Urban v's the Commentariat

[el-ahrairah]

James Bloodworth is one of those socialists whose socialism only seems to extend to declaring themselves socialists in order to attack socialists.

one of treelovers then

 

[DaveCinzano]

James Bloodworth is one of those socialists whose socialism only seems to extend to declaring themselves socialists in order to attack socialists.

one of treelovers then

Treelover is Xzibit?!

 

[J Ed]

Homeless for six hours

Going to school is a little bit homelessness
Going to work is a little bit homelessness
Doing an overnighter at uni is a little bit homelessness
Spending the night in the pub is a little bit homelessness
Doing an ultra-marathon is a little bit athletic homelessness

 

[Theisticle]

I admire her tenacity to function in the real-world without endlessly needing such Twitter updates. Oh wait...

 

[equationgirl]

Homeless for six hours

Going to school is a little bit homelessness
Going to work is a little bit homelessness
Doing an overnighter at uni is a little bit homelessness
Spending the night in the pub is a little bit homelessness
Doing an ultra-marathon is a little bit athletic homelessness

So if she'd caught the tube to Heathrow she wouldn't be homeless? How can she be homeless in the same city where she rents a room?

That's some serious facepalm action even by her own standards.

 

[Theisticle]

Isn't moving to Boston to study now? So I guess technically she would be if she handed in her keys.

 

[equationgirl]

Isn't moving to Boston to study now? So I guess technically she would be if she handed in her keys.

No, she's gone to some conference in Berlin until the end of the week. Doubt she'll be going out to the US until term starts in September.

 

[captainmission]

Surely this is perfect columnist fodder- How my recent brush with homelessness bought home the horrors of the housing crisis.

Soon to be followed by How i understand the plight of stateless people having sat in a airport starbucks for an afternoon

 

[Bakunin]

Surely this is perfect columnist fodder- How my recent brush with homelessness bought home the horrors of the housing crisis.

Soon to be followed by How i understand the plight of stateless people having sat in a airport starbucks for an afternoon

Soon to be followed by my own epic rebuttals

'I can write about being homeless because I actually have been.'

and

'Holiday Hell: My nightmarish experience of a couple of hours in Plymouth Ferryport departure lounge on my way to my annual holiday.'

That'll be £500 for each piece and some added underclass credibility Privilege Points, please. These Privilege Points can be translated into a Prada-Meinhof 'rebel sell' career opportunity or taken to the nearest Esso station for some free glasses and possibly a branded key ring or two. While stocks last.

 

[frogwoman]

I had an argument with my mum, it was just like Ukraine

 

[frogwoman]

My housemate told me to do the washing up, now I know how the Palestinians feel

 

[frogwoman]

A ticket officer asked to see my ticket, Nazi Germany all over again

 

[tbtommyb]

i don't, they'll be cut from the same cloth.

If only it had been Princeton, she could have chatted to this chap: http://time.com/85933/why-ill-never-apologize-for-my-white-male-privilege/

 

[Theisticle]

Surely this is perfect columnist fodder- How my recent brush with homelessness bought home the horrors of the housing crisis.

Soon to be followed by How i understand the plight of stateless people having sat in a airport starbucks for an afternoon

"Gave a homeless man my sandwich. Now understand Kropotkin's theory of mutual aid. #smashcapitalism"

"Met inspiring teenager. Inspired her with words. She is beautiful. All women are beautiful. #smashpatriachy"

"Wore hijab in the house. Now understand how Muslim women feel about street harassment. #smashislamophobia"

 

[Bakunin]

"Gave a homeless man my sandwich. Now understand Kropotkin's theory of mutual aid. #smashcapitalism"

"Met inspiring teenager. Inspired her with words. She is beautiful. All women are beautiful. #smashpatriachy"

"Wore hijab in the house. Now understand how Muslim women feel about street harassment. #smashislamophobia"

It's great that it's possible for people to do so little, yet improve themselves so very, very much.

A shining example to us all, methinks.

 

[DaveCinzano]

It's great that it's possible for people to do so little, yet improve themselves so very, very much.

A shining example to us all, methinks.

More of a shinning example

(Pictured: The Lez. Out of shot: Laurie)

 

[DotCommunist]

tbf six hours stuck in babylondon waiting on a heathrow flight would be dredd- unless you have the money to go watch two films and eat some-whatever it is journywomen journos eat. Even if it was a mcdees. For the sake of argument. You could style the 6 hours out watching two films, having a meal and a spliff, then on to check in.

if you are poor you have to just read your airport thriller for six hours and hope to be interviewed by the beeb about travel chaos.

Fuck trying to get anywhere on a bank holiday weekend though. Stay in with supplies and tunes.

anyway...

 

[captainmission]

get you with your no travel plans privilege

 

[DaveCinzano]

Strap yourselves in, team, because I present to you...





















...wait for it...


















...are you sure you're ready?
























...Okay, here it comes...




















VEGAN PRIVILEGE

 

[DotCommunist]

I likehow they've uses a suicide girls photo with the story. Really on-message that is

 

[DaveCinzano]

I likehow they've uses a suicide girls photo with the story. Really on-message that is

I forgot the trigger warning

 

[captainmission]

I once knew a trustifarian who on return from the Palestine gushed over what amazing vegan food they had there. It didn't occur to her the wonderful vegan diet was a result of crushing poverty and not having land to rear animals on. But now i wonder how i can be a good ally to oppressed meat eating settlers?

 

[J Ed]

I once knew a trustifarian who on return from the Palestine gushed over what amazing vegan food they had there. It didn't occur to her the wonderful vegan diet was a result of crushing poverty and not having land to rear animals on. But now i wonder how i can be a good ally to oppressed meat eating settlers?

Once heard something similar from someone coming back from holiday in Cuba, it was fun telling them that all those beans were probably cooked in stock made of meat.

 

[Idris2002]

 

[xenon]

Surely this is perfect columnist fodder- How my recent brush with homelessness bought home the horrors of the housing crisis.

Soon to be followed by How i understand the plight of stateless people having sat in a airport starbucks for an afternoon

The Sunday Format got there years ago.

These peple are so Self regarding and painfully unaware. Seemingly socialising only in a bubble of likeminds.

 

[rekil]

Anyone for a lecture from comrade Laurie Penny at entrepreneurial wankfest republica? This is what she's interested in atm apparently.



I made it as far as the 2nd slide where snide, irrelevant, sexist and worst of all, unfunny, remarks about middle class fashion of 1913 were made.

Spoiler: Video

 

[butchersapron]

22 minutes - claims she blurred the name of SWP from a picture of f15 banners on a picture that she she found on the internet with them already blurred (ineptly) because 'they are rape denialists'. She uses this piece to say that voting doesn't matter. This follows on from the wilding davison piece in which she argues that voting is crucial.

 

[rekil]

It's peculiar that Oxford's lackadaisical attitude to rape culture is not being challenged with quite the same vigour as say, the SWP and their paper sellers. It doesn't do to shit on one's own doorstep what.

 

[Idris2002]

It doesn't do to shit on one's own doorstep what.

My dear chap, it simply isn't done.

 

[rekil]

Sharing "cigarettes, phone numbers and anecdotes" freely is a little bit communism.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/may/09/mix-it-how-make-friends-20s