#counterculture

[the-cricket-chirps]

Stanley Mouse & Alton Kelley, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Electric Train,  Family Dog, Avalon Ballroom Concert poster, 1966

[useless-catalanfacts]

A protester in a demonstration in favour of the rights of homosexual people. Year 1979 in Barcelona, Catalonia. Photo by Pilar Aymerich (source).

Did you notice the sticker?

In the late 1970s, one of the most popular slogans in the Gay and Lesbian movement in Catalonia was "Maricon? Sí, gràcies" (Catalan language for "Faggot? Yes, thanks") in the shape of the famous "Nuclear? No, thanks" sign.

[disease]

TICKUM AND JEFF | NEWPORT, 1981

[jareckiworld]

Kiki Kogelnik (1935-1997) — Moon Baby [serigraph, 1966]

[anhedoniacity]

“punk is not inherently soft, and if you don’t recognize its angry roots and inherent core value of rebellion against the status quo you are complicit and you’re not really punk” and “treating yourself and others softly and kindly when society wants to harm people like you is actually a subversive act and it is punk” are two statements that can and should coexist

[negativegrl]

he's lived so many lives...

[vintage-tigre]

Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper- Easy Rider, 1969

[designfiend]

INTERNATIONAL TIMES NEWSPAPER

International Times Newspaper was produced by an underground counterculture press starting in the late 60s through the 1993

[c86]

Glastonbury Festival, 1971

Photography by Paul Misso

[raggedyfink]

Tbh I think the fast fashion conversation should involve poor ppl but not in any way in the form of shaming but more like: “you are being taken advantage of by large corporations that have women and children enslaved to make crappy clothes in excessive amounts that have literal lead that will damage ur body in serious ways that ur pressured to buy via influencers that form a parasocial relationship with you and don’t care about you to overconsume them in large amounts that won’t last and have to be thrown away at some point and all that ends up fucking the environment. Plus, the cycle of consumerism is damaging to ur finances to keep u in poverty and mental health of always wanting more but never satisfied.”

I am saying right now you don’t need to throw out fast fashion items you currently own, if they fall apart, they can be repurposed. I am also saying I’ve been guilty of shopping fast fashion but am also making a commitment to eliminate fast fashion purchases and mindset in my life. The root cause of these fast fashion corpos to keep doing what they do is purely based on you buying from them and you, the consumer in this capitalist world, have the power to change that. Obviously there’s little you can do to avoid big oil or buying things made with prison labor without serious direct action but the fashion industry is one that is by design meant to be maintained by mindless consumerism and overconsumption.

If you are poor, please do whatever within ur means to avoid fast fashion, whether it’s buying from thrift stores other than goodwill and just buying less clothes and focusing on more important things in ur life. A better tomorrow is still possible if you allow it.

[ornithorynquerouge]

The Ramones, Dee Dee Ramone. 1978

[mindblownie2]

just between us

[governmentissuedclone]

Listen to me okay!!!

A comparatively affordable, environmentally friendly, one time purchase that doesn't make you regularly line the pockets of Big Gas Executives and directly fund the fossil fuel industry.

Bicycles are far easier and cheaper to replace, repair, or modify to your liking by yourself! Pretty much anyone at any skill level can learn basic bike maintenance, they don't require nearly as much specialized knowledge and pretty much all the tools you will need can be easily and relatively affordably sourced from a hardware store, bike shop, or used.

'but they're not cool' first of all, caring about being cool automatically makes you uncool. Second, cool is a learned association and what is cool now won't be cool in five years. What was cool 5 years ago isn't cool now. We have been conditioned by movies and tv to think the only people who ride parks are losers and the butt of the joke. We can literally make bicycles cool by simply being a bunch of cool people who ride bicycles.

As car culture is the dominant mindset in North America a bicycle is, in fact, counterculture! Piss off drivers simply by existing! Although do be warned many think it is completely reasonable to attempt to murder you with their car because they had to slow down a little bit to pass you.

The first step to dismantling our current car culture and pedestrian hostile infrastructure is to opt out of using cars as much as possible. Cities are not and have not been built for people in decades. They are built for cars. You shouldn't have to be forced to clean out your wallet paying for a car, fuel, insurance, etc because a corporation hardcore lobbied your government to design the world around you to be inconvenient, miserable, and impossible to navigate without one so they can make more money at everyone else's expense.

The more people use bikes, the less money corporations make. The less damage they can do to the planet. The demand for bike and pedestrian friendly infrastructure rises. Cities become cleaner, nicer, and more liveable for everyone.

You deserve to be able to live.

[disease]

INDUSTRIALNATION #18 [‘90s/00s]

[jareckiworld]

Ardy Strüwer (1939-2023) — Midnight Summer Moon Glow [oil on canvas, 1976]

[tygerland]

Allen Ginsberg (l) by Bruce Weber; NYC, 1992.