Monday, October 27, 2008

Cool thing someone wrote about me in class!

The sweater is a classic, black zip up sweatshirt, and is unique in the amount of "patches" haphazardly sewn in in white and black thread. The patches are only black and white, and most are dirty and show signs of wear and tear. The patches vary in size, but they cover the majority of the sweater, and all pertain to violence, or a political uprising. There are several references to anarchy, including the sporadic anarchist "A" on several of the patches.
Ale says that she has had the sweater for 2 years and wears it every day. Although the sweater has the grunge appeal, and looks worn, it does not smell. The sweater, she says, was purchased at a thrift store, and the patches were her own addition. The patches were either given to her for free, or paid a dollar for at various punk, grindcore, and power violence concerts she has attended recently. This, Ale claims, is the music she listens to. I ask Ale if she supports anarachy, and she gives me a hesitant yes, prefixed by an "uhh". Ale says that she believes in anarchy because she believes that "all politicians are corrupt, and that change cannot come from a few in power". Ale does admit that she is skeptical of her own ideology. She admits to realizing that she is not sure if an anarchist revolution would institute equality because " leaders of the revolutions become the people that they’re fighting against." However, there is no hesitation in Ale's voice when she answers my inquiry as to why she still wears the sweater with a stubborn, "Because I believe in it."

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