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DoomsdaysCWSo, I've been revisiting some of my past experiences with my old coven. I reunited with several coven-mates last year, and discovered that my old tradition -- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alexandrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alexandrian</a> -- had split into two factions -- one that accepted transwomen, and one that didn't. If I ever decide to get back into it again, guess which faction I'd choose. And yeah -- unfortunately power dynamics, hierarchy and potential emotional and psychological abuse happens a lot in "religious" groups -- even <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pagan</a> ones.I've managed to summarize the "Pros" and "Cons" of my joining a coven all those years ago...Reasons I joined the coven:1. Earth-centered religion with a political focus (Thomas Morton Alliance) 2. I learned Welsh from my high priestess. 3. My high priestess was a very intelligent, feminist, who espoused matriarchy, egalitarianism, and who was a Marxist anti-capitalist and a role model for me. 4. One of my coven-mates became my gay best friend (we're still BFFs). 5. Another coven-mate taught me traditional plant medicine and herbalism.Reasons I left the coven:1. I was pigeon-holed into "feminine" roles in rituals (even though I identified as NB and more masculine than feminine). 2. Over-bearing "acting" high priest (AIM member who was a bit of a bully). 3. Over-bearing coven-mate (AIM member) was distrustful of gay best friend (and was homophobic). 4. "Feminist" high priestess allowed herself to become emotionally and financially dependent on over-bearing coven-mate, refused to accept help from coven-mates (like having a room-mate, or other mutual aid), and when over-bearing coven-mate ran off with a younger, female coven-mate, high priestess fell apart -- eventually taking her own life (despite the support of the coven -- which soon fell apart as well).And some folks wonder why I'm a solitary (though most of my witchy / Pagan friends understand why). <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PaganPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaganPolitics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GroupDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GroupDynamics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hierarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhatSomeWitchesDid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatSomeWitchesDid</a>

Animated Short Of The DayKids (2019) [9 min] by Michael Frei (<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@playables" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@playables</a>) | <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Switzerland</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeG_pKtp83w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeG_pKtp83w</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#2D</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/2DAnimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#2DAnimation</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnimatedShort</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShortOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnimatedShortOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Animation</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Kids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kids</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/BlackAndWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackAndWhite</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Playables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Playables</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Experimental</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/GroupDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GroupDynamics</a>

Horst ThiemeFLOCK OF von bit.studio: Die Installation verwandelt eine Herde (engl. „flock“) schwebender Heliumballons in einen Fischschwarm, der durch Sensoren und <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KI</a> gesteuert werden. Ein elektronisches Gehirn in jedem Ballon kommuniziert mit einem zentralen Server, der die Bewegung in Echtzeit steuert. Das Projekt untersucht Themen wie Vernetzung und Gruppendynamik und fordert unsere Wahrnehmung der Welt heraus.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FLOCKOF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FLOCKOF</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ArsElectronica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArsElectronica</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/InteractiveArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InteractiveArt</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ArtAndTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtAndTech</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GroupDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GroupDynamics</a>

MikeDunnAuthorThere are many in the left, particularly the anarchist and anti-authoritarian tendencies, who believe that because all hierarchy and power are bad, there should be little or no structure to our organizations.However, no matter how well-organized we are, hidden power structures often remain, and these can result in dynamics where some members are doing most of the talking and decision-making, while others are effectively silenced. A great read on this topic is: "The Tyranny of Structurelessness," by Jo Freeman, published in 1970, but still relevant today.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activist</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groupdynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#groupdynamics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#feminism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hierarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antiauthoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antiauthoritarian</a>

EmmaDingleFor fun like to read about <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QuantumPhysics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/NetworkGraphs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetworkGraphs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Communications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Communications</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/GroupDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GroupDynamics</a> and brain-noodling <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciFi</a>I also like <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/ImmersiveTheatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImmersiveTheatre</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BridgwaterCarnival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BridgwaterCarnival</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cinema</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/VR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VR</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Craft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Craft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Travelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Travelling</a> and doing the most hilarious charades to talk to locals when my language skills fail me abroad.I'm <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/MostlyHarmless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MostlyHarmless</a> but have no time for sealioning - I'm old and have been moderating on t'internet for far too long.Can mostly be found in <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#London</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Somerset</a> so can do a great <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Pirate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pirate</a> Farmer accent.

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