Hey Steemit!
First off - very excited to be here - as a journalist but also very much as an organizer and engaged citizen.
As a content creator, my numbers on Fedbook have crashed significantly in the last year as I aim to manufacture dissent rather than consent. As an organizer, my information, messages and even page likes have been used as bait in court cases to criminalize dissent and alternative organizing.
Platforms like Steemit are hugely necessary in this age of anti-intellectualism and censorship.
I do have to admit, however, that I've never been so nervous about a first post on a platform in my life! I'm quite sure I'm doing something wrong -particularly after trying to make sense of all the markdowns and upvotes.
That being said, and as with many other things in life, I'm diving right in.
More About Me:
I'm a creative activist meaning that I use creative means to promote socio-political engagement and change. This includes art (and whatever nebulous definition of art that we can agree to disagree on) but also the concept of thinking creatively outside the confines of the capitalist structure that we were raised and now live in.
I currently reside in the epicenter of the empire (Washington, D.C.) where I work as a journalist and organizer.
My day-to-day is primarily spent working on my TV show, Act Out! which airs via Occupy.com as well as Free Speech TV. The show focuses on creative activism and the stories that corporate media won't cover. I've included a video below of a recent episode which outlines the situation in Puerto Rico. It's the first of a two-part episode on my research and travels there earlier this year.
Outside of the show, I write articles that appear on various alternative news sites as well as my website and blog, Art Killing Apathy. This site also houses information on my other projects including my performance work which blends spoken word with projected visuals.
Most pieces that I perform are from my book, Paradigm Lost which came out last year. The book blends spoken word pieces with the artwork of 15 dissident artists from around the world.
In addition to journalism, I also assist in organizing work on a variety of campaigns.
My aim as a Steemit user is to share my work and to learn from and engage with the community here.
Look forward to connecting!
Welcome to steemit. It should be a great platform for you!
Welcome to steemit, glad to see another independent journalist and activist has decided to join this platform. Really interesting video on Puerto Rico. Have a nice day.
Very welcome!!
Welcome to Steemit! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your posts!
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Welcome to steemit, eleanorgoldfield!
Welcome to Steemit @eleanorgoldfield :D
Nice, to have another interesting steemian here. Have fun, hope you bring some nice content to this plattform.
Welcome! Love your work, Glad to have you in the new generation of social media!
Thanks so much!
Hi and welcome to this awesome community! Don't worry you did everything right on your first post. It's great to see some activists on this platform as well. I guess the blockchain is the ideal place for spreading your word.
I wish you a lot of fun and success out here. If you have any questions or need help within the platform feel free to ask. I'm always willing to help :)
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Welcome to Steemit! Looking forward to your updates around here:)
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Creative activist and a poet. Is there a more perfect combination? I look forward to seeing more posts from you.
Welcome to Steemit Eleanor @Leecamp gave me the tip, I resteemed and upvoted ur post. I hope you enjoy your stay come join us all in Discord I told Lee to shoot you a message about it. :) Cheers! ~AK
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Awesome, welcome! I just started here but I can say that we definitely need more people like you here. I'm following you now. Really excited to see what you have to post. I mostly write about history but a big part of what I write about is progressive social commentary through the lens of our past.
As my father, a historian, says: if you don't know history, you can't understand the present. Look forward to digging into your posts. I love and hate history - so much of our present is but a repeat of the past - but with wifi.
It is a little bit maddening for sure. Historians are tasked with being as impartial as possible (while also acknowledging the impossibility of impartiality), but sometimes the answer seems so blatantly obvious, no matter how you package it. Humans have progressed over the millennia, but they haven't at the same time. I suppose it depends how you look at it.
There are different kinds of historians. We can contrast between the different kinds of historians to see the different perspectives, biases, and everything else, that may be there in the history that they have written or talk about and stuff.... it is important to see the different sides before deciding what we may or may not want to believe and stuff....
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Your nervous? Shouldn’t be at all...I should be, I’m two weeks here, and still nervous and learning. Iam nervous writing this post. I’m following you because already im learning ...@johnskotts welcomes you with open arms❤️(Plus a eye 👁 on you)
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I've watched you on Free Speech TV. I love the way you keep it real. Thanks so much for keeping us informed with the raw truth. God bless you!!!!
Hello there, I'm Oatmeal Joey, and capitalism is the thing that saves people out of socialism, communism, and other things. You can see this all around the world and through the course of history, There are so many countries we look at and thousands of examples and some are ongoing. And when I say I like capitalism,I am not taking about terrible evil crony capitalism, corporatism, monopolism, globalism, technocracy, plutocracy, oligarchy, etc.....
Your welcome to this great platform, steemit community needs more of your type, you have a lot to tell us. You don't need to be nervous, your intro is nice. I wish you success.
Welcome and congratulations. You are a brave woman and sure to understand that in the majority of the cases the big mediatic corporations hide us, disguise or tergivensan the realities of our peoples for their particular interests.
I wonder how DC is for free speech under the current administration. Stay Safe. Keep the fire burning :)
awesome! another addition to the family :)
Welcome @eleanorgoldfield to the platform. ")
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i'll be looking forward to more of your blogs. Happy Valentine's to you and have a great day ahead!
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Hi, I'm new too. I'm really interested in what you have to say and I think I'll enjoy your future posts. Imma follow you.
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It is nice to see a young lady trying to make a change in this world. Personally, I believe in capitalism and at the moment I think it is the best economic system and that is the way we have to move forward. However there is a big BUT here.. The corruption and political power abuse is slowly devorating our lives.
All my admiration for taking part into activism work. We desperately need more people like you. Keep up!
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Waiting to see more Post's from you.
See you out there!!!
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Platforms like this highly welcomes people like you who are quite masterful at what they do. Nice post and welcome.
You have absolutely nothing to worry about!! You're introduction is solid and inspiring. Paradigm Lost though... is that a play on Milton? I'm definitely intrigued and excited to experience the value you have to offer. Keep doing your thing girl, I'll be here learning and supporting 👍
Well i was loving your post, but i use to read the comments of a good post too, and i just don't get if you think blockchain is capitalism and you don't approve it, why're you here? You're going to gain cryptos in here you know? If you say it's capitalism and there's no way someone can manipulate it to do something good then you're behaving like Britta in Community![thumb.png]
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Pretty good comedy show, btw.
Welcome, I‘m new here too! Looking forward to see more of your work! 👍🏼
Welcome Eleanor. Following you for some great content, that mainstream media wont give me. Wishing you all the best !