Author: Jaime Dunkle
New Lotus Budo Post Now Live for Your Reading Pleasure
I put together a quick overview of “5 Peaceful Community-Building Resistance Practices.” Linked in post! Continue reading New Lotus Budo Post Now Live for Your Reading Pleasure
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My Collages are in an Art Show!
Three of my digital collages were accepted by the Carroll Gallery (New Orleans) for the On Display: a Twenty-First Century Salon des Refusés. The reception is on August 28, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Continue reading My Collages are in an Art Show!
Witness & Resist: An Open Letter to Assata Shakur, an Ex-Political Prisoner of the U.S. in Exile
Assata Shakur wrote: “If you know what’s happening and you don’t do anything but sit on your ass, then you’re nothing but a punk.” Continue reading Witness & Resist: An Open Letter to Assata Shakur, an Ex-Political Prisoner of the U.S. in Exile
Witness & Resist: A Nonconformist’s Backstory
What I learned in high school was that I didn’t fit into institutionalized education. I still don’t. Hence why I am so interested in autotheory. Continue reading Witness & Resist: A Nonconformist’s Backstory
Witness & Resist: Refusing Erasure Under Institutionalized Censorship
The purpose of this autotheory blog series is to challenge malicious threats to our freedoms and to refuse erasure through the act of documentation. This blog discusses Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg and its broader impact in relation to current affairs. Continue reading Witness & Resist: Refusing Erasure Under Institutionalized Censorship
My Return to Sound Debuts on Phil Western’s Afterflash: A Remixed Tribute
Phil Western’s Afterflash: A Remixed Tribute just went live for preorder, and I couldn’t be more ecstatic! We worked on the album for so long and it’s finally here to share with you, my lovelies. Continue reading My Return to Sound Debuts on Phil Western’s Afterflash: A Remixed Tribute
To Bear Witness is To Resist
This book made me realize more than ever that to bear witness to atrocities and personal narratives is to resist systems of oppression (i.e., the U.S. slavery system, authoritarian regimes…or political cults). Continue reading To Bear Witness is To Resist
New Blog: Lotus Budo
Hi friends. I’ve finally started my blog Lotus Budo, Notes on the Intersection of Buddhism & Aikido. You can find it linked in the menu on my personal website (which is where you are now), or you can go to: https://lotusbudo.com As always, thanks for reading! Continue reading New Blog: Lotus Budo
Staged Beatnik Photo from 1959 Perpetuates Patriarchal Subjugation
This unfortunate relic is a reminder of where the status-quo of American society is torpedoing toward right now. Is there enough cultivated resistance to thwart it? Continue reading Staged Beatnik Photo from 1959 Perpetuates Patriarchal Subjugation
Jaime Dunkle 