The EZLN being mostly indigenous and in opposition to ‘colonial’ trade agreements fits the anti-colonization theme too.
Gordon Willissays
Decolonise where, exactly? Should all the people in balaclavas be sent “back” to the Crimea, then?
Alicesays
When I was in screenprinting, we printed T shirts for this group, who were mostly Latino. So I think Ryan at #5 is right.
Al Dentesays
I showed this to my daughter. Her comment was “A picture is worth a thousand words but I don’t understand the words.”
brucegee1962says
By the logic of these people, suttee was simply a quaint local custom, and the evil British colonizers showed their horribleness when they attempted to wipe it out. We should demonstrate how enlightened and anti-colonial we are today by forcing widows to immolate themselves on their husbands’ funeral pyres. Or something.
Gordon Willissays
Personally, I think that everyone called Julia should be sent back to the Roman Empire and everyone called Gordon should be sent back to Scotland and everyone called Willis should be sent back to Sax… no, wait a minute. (My middle name is Welsh, but I’m not telling you what it is).
The logic of these people is that they are going to tell you what your culture is and they are going to tell you how you are going to live. And you can’t have an opinion of your own, or change your mind. Or move house (except to somewhere in “the West” or “the North”, I gather).
Gordon Willissays
Oh, all right, you can have an opinion of your own, but it has to grow “legitimately” out of “your” “culture” and no one should help you if you get stoned for it.
Definitely looks more balaclavish than burqaic to me – it appears to be knitted if you zoom in close. A cursory scratch at google didn’t reveal any more info on ‘2014 Decolonize’ (though one of the options, delightfully, offered the opportunity to ‘decolonise your diet’ – a gutsy pun I hope) … but I’m going for the ‘Latin American revolutionary’ hypothesis rather than the ‘burqa-clad Islamist’ hypothesis on this one.
Al Dente and others, the garment that person is wearing is NOT a burqa. Google “burqa” for images: the burqa completely obscures the wearer and has mesh covering the eyes. The garment in the image is wooly and looks far more like a balaclava than anything else, and the person in the image doesn’t appear to be female at all.
for Decolonize Media, you’ll see the slogan, “Breaking down the false representation. United in the movement for Indigenous Liberation. Tactical support for the struggle. Organize. Mobilize. Decolonize.”
Darn, I’m in moderation. Must be the link to a Wikipedia page for the EZLN.
Al Dentesays
My middle name is Welsh, but I’m not telling you what it is
It’s Jones. All the Welsh are named Jones.
Gordon Willissays
Jones? Jones? Perhaps you mean Davies Defus? Anyway, those are saesnach names, stinking of creeping saxonification, look you. No true Welshman would, and I definitely don’t.
Katherine Woosays
I am pretty sure it is a ski mask. That is definitely a knit fabric. I would say pretty much every women’s Islamic head-covering i have seen t is either woven or a smooth-finish knit.
In any case, if they really want to “decolonize” I suggest they abandon all media connected to oppressive colonial-era European constructs like electricity, radio, and television. I think the fruits of the MIC (as they refer to it) like the Internet and cellphones should be off limits as well.
I look forward to seeing Maoist-Marxist, Islamo-fascist, and other righteously post-colonial missives being hand-copied by candle light and delivered by hand from one revolutionary cell to the next.
Gordon Willissays
So let’s agree that what we have here is a fierce-looking person with menacing eyebrows and a funny hat. Perhaps it’s an advert for colonic irrigation, or colonic amputation, or something: purity is good for you, and it doesn’t really hurt — well, not much.
Feel free, Gordon Willis. That’s how I would rhyme it too … though my non-native-english-speaking friends do chide me for confusing them by making up bogus forms of words on a regular basis 🙂
It took me a moment to realize that’s a burqa. I was originally thinking what did ninjas have to do with decolonization.
I’m the other way around – I saw a burqa first, then decided it’s ambiguous and could also be a balaklava.
OK. I admit it. I do not understand the meaning of this tweet.
The screen cap is small on my screen. I saw balaclava (=bank robber/terrorist) rather than burqa/niqab.
Looks to me like the EZLN from Chiapas, Mexico.
http://fotos.eluniversal.com.mx/fotovideo/ezln22122012005450.jpg
The EZLN being mostly indigenous and in opposition to ‘colonial’ trade agreements fits the anti-colonization theme too.
Decolonise where, exactly? Should all the people in balaclavas be sent “back” to the Crimea, then?
When I was in screenprinting, we printed T shirts for this group, who were mostly Latino. So I think Ryan at #5 is right.
I showed this to my daughter. Her comment was “A picture is worth a thousand words but I don’t understand the words.”
By the logic of these people, suttee was simply a quaint local custom, and the evil British colonizers showed their horribleness when they attempted to wipe it out. We should demonstrate how enlightened and anti-colonial we are today by forcing widows to immolate themselves on their husbands’ funeral pyres. Or something.
Personally, I think that everyone called Julia should be sent back to the Roman Empire and everyone called Gordon should be sent back to Scotland and everyone called Willis should be sent back to Sax… no, wait a minute. (My middle name is Welsh, but I’m not telling you what it is).
The logic of these people is that they are going to tell you what your culture is and they are going to tell you how you are going to live. And you can’t have an opinion of your own, or change your mind. Or move house (except to somewhere in “the West” or “the North”, I gather).
Oh, all right, you can have an opinion of your own, but it has to grow “legitimately” out of “your” “culture” and no one should help you if you get stoned for it.
Definitely looks more balaclavish than burqaic to me – it appears to be knitted if you zoom in close. A cursory scratch at google didn’t reveal any more info on ‘2014 Decolonize’ (though one of the options, delightfully, offered the opportunity to ‘decolonise your diet’ – a gutsy pun I hope) … but I’m going for the ‘Latin American revolutionary’ hypothesis rather than the ‘burqa-clad Islamist’ hypothesis on this one.
All I thought was cool ninja.
Al Dente and others, the garment that person is wearing is NOT a burqa. Google “burqa” for images: the burqa completely obscures the wearer and has mesh covering the eyes. The garment in the image is wooly and looks far more like a balaclava than anything else, and the person in the image doesn’t appear to be female at all.
Also, if you look at either the Tumblr
http://decolonizingmedia.tumblr.com/
or the Twitter
https://twitter.com/DecolonizeMedia
for Decolonize Media, you’ll see the slogan, “Breaking down the false representation. United in the movement for Indigenous Liberation. Tactical support for the struggle. Organize. Mobilize. Decolonize.”
I agree with Ryan #5 and David #12: today being the 20th anniversary of the Chiapas uprising, it’s got to be the iconic balaclava of the EZLN.
Darn, I’m in moderation. Must be the link to a Wikipedia page for the EZLN.
It’s Jones. All the Welsh are named Jones.
Jones? Jones? Perhaps you mean
DaviesDefus? Anyway, those are saesnach names, stinking of creeping saxonification, look you. No true Welshman would, and I definitely don’t.I am pretty sure it is a ski mask. That is definitely a knit fabric. I would say pretty much every women’s Islamic head-covering i have seen t is either woven or a smooth-finish knit.
In any case, if they really want to “decolonize” I suggest they abandon all media connected to oppressive colonial-era European constructs like electricity, radio, and television. I think the fruits of the MIC (as they refer to it) like the Internet and cellphones should be off limits as well.
I look forward to seeing Maoist-Marxist, Islamo-fascist, and other righteously post-colonial missives being hand-copied by candle light and delivered by hand from one revolutionary cell to the next.
So let’s agree that what we have here is a fierce-looking person with menacing eyebrows and a funny hat. Perhaps it’s an advert for colonic irrigation, or colonic amputation, or something: purity is good for you, and it doesn’t really hurt — well, not much.
Or maybe it’s something to do with revolutionary punctuation…
Yes. Mere semicolons deserve death. Let us praise the fully committed eyebrow of post-liberal modernism and … oh bugger, I think I got lost somewhere.
I think Ryan / Alice / Irène are right. It looks like one of these guys.
@David Hart #12
You know, I do like “burqaic”. I think of it as rhyming with mosaic or archaic. Would you mind if I borrow it, occasionally?
Feel free, Gordon Willis. That’s how I would rhyme it too … though my non-native-english-speaking friends do chide me for confusing them by making up bogus forms of words on a regular basis 🙂