tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post7474346264267098834..comments2024-01-30T02:02:02.972-05:00Comments on Ms.Marx: On Pop Culture: Why I have not been blogging lately...Ms.Marxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319090803199238459noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-57842488929900337742011-09-03T00:18:08.906-04:002011-09-03T00:18:08.906-04:00Hi, I've been a lurker here for a while and I ...Hi, I've been a lurker here for a while and I have a blog I haven't written on in months because, yeah, shock, transition, no words. I spent months last year in essentially a state of hibernation, it's frustrating that things don't move in a linear way, that the forces acting upon us change us and other people in multiple contradictory ways all at once. Tho I don't have a union work background, I consider myself a partisan of the class war, but yeah, steep learning curves, few maps. Decency transcends. Love transcends.Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552950327720224037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-24000925436262798392011-09-02T13:00:38.810-04:002011-09-02T13:00:38.810-04:00Hey! Sorry to hear about your health troubles and ...Hey! Sorry to hear about your health troubles and about the political challenges in the union. Let me just add my voice in support of self-care, and in support of taking time to figure out how you want to be active. It's a constant dilemma, and the city we're both in offers different and in some ways more limited options than might be found in other, bigger cities -- I, too, constantly wrestle with what can be done here that is useful, that has the potential to engage people outside of narrow circles, but that is true to radical visions of social transformation, and I'm constantly dissatisfied with any answers I'm able to come up with.<br /><br />Anyway, hope you feel better soon, and I"m glad to see you're feeling up to blogging again!Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-83048906509178758542011-09-02T12:16:18.174-04:002011-09-02T12:16:18.174-04:00Speaking as someone who has gone through periods o...Speaking as someone who has gone through periods of activist burn-out (though never having serious medical issues), I sympathize. I also sympathize, as you know, with your line struggle against business unionism.<br /><br />I don't think that the choice is a clear-cut either/or between being a "stereotypical academic leftist" or working with a bunch of bureaucrats and social dem opportunists. If that's the choice facing us leftists (and sometimes it seems like that) then it's not much of a choice. In truth, the people flag-waving for the NDP or pork-chopping with the labour aristocracy are generally overrepresented by "stereotypical academic leftists" - so withdrawing from those circles, and taking time out to figure how to engage and participate in radical politics, is not necessarily a retreat into academia.<br /><br />Glad to see you blogging again.JMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13384595330293618571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-16525638848264750392011-09-02T11:57:01.787-04:002011-09-02T11:57:01.787-04:00Dear Ms. Marx,
It seems that you are moving into a...Dear Ms. Marx,<br />It seems that you are moving into a period of self-care. Integral to growth, this phase will provide you with an increased perspective and allow you to gather information and insight towards how you will channel your energy when you are ready. Take the time you need. You will serve your purpose better once you have taken care of yourself and recharged. In your own good time. We await you. TessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com