Old Piece in a New Magazine
I wrote this like six months ago for the Versus issue which just came out. it was around the time the whole American Apparel thing in the mission was going down so I just kind of ran with some thoughts I had on the matter and banged it out. Anyways check it:
You Ain’t Doing Shit Anyways
So all the fucking kids in the mission got together to fight the good fight recently. They put a stop to the evil empire that is American Apparel. Activism is alive and well in San Francisco. Sure people think the mission is full of hipsters who care more about riding fixed gears, buying t-shirts with birds on them and drinking muddy water that some people call coffee, but you judgmental fucks are wrong.
Valencia St will rally together to put a stop to the injustice that threatens the very fundamental principles of its existence. Gentrification will continue to strive just as long the Midwestern exiles continue to feel cool about living close enough to the mission not to be threatened and only dealing with the marina when it’s drunk on 16th St. All while denying that the only difference is the uniform.
While brown people are being displaced because Medjool wants to build condos for the tie you’ll be wearing in a few years at least you have the passion to stand up against the threat of a t-shirt store that no one even gives a fuck about. You think motherfuckers at wal-mart even know what the fuck American Apparel is? No, that shit is fucking irrelevant, regardless of what you think of the company. It’s hardly a major victory against chain stores. But we got more people showing up to community meeting than ever before just so they can suck their own fucking cocks because they don’t want their coffee shop experience to be tainted by a rainbow of slim tees.
Where are these shitty fucking activists when kids are getting shot in the mission? Where are they when Fillmore kids are blasting people on laguna? Oh yeah that’s right, at home tightening their lock rings and patting themselves on their facebook for standing up against those who threaten their ability to wear a stencil of a fucking tree.
Guess what motherfucker, the bullshit liberal attitude that you left the Midwest for is a fucking crock of shit. It’s a marketing campaign created by the old money of this city to sell you a dream. They count on you eating up that dream because they know that as long as you have the hope of smoking weed on Dolores park without the threat of your parents that you will buy into the cost of that dream. If you don’t they don’t care; they can afford get rid of you until you turn into another cog that fuels the lie. They know that Wal-mart shoppers will never justify the retarded rents of this town. But if you can create a lie and sell it to a kid searching for an identity well then fuck you’ve hit jackpot. These motherfuckers will feed your bank account as long as they can feel better than the past they left behind in fucking Kansas. This marketing campaign is what fuels development and speculation of just how much money they can make off your dumbass.
No one built the T-line to help Hunters Point get jobs; they built that shit so that Mission Bay and the Dogpatch condos wouldn’t feel lonely. If you’re in the Bayview don’t worry they got their sights on you too. No one gives a fuck about developing shit for the hood, they have no money. If you believe in kindness then you are a fucking idiot. Sorry to shit on the lessons of the Care Bears but people are not nice and don’t give a fuck about each other. Sure there might be gestures but the only reason change happens in this society is when someone can cash in on it.
I love this fucking city but get real motherfuckers. Putting a stop to American Apparel doesn’t mean shit to anyone but those denying their own assistance in gentrifying the mission. If you are going to take action do it against something meaningful that actually has an impact on the quality of life of the people need it. I don’t give a fuck if Ritual Roasters rent goes up. If those motherfuckers can afford to open up more chains of their own store they can afford to put up with a fucking t-shirt store. How about you grow some fucking outrage against what happens one block away every fucking day? But no instead you dicks do dumb shit like organize no pants marches down 16th St because you want to be cute while you walk by people begging for rocks.
Have some fucking self respect you goddamn assholes.
You Ain’t Doing Shit Anyways
So all the fucking kids in the mission got together to fight the good fight recently. They put a stop to the evil empire that is American Apparel. Activism is alive and well in San Francisco. Sure people think the mission is full of hipsters who care more about riding fixed gears, buying t-shirts with birds on them and drinking muddy water that some people call coffee, but you judgmental fucks are wrong.
Valencia St will rally together to put a stop to the injustice that threatens the very fundamental principles of its existence. Gentrification will continue to strive just as long the Midwestern exiles continue to feel cool about living close enough to the mission not to be threatened and only dealing with the marina when it’s drunk on 16th St. All while denying that the only difference is the uniform.
While brown people are being displaced because Medjool wants to build condos for the tie you’ll be wearing in a few years at least you have the passion to stand up against the threat of a t-shirt store that no one even gives a fuck about. You think motherfuckers at wal-mart even know what the fuck American Apparel is? No, that shit is fucking irrelevant, regardless of what you think of the company. It’s hardly a major victory against chain stores. But we got more people showing up to community meeting than ever before just so they can suck their own fucking cocks because they don’t want their coffee shop experience to be tainted by a rainbow of slim tees.
Where are these shitty fucking activists when kids are getting shot in the mission? Where are they when Fillmore kids are blasting people on laguna? Oh yeah that’s right, at home tightening their lock rings and patting themselves on their facebook for standing up against those who threaten their ability to wear a stencil of a fucking tree.
Guess what motherfucker, the bullshit liberal attitude that you left the Midwest for is a fucking crock of shit. It’s a marketing campaign created by the old money of this city to sell you a dream. They count on you eating up that dream because they know that as long as you have the hope of smoking weed on Dolores park without the threat of your parents that you will buy into the cost of that dream. If you don’t they don’t care; they can afford get rid of you until you turn into another cog that fuels the lie. They know that Wal-mart shoppers will never justify the retarded rents of this town. But if you can create a lie and sell it to a kid searching for an identity well then fuck you’ve hit jackpot. These motherfuckers will feed your bank account as long as they can feel better than the past they left behind in fucking Kansas. This marketing campaign is what fuels development and speculation of just how much money they can make off your dumbass.
No one built the T-line to help Hunters Point get jobs; they built that shit so that Mission Bay and the Dogpatch condos wouldn’t feel lonely. If you’re in the Bayview don’t worry they got their sights on you too. No one gives a fuck about developing shit for the hood, they have no money. If you believe in kindness then you are a fucking idiot. Sorry to shit on the lessons of the Care Bears but people are not nice and don’t give a fuck about each other. Sure there might be gestures but the only reason change happens in this society is when someone can cash in on it.
I love this fucking city but get real motherfuckers. Putting a stop to American Apparel doesn’t mean shit to anyone but those denying their own assistance in gentrifying the mission. If you are going to take action do it against something meaningful that actually has an impact on the quality of life of the people need it. I don’t give a fuck if Ritual Roasters rent goes up. If those motherfuckers can afford to open up more chains of their own store they can afford to put up with a fucking t-shirt store. How about you grow some fucking outrage against what happens one block away every fucking day? But no instead you dicks do dumb shit like organize no pants marches down 16th St because you want to be cute while you walk by people begging for rocks.
Have some fucking self respect you goddamn assholes.
Labels: Versus Magazine
posted by SergDun at 6.5.09
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