Ok. here are today's thoughts
1) you know the things that are just obvious part of being human, or dare i say, human rights? like the really really simple ones- breathing, bowel emptying, speech. no one is ever going to tell you that you are simply forbidden to speak ever again, even if you are a prisoner, mentally disabled, or homeless, right? and if you can conjure up a situation where it has/could happen, it would be a gross abuse of rights. i think we need to take another less obvious human rights issue, like housing, and just start pushing it, everywhere, all the time, till it becomes a similarly obvious right. maybe everytime homelessness is mentioned i will be abso-fucking-lutely amazed that-wait-there are people? without? houses? living in the wild like animals? and we just allow that? where do they sleep?
except lets get serious- i probably won't ever really do that. no one ever talks about homelessness.
2) greg joked #1 sounded a lot like propaganda and asked me if i was a communist. i'm still undecided about communism for various reasons, but i think i'm solidly all for collectivism. i still really want to live in a big mansion, or a few large houses next door to one another, with all my friends. i want to have a joint bank account we all poor money into, and then decide what to use it on. i want to donate the left overs every year to various charities. i want to grow our own food and be otherwise sustainable. and i want to grow our own weed and put that chunk of money towards legalization. (greg says i'm a little bit crazy, but we can live in a co-op)
3) are there day care coops? can this be a goal? imagine- if there were day care coops, and semi flexible work weeks (like 4 ten hour days, or 32 hour part time jobs) then every parent in the coop could work four days and day care one day. they could do in a kid proofed room of their own home, or one of the other families homes depending on who had the space for it. people who weren't willing to host could take on extra snack making/activity organizing responsibilities. imagine being able to work without losing half your paycheck to child care or being able to spend time with your kids without giving up your career.
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I believe that such childcare coops do exist, although probably not so much in Whitefish Bay. We'll get there eventually...maybe.
i think you're right. theyre probably all over in yuppie-hippie places, like portland.
and aly actually said her mom was part of a group of moms in bay who just took turns hosting playdates so the other moms could get errands done.
but what i think we really need is lower income, single parent, and/or urban day care coops. a support network for the people without the support of a second parent, middle class status, secure well paying jobs etc etc.
i need to defend myself here - all of the comments about communism were intended positively, along the lines of: you've known i'm a rotten pinko for a long time, and now you're finally coming around?
Also: can I have my own private studio in the co-op, so i can be in a commune without having to interact with other people?
yes, sweetheart, of course.
oh greg.
i will come try to seduce you in your studio. get ready.
I believe childcare co-ops existed in the 60s and 70s, and were run by people like Bill Ayers. he talks about them in his memoirs, which i own, but have not finished reading.
have you talked/heard about the controversy about the term human rights and the abuse of that word? we talked about it in my womens studies class last semester, but i don't remember too much about the discussion.
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