narcissusMar 11, 2025

i am about halfway through william gillis's "what's in a slogan? KYLR and militant anarcha-feminism," a text i avoided for a long time because i knew that its subject matter would be triggering and distressing to me, and i am happy to report that it is very good. long and therefore thorough, and cathartic to read instead of triggering.

i'm also doing this after struggling to white-knuckle my way thru several *significantly* shorter and punchier zines because of the deterioration in my faculties/spoons and ability to sustain attention often thru even a single sentence, which is remarkable to me. anyway i think something william doesnt get enough credit for is being a very engaging writer.

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don't know anything about the case william is talking about here--i'm sure it's to do with circles of real-world anarchist scenes with which i have had no contact at all--but i am immediately reminded of anonsee, the woman repeatedly credibly accused of rape and abuse, who wrote a studious and malicious "callout" of her victim(s). that case is extra relevant because of how it intersects with the "KYLR" situation, because anonsee accused her victim of personally *fabricating* the slogan specifically as an attempt to "get her lynched." she easily weaponized the exact liberal brainrot of "if we believe survivors, it will be immediately used to darvo real victims!!!" to do the very thing those liberals think they're safeguarding against. food for thought
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posted without comment, i just think it's important
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okay i promise not to screenshot every paragraph, but lemme just say CAN FUCKING CONFIRM to this part.

and very often, caring too much about rape & abuse quite often IS the crime that gets you labeled as "cringe." the implicit, unstated, neurotypical social rule is that you are supposed to treat rape & abuse as either "too taboo to discuss at all" (thus you're a weirdo for naming it), or as a terrain to practice edgelordery upon--rape jokes, writing zines that "just ask questions" about the age of consent, etc. you are violating the social rules by naming & and thinking it is genuinely serious and bad instead of playing along with the coolguys who "know" it's really not that big of a deal.

the social punishment for this is swift and harsh.

Mar 11, 2025 at 1:22pmWeb
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Welp! finished it. added it to the immer autonom reading recs. really wish i had had the emotional resources to read it and publish it originally when william first mentioned it to me. i haven't been able to read anything, let alone something that long, from beginning to end like that in nearly a year. it's very thorough and refreshing.

read: https://c4ss.org/content/59691

zine version: https://github.com/rechelon/zine_library/blob/master/Theory/Feminism%20and%20Queer%20Theory/Kill%20Your%20Local%20Rapist.pdf

if i ever have disposable income again, i might get an "all power to the ice pick" tattoo

What’s In A Slogan? “KYLR” and Militant Anarcha-feminism

An anarchist walks out of a punk show to smoke. On her vest are anarchist patches with various standard slogans, “No Gods No Masters,” “Death To Transphobes,” “Kill Your Local Rapist,” “All Cops Are Bastards,” “Punch Nazis,” “From The River To The Sea Palestine Will Be Free,” “Make Total Destroy,” “The Only Good Cop Is...

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ngl last line made me cry a bit
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@FarmingWarMech if you're curious about my thoughts on gillis's kylr piece lol