Category Archives: Crazy World

Wealth-Gap Tower – Toby Morris

Posted on November 14, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Toby Morris’ illustration of how inequality would look if we all live in the same building. Statistics are for Aotearoa/ New Zealand, his home country. You can adjust/ re draw it according to how  the stats breakdown for your own. … Continue reading →

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The Pathology of Privilege – Tim Wise

Posted on November 11, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Tim Wise talk on The Pathology of Privilege.      

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How privilege works…

Posted on November 10, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Toby Morris’ excellent Pensilsword comic strip on a plate telling parallel  stories of two lives to illustrate how privilege works…       More on Toby Morris: http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/the-pencilsword-on-a-plate

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#NOTokay

Posted on October 13, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Reposting  a piece by a good friend to recoverynetwork:toronto – one of the millions who shared their first experiences over the last few days. To men everywhere: It’s time to end this crap.   #NOTokay #notMYshame #endthiscrap   #notokay by … Continue reading →

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The line between…

Posted on October 6, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

    The line between hallucinating and perceiving is not as crisp as we like to think. In a sense when we look at the world, we are hallucinating all the time. One could almost regard perception as choosing the … Continue reading →

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Moone Boy

Posted on October 5, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Martin Kenny Dalgleish Moone is the kind of young boy who’d care for an injured chaffinch – or even a dead chaffinch believing its injured- and who has a constant companion, imaginary friend, in the shape of Chris O’Dowd. Many … Continue reading →

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Highston

Posted on October 4, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Pilot for Amazon TV Show Highston taking a light-hearted look at human diversity and how we try to squeeze it into box. Highston sees and hears – “invisible friends” – people you might recognize. The pilot episode includes guest appearances from … Continue reading →

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Still Smokin’ – Troublefunk

Posted on October 2, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The Beat is Baaad! Continue reading →

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Shame – Evelyn Champagne King

Posted on October 1, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Shame Burning, you keep my whole body yearning You got me so confused It’s a shame Sometimes I think I’m going insane         EVELYN “CHAMPAGNE” KING “Shame” (J.H. Fitch and R. Cross) Shame Burning, you keep my … Continue reading →

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fish on a hook

Posted on September 27, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

I think a lot of us are wriggling.
That’s seen as a kind of illness without the vision of the hooks that we’re bound by.
So it seems that our behaviour is very crazy, when in context it isn’t.
Mike Lawson Continue reading →

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