"Please squash me."

I remember that line from Pixars Bug's Life when Flik (I think that was his name?) asked the giant beetle to squash his head, promptly placing his own head under the beetle's foot. Well that's how I felt after reading After Seattle: Anarchists get Organized. I really read between the lines and by that I mean the blanks were more interesting to me than the story...okay that was a bit harsh but in all honesty this definitely wasn't one of my favorite readings. AVODAH was a better reading and I'm not saying that because it's short. I'm saying that because it's short and gets the point to me faster and better than After Seattle. I feel like my assigned reading could have gotten the point across in less words.

And JOY! More questions.

Well I felt the the two readings conveyed a similar theme, of course that theme is advocacy. Both convey a sense of supporting what you believe in, or fighting for a cause. Beck and her story seem to convey a sense of organized advocacy with all those groups and stuff formed, while the AVODAH website conveys a sense of community; providing history, information, and actual opinionated alumni profiles. AVODAH seems to be like a "Join me and help yourself and your community group" while beck seems to lead and create organizations. Well, I feel like in Beck's story the people she helps, it seems like it shows the various people she meets during her escapades, however in AVODAH we see alumni profiles and such and how AVODAH has helped them. I think in general both have the same type of advocacy except in AVODAH I guess you'd have to be a bit more independent than if you were in an actual, physical organization. In all honesty I don't really know what to say anymore except that I thought my reading was boring. Sorry Cathy? Haha.