of bodies that don’t conform to the imaginary binary. Please keep checking our blog for updates on our first meeting that will be happening within the next month. If you would like to be kept up to date on our emails… please add your email address in the comments section or send it to me in private at stopmutilating@gmail.com