sorry vinod and abhi, but rather than end the “DRUM”/patchouli/”harold and kumar” debate on poor maria’s ass (because no ass deserves such responsibility or hardship), i say we send the cast and crew of the stoner movie that “couldn’t” to the following:

A Different Kind of Dude Fest: August 20-22. Washington, DC

This is not “just” a fest. It’s a space for men to take stock of their internalized sexism and to discuss strategies for change, for ways we can divest of patriarchy and be responsible feminist allies. To that extent, there will be:

(1)A website/zine/reading group project to foster discussion and self-reflection before and after the fest.

(2)Workshops and discussion spaces to explore issues of privilege, sexism and patriarchy, and to learn from non-gender privileged perspectives.

(3)Two nights of shows with amazing, pro-woman, pro-queer bands, many of which are involved in organizing the fest, where we can start following through with our obligation to not take gender dynamics for granted, and to forge new visions of collective liberation. And we may even have a little fun. Come!

for those of you who are utterly perplexed by this post, i implore you to go read the comments after this SM entry. it will all make sense then, dear ones.

now if you’ll kindly excuse me, i have to go berate my bf for not sympathizing with my vaginally-centered plight. he is obviously a privileged, sexist, patriarchal jerk who has not divested himself of the horrific issues that “harold” and “kumar” also suffer from….he is complicit! all of the other mutineers are! stop objectifying! patchouli for all!