Tag: community
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Grant Application Questions and Answers
Here are our answers to the questions on a grant we recently applied for. History When did your group come together and why? Share major accomplishments and tell us about your recent activities, successes, and learning opportunities. Stimpunks was created to forge the way for educational inclusion and to give our community the means to…
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Punk Is Autistic
The culture of punk is, at its core, authenticity without apology—and that’s exactly what autistic people desire: spaces and cultures where they can be their true selves without the need to mask or conform.
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Rebuilding Community with Bluesky Starter Packs
I’ve been waiting for people to move off X/Twitter. I’m glad to see the current momentum away from there. I was heavily invested in Twitter as a place of community and digital sociology since the days of Ferguson. Bluesky is now that place. Here are some Bluesky Starter Packs we recommend. These will help you…
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Next Steps as a Community of Resistance
We have a lot of work to do in the USA (and everywhere) to combat what’s coming. Care systems will be attacked. We must build a counterculture of care. Care work makes all other work possible. Here are some next steps for our community at Stimpunks.
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A Vivifying Overlap: This Is What Trans Punk Looks Like
To be a queer person is inherently a very punk thing. I think to be a punk person is also inherently a queer thing. There’s a lot of really vivifying overlap there between those two things for me. Lorne, THIS IS WHAT TRANS PUNK LOOKS LIKE (full documentary) – YouTube This documentary opens with insightful…
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The Free Lil Pantry: Take what you need. Leave what you can.
Stimpunks Board Member Becky Hicks runs a free food pantry in New Orleans. Here’s a charming segment with Becky on local news that works the Mr. Rogers vibes. Algiers Point Free Lil Pantry celebrates 7 years of giving and receiving | WGNO.com The Algiers Point Free Lil Pantry was New Orleans’ first. And it’s been…
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Community: The Story of East Bay Punk
I love punk documentaries. Community comes together to build inclusive spaces. Community rebounds after losing spaces. Community fights off skinheads with bats and pipes to keep spaces safe. Community learns how to DIY together. Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history…
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Campfires in Dark Forests: Community Brings Safety to the Serendipity
Dark forests like newsletters and podcasts are growing areas of activity. As are other dark forests, like Slack channels, private Instagrams, invite-only message boards, text groups, Snapchat, WeChat, and on and on. These are all spaces where depressurized conversation is possible because of their non-indexed, non-optimized, and non-gamified environments. The cultures of those spaces have…
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Picnic at the Zoo!
Who: Members of the Dripping Springs Friendship Club What: picnic lunch and zoo visit (bring your lunch/drink) They do not have water fountains, but do sell bottled water in the gift shop if needed. When: Friday ~ May 3, 2024 starting @ 12:30 PM Where: Austin Zoo ~ 10808 Rawhide Trail Austin, TX 78736 Why:…
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Lunch & Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire movie in Bee Cave
Who: Members of the Dripping Springs Friendship Club Lunch ~ All Star Burger @ Noon (yes, 12 PM) Movie ~ Cinemark: starts @ 1:25 PM The movie is rated PG-13 and it’s 1 hour and 55 minutes long. Please let Norah know if you’d like to attend, if you have not already done so previously.…
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Neurodiversity discourse is where we feel at home, because…
As part of what we do, we hang out in a lot of communities, both online and offline. Science communities, philosophy communities, psychiatry, sociology, healthcare, neuroscience, education, academia, parent groups, carer groups, family groups, peer support groups, etc. We have to advocate for our lives in all these realms. We understand and reflect the language…
