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The Storm After the Storm (after the other two storms) An Editors Note by Alex Ticu

-an editors note by Alex Ticu Today marks a great day in co-op history. It started at precisely 10am with a phone call from Jacob Knoblauch. It was short and sweet. He briefly mentioned that Foods For Living, due to a series of powerful storms, lost power in all of their freezers. Now, any good dumpster diver would be going nuts waiting for night to fall to collect a great bounty from behind the store, but instead Foods for Living did the right thing; they kept the store open and allowed everyone and anyone to walk in and RAID the freezers and walk out with whatever they wanted. It was what I imagine being a Viking was like, but with fewer battle axes and more Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. Being completely overwhelmed with the options (eggs, pizzas, a couple hundred pints of ice cream, bagles, veggies, ravioli, soy burgers and on and on….) and limited by the fact that I was on a bike, I went straight for the Blueberry Pie. I don’t fuck around with fish sticks. Straight up. As I was raiding, Adrien Vlach took the fun to the next level. He brought a car. I saw it in the parking lot with the doors and trunk wide open, waiting to accept some serious cargo. He didn’t fuck around. Straight up. Arbitrarily grabbing everything in site, he left with four shopping cars FULL and stuffed it all into his gas guzzling Hummer H3 . The car was sagging as he drove to Haven House and dropped off some kind supplies before making his rounds for the co-ops.

Hopefully you all got in on some of this madness. Check your freezers, if you see some Boca Burgers and expensive things that normally don’t belong, ask around, they may be house! Foods for Living took some heavy losses, I am sure. Please, keep in mind that Foods for Living did not just toss the food in dumpsters and let it go to waste, instead gave it all out for free.

Meijer would have compacted it immediately, surely citing potential lawsuits and health issues, when if fact we know the truth. Foods for Living has shown us the benefits of a small locally owned store that chains like Meijer and Walmart cannot offer. I am not telling you where to shop, but next time you have some groceries to pick up, keep this in mind.

Fuck the Child(ren)! A Book Review enhanced by Jeron JacksonFuck the Child(ren)! A Book Review enhanced by Jeron Jackson  A book about the death driv e which attacks ‘reproductive futurism’ and the C hild?

No, I didn’t make it up, honest!

Lee Edelman's No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive is an impossible polemic. How could anyone not be on the side of the children, of the future, he asks, when the “Child remains the perpetual horizon of every acknowledged politics, the fantasmatic beneficiary of every political intervention. Even proponents of abortion rights, while promoting the freedom of women to control their reproductive choice, recurrently frame their political struggle, mirroring their anti-abortion foes as a ‘fight for our children—for our daughters and sons,’ and thus as a fight for the future? What, in that case, would it signify not to be ‘fighting for the children’?” (2-3).

Edelman's answer is that “the side outside the consensus by which all politics confirms the absolute value of reproductive futurism” is queerness. In Edelman's analysis, the queer becomes the name for this death drive, which is not the desire for death or serenity but, very much to the contrary , that which disrupts all efforts to produce a self-sufficient wholeness. It is what brings death to all systems that tend towards ‘order.’ It is the un-living force which introduces the Outside into all interiorities. Thus the queer, (which could represent homosexuals, blacks, pro-choice womyn, even non-human animals), supposedly goes against the political and social order by refusing to accept or inadvertently rejecting the C hild, who represents the Future of (heteronormative) society.

One of the most powerful aspects of the book is the quotations forcefully equating homosexuality with death, anti-futurism, and nothing/meaningless-ness that Edelman unearths from the self-employed Guardians of Civilization and the Child-loving queers. Take, for instance, Francois Abadie, the former mayor of Lourdes in 1989, who called homosexuals “those who care nothing for the future...the gravediggers of society.” Or Father John Miller, author of Called by Love, “Gay activity is wholeheartedly determined to do battle against human life.” The Pope, on same-sex unions, “Such a ‘caricature’ has no future and cannot give future to any society.” Or even homosexual journalist Dan Savage, “Gay parents…are not only making a commitment to our political future, but to the future, period….and many of us have decided that we want to fill our time with something more meaningful than sit-ups, circuit parties and designer drugs. For me and my boyfriend, bringing up a child is a commitment to having a future. And considering what the last 15 years were like, perhaps that future is the ultimate status item for gay men.”

Rather than resisting the heteronormative equation of homosexuality with death, sterility and the anti-social, Edelman says that such associations should be embraced. The role of the queer is a structural function for the social order, so even if the boundaries of sociality were extended to fully accommodate homosexuality, the death driv e would be attributed to/abjected onto another group (Koreans, blacks, birds,…). There will always be some scapegoat for the social order to blame its problems on. For Edelman, it is better, then, to take the side of discontent against (heteronormative) civilization and embrace the death drive by saying “Fuck You!” to the C hild.

It is not that homosexuals should give up the struggle for rights, Edelman argues, but for this to be the limit of homosexual aspiration would be a total capitulation to the social order. Negotiating for ‘acceptance’ and ‘recognition’ from civilization is to grant the social order too much. And the alibi for the authority of the social is not the Father's law, for the contemporary patriarch is now required to legitimate his authority by reference to the emblem of civilization, the C hild. The request for rights simply strengthens those in power to continue to decide which queers are granted (and denied) rights. And the most important reality is that those who are granted rights, must center their requests for protection around the Child.

“Thus, while lesbians and gay men by the thousands work for the right to marry, to serve in the military, to adopt and raise children of their own, the political right, refusing to acknowledge these comrades in reproductive futurism, counters their eff orts by inviting us to kneel at the shrine of the sacred Child: the C hild who might witness lewd or inappropriately intimate behavior; the C hild who might find information about dangerous ‘lifestyles’ on the Internet; the Child who might choose a provocative book from the shelves of the public library; the C hild, in short, who might find an enjoyment that would nullify the figural value, itself imposed by adult desire, of the Child as unmarked by the adult's adulterating implication in desire itself; the Child, that is, made to image, for the satisfaction of adults, an Imaginary fullness that's considered to want, and therefore to want for, nothing” (21).

Hence we are all corralled into holding hands with little orphan Annie and singing rousing hymns to the redemptive telos of “tomorrow.” Yet tomorrow is indeed “always a day away;” it never arrives, not contingently, but structurally.

A book about the death drive which attacks ‘reproductive futurism’ and the Child?

No, I didn’t make it up, honest!

Lee Edelman's No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive is an impossible polemic. How could anyone not be on the side of the children, of the future, he asks, when the “Child remains the perpetual horizon of every acknowledged politics, the fantasmatic beneficiary of every political intervention. Even proponents of abortion rights, while promoting the freedom of women to control their reproductive choice, recurrently frame their political struggle, mirroring their anti-abortion foes as a ‘fight for our children—for our daughters and sons,’ and thus as a fight for the future? What, in that case, would it signify not to be ‘fighting for the children’?” (2-3).

Edelman's answer is that “the side outside the consensus by which all politics confirms the absolute value of reproductive futurism” is queerness. In Edelman's analysis, the queer becomes the name for this death drive, which is not the desire for death or serenity but, very much to the contrary, that which disrupts all efforts to produce a self-sufficient wholeness. It is what brings death to all systems that tend towards ‘order.’ It is the un-living force which introduces the Outside into all interiorities. Thus the queer, (which could represent homosexuals, blacks, pro-choice womyn, even non-human animals), supposedly goes against the political and social order by refusing to accept or inadvertently rejecting the Child, who represents the Future of (heteronormative) society.

One of the most powerful aspects of the book is the quotations forcefully equating homosexuality with death, anti-futurism, and nothing/meaningless-ness that Edelman unearths from the self-employed Guardians of Civilization and the Child-loving queers. Take, for instance, Francois Abadie, the former mayor of Lourdes in 1989, who called homosexuals “those who care nothing for the future...the gravediggers of society.” Or Father John Miller, author of Called by Love, “Gay activity is wholeheartedly determined to do battle against human life.” The Pope, on same-sex unions, “Such a ‘caricature’ has no future and cannot give future to any society.” Or even homosexual journalist Dan Savage, “Gay parents… are not only making a commitment to our political future, but to the future, period….and many of us have decided that we want to fill our time with something more meaningful than sit-ups, circuit parties and designer drugs. For me and my boyfriend, bringing up a child is a commitment to having a future. And considering what the last 15 years were like, perhaps that future is the ultimate status item for gay men.”

Rather than resisting the heteronormative equation of homosexuality with death, sterility and the anti-social, Edelman says that such associations should be embraced. The role of the queer is a structural function for the social order, so even if the boundaries of sociality were extended to fully accommodate homosexuality, the death drive would be attributed to/abjected onto another group (Koreans, blacks, birds,…). There will always be some scapegoat for the social order to blame its problems on. For Edelman, it is better, then, to take the side of discontent against (heteronormative) civilization and embrace the death drive by saying “Fuck You!” to the Child.

It is not that homosexuals should give up the struggle for rights, Edelman argues, but for this to be the limit of homosexual aspiration would be a total capitulation to the social order. Negotiating for ‘acceptance’ and ‘recognition’ from civilization is to grant the social order too much. And the alibi for the authority of the social is not the Father's law, for the contemporary patriarch is now required to legitimate his authority by reference to the emblem of civilization, the Child. The request for rights simply strengthens those in power to continue to decide which queers are granted (and denied) rights. And the most important reality is that those who are granted rights, must center their requests for protection around the Child.

“Thus, while lesbians and gay men by the thousands work for the right to marry, to serve in the military, to adopt and raise children of their own, the political right, refusing to acknowledge these comrades in reproductive futurism, counters their efforts by inviting us to kneel at the shrine of the sacred Child: the Child who might witness lewd or inappropriately intimate behavior; the Child who might find information about dangerous ‘lifestyles’ on the Internet; the Child who might choose a provocative book from the shelves of the public library; the Child, in short, who might find an enjoyment that would nullify the figural value, itself imposed by adult desire, of the Child as unmarked by the adult's adulterating implication in desire itself; the Child, that is, made to image, for the satisfaction of adults, an Imaginary fullness that's considered to want, and therefore to want for, nothing” (21).

Hence we are all corralled into holding hands with little orphan Annie and singing rousing hymns to the redemptive telos of “tomorrow.” Yet tomorrow is indeed “always a day away;” it never arrives, not contingently, but structurally.

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A Synopsis on Permaculture By: Renee Henry Many of us are aware of the fact that current dominant agricultural practices, such as monoculture (the continuous growing of one type of crop), are ecologically and culturally unsustainable, and we may also be aware of some of the agricultural methods that aim to remedy this problem of unsustainability, such as organic farming. There is another ideology, however, that has received increasing attention in the past several decades. In the 1970’s, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren jointly evolved a framework for a sustainable agricultural system based on a multi-crop of perennial trees, shrubs, herbs, fungi, and root systems. Mollison coined the term “permaculture” to describe this framework, using initially the combination of the words permanent agriculture, and later expanded the ideology to represent permanent culture.

Very generally, the practice of permaculture can be defined as the beneficial assembly of plants and animals in relation to human settlements, not only aimed towards household and community self-reliance, but also to encompass appropriate legal and financial strategies, for Here's a few ways to cool off this example: strategies for land summer: access, business structures, and regional self financing. In this 1. The foot-soaker way, permaculture embodies a A significant percentage of your whole human system where the body heat is lost through your ecosystem is viewed in entirety scalp and your feet -- that's why from the Sun, our energy source, it's so important to have a hat and all the way down to the rocks that warm footwear in the winter. In the create our soil. summer, you can use this to your Permaculture is not a new advantage by soaking your feet in idea, and there are people in many cold water to cool off. parts of the world who keep gardens that are modeled closely A large plastic non-covered cat to the structure of the natural litterbox, like in the picture, is forest. It is important to recognize, ideal. A large bowl can also be however, that permaculturists used, but is more prone to spilling. practice cultivated ecology, and the goal is to work in cooperation Fill the container part way with with the environment to maximize cold water, and put your feet in it connections between organisms in to cool off. Be sure to change the a way that is healthy and natural water daily to keep it clean. for the environment. As for the benefits of permaculture, Patrick 2. Hang a canvas water bag or a Whitefield said it simply, “The

Many of us are aware of the fact that current dominant agricultural practices, such as monoculture (the continuous growing of one type of crop), are ecologically and culturally unsustainable, and we may also be aware of some of the agricultural methods that aim to remedy this problem of unsustainability, such as organic farming. There is another ideology, however, that has received increasing attention in the past several decades. In the 1970’s, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren jointly evolved a framework for a sustainable agricultural system based on a multi-crop of perennial trees, shrubs, herbs, fungi, and root systems. Mollison coined the term “permaculture” to describe this framework, using initially the combination of the words permanent agriculture, and later expanded the ideology to represent permanent culture.

Very generally, the practice of permaculture can be defined as the beneficial assembly of plants and animals in relation to human settlements, not only aimed towards household and community self-reliance, but also to encompass appropriate legal and financial strategies, for Here's a few ways to cool off this example: strategies for land summer: access, business structures, and regional self financing. In this 1. The foot-soaker way, permaculture embodies a A significant percentage of your whole human system where the body heat is lost through your ecosystem is viewed in entirety scalp and your feet -- that's why from the Sun, our energy source, it's so important to have a hat and all the way down to the rocks that warm footwear in the winter. In the create our soil. summer, you can use this to your Permaculture is not a new advantage by soaking your feet in idea, and there are people in many cold water to cool off. parts of the world who keep gardens that are modeled closely A large plastic non-covered cat to the structure of the natural litterbox, like in the picture, is forest. It is important to recognize, ideal. A large bowl can also be however, that permaculturists used, but is more prone to spilling. practice cultivated ecology, and the goal is to work in cooperation Fill the container part way with with the environment to maximize cold water, and put your feet in it connections between organisms in to cool off. Be sure to change the a way that is healthy and natural water daily to keep it clean. for the environment. As for the benefits of permaculture, Patrick 2. Hang a canvas water bag or a Whitefield said it simply, “The

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Cake Like Cookies? Yes! Hey dawgs, here is a recipe for you all to try maybe! It is one of my favorite things to bake and I think they are tasty and pretty unique.

I don’t know if this is something my grandma made up, or if she’s just claiming it as her own OR MAYBE IF SHE KILLED SOMEONE AND ASSUMED THEIR IDENTITY AND ALSO THEIR RECIPES. It could be any number of things, but anyway, I got it from my grandma and my momma.

It is called “Cake-Like Cookies” and it is sort of like cake and sort of like cookies (dur). It’s a little bit like coffee cake but with no coffee flavor to it.

Ingredients: 2 cups brown sugar 3 cups flour 1 cup hot water 1 tsp baking soda, dissolved in water 1 tsp baking power (this is a typo my mom made when she emailed me the recipe and it makes me laugh so I’m not fixing it. She means baking powder in case you were terribly confused).

1 tsp cinnamon 2 eggs 1 cup shortening (margarine or Crisco, butter doesn’t work as well) 1 1/2 - 2 cups raisins (whatever looks good to you) Preheat oven to 350° Mix all in bowl, stirring well. Bake in greased cookie sheet with sides (!!!) at 350 for ~20 minutes (start checking after 15 minutes; they’re done when a toothpick comes out of the center clean).

While warm, frost with a mixture of water and powdered sugar. Top with sprinkles (jimmies).

The last two times I made this I screwed it up, so here are some hints so you don’t make my mistakes.

The cookie part is straightforward, but the frosting outsmarted me twice.

1. You want a LOT of powdered sugar and a LITTLE water. I would guesstimate like a cup of powdered sugar and one or two tablespoons of water. Once you whisk it all together, it should be pretty thick, kind of like hand soap. Start with a little water and add more powdered sugar as needed.

2. DON’T BE AN IDIOT AND ONLY READ PART OF THE TIN IN YOUR BAKING SUPPLIES CABINET. Because if you are an idiot like me and make it with baking powder instead of powdered sugar it is gonna be incredibly disgusting. Trust me.

Anyway I really dig reading about new recipes so I hope you co-opers do too.

Eva (Phoenix)

Just putting this out there, but The New Kids on the Block are back together and putting out new songs. Holy shit.

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Here are some of the best books to read in the summer when you do not want to think too hard but want to read something wonderful and/or magical. Children's Books! To re-read or read for the first time! *The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster - All-time favorite book. Milo is a lazy jerk at the beginning but he learns how to channel his inner badass after a sweet journey through places such as the Doldrums, The Island of Conclusions, the Mountains of Ignorance, and the CASTLE IN THE AIR!! *Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins - Dreamy and lazy summertime story about a bunch of kids (mainly one girl) growing up in the Midwest. *A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle – Charles Wallace + Aunt Beast = best characters ever?

The whole quartet is very mystical and wonderful, but Wrinkle in Time is definitely the best. *Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech - I have extra copies if you want to borrow or have them.

Every time I see this book for sale for less than $5 I buy it and give it away because it is just so good. Probably when you read it you will weep, and if not, you are made of stone. *Annie on My Mind by Nancy Gardener - This book is about teenage lesbians! In the 80s! I am not sure what else you could ask for in a YA novel. Annie and Liza are huge nerds, which makes the book somewhat cringe-inducing, but if you can get through that, it is, as any book about first love, bittersweet and relatable by all. *The Giver by Lois Lowry - I am pretty sure every child in public school in the 90s read this book, but it holds up to adulthood. It is creepy in a kind sort of way. It is the first book in a trilogy, which includes also Gathering Blue and Messenger. *How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff - A bunch of kids are abandoned at their castle-home in the countryside of England when WWIII starts to happen. ALSO there is non-gross teen incest. I still don’t understand how the author pulled that off. The book is devastating and absolutely beautiful. *Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy - This trilogy is so epic. An intricate adventure story that is actually about spirituality, philosophy, religion, and other Important Things. Just try not to fall in love with just about every character on the good side. *Anything by Roald Dahl. Personal favorites = The BFG, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach.

He also wrote really creepy short stories for adults which are highly recommended and perfect for summer. *Baby by Patricia McLachlan - If anything embodies the word tender, it is probably this book. *Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh - Harriet is fly as hell, and makes an excellent onion. This book is secretly one of the funniest books ever written, but I think not many people know it because they only read it as children.

Enjoy!

-Nora (Bower)

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Know Your Rights! What to do if you are stopped by the police Think carefully about your words, movement, body language, and emotions.

Don't get into an argument with the police.

Remember, anything you say or do can be used against you.

Keep your hands where the police can see them.

Don't run. Don't touch any police officer.

Don't resist even if you believe you are innocent.

Don't complain on the scene or tell the police they're wrong or that you're going to file a complaint.

Do not make any statements regarding the incident. Ask for a lawyer immediately upon your arrest.

Remember officers' badge and patrol car numbers.

Write down everything you remember ASAP. Try to find witnesses and their names and phone numbers.

If you are injured, take photographs of the injuries as soon as possible, but make sure you seek medical attention first.

If you feel your rights have been violated, file a written complaint with police department's internal affairs division or civilian complaint board.

For more Information visit the ACLU website.

IN YOUR HOME

1. If the police knock and ask to enter your home, you don't have to admit them unless they have a warrant signed by a judge.

2. However, in some emergency situations (like when a person is screaming for help inside, or when the police are chasing someone) officers are allowed to enter and search your home without a warrant.

3. If you are arrested, the police can search you and the area close by. If you are in a building, "close by" usually means just the room you are in.

1. It's not a crime to refuse to answer questions, but refusing to answer can make the police suspicious We all you. recognize law enforcement, but we about If you the are need askedfor toeffective identify yourself, see paragraph 2 should above. also understand our own rights and responsibilities -- especially in our relationships with the police. Everyone, including minors, has the right to courteous and respectful police if treatment.

2. Police may "pat-down" your clothing they suspect a concealed weapon. Don't physically resist, but make it clear that you don't consent to any further search.

If your rights are violated, don't try to deal with the situation at the scene. You can discuss the matter with an attorney or file a with theaInternal or Civilian Complaint Board.

3. Ask if youafterwards, are under arrest.

If complaint you are, you have right toAffairs know why.

4. Don't bad-mouth the police officer or run away, even if you believe what is happening is unreasonable. That could lead to your arrest.

Devo would come to the Co-op office and pick up some sweet co-op merchandise. Lots of cool shirts, messenger bags, buttons, hoodies and more.