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"Cooler Than Genocide" now out for free: fight against oppression!

By Rachel Haywire | Published: May 18, 2010
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In honor of taking a stand against our oppressors I’ll be giving out free copies of the “Cooler Than Genocide” EP. If you would like a free download please post a reply with your email address. I will send you a code.

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"Sanity is Slavery" to be released on machineKUNT Records this June

By Rachel Haywire | Published: April 4, 2010
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The musical fight has begun. Raising awareness on forced institutionalization, stigma and abuse toward the mentally ill, the overmedication of artistic misfits, and a status quo definition of reality- the 2 CD digipack compilation entitled “Sanity is Slavery” will be released on machineKUNT Records in June 2010 and include a free digital bonus disc. 10% of proceeds will go to MindFreedom International, an organization dedicated to mental health rights and stopping psychiatric abuse.

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Love is the Cure: the new faces of BPD

By Rachel Haywire | Published: March 5, 2010
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Hello everyone,

Recently I was asked to do a PSA for “Love is the Cure” which is an organization dedicated to giving Borderline Personality Disorder a more positive name. I think that BPD has been stigmatized and that there is a lot of misinformation out there. Many people with BPD have been through repetitive trauma and I feel that it’s harmful to tell us we can’t be cured. I feel that anything is possible.

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Body image as a feminist and my current departure from the internet

By Rachel Haywire | Published: December 27, 2009
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It has recently been called to my attention that my new pictures “go against everything that I stand for” and that I am now using sex appeal to sell my records. Are these people serious? My records don’t sell whether I am using “sex appeal” or not. It doesn’t matter what I look like. People don’t like buying music. People like buying clothes. People like buying houses. People like buying merchandise. Who buys music these days? Seriously. The top artists in our genre (Combichrist and anyone bigger than this excluded) work 9 to 5 jobs. The rest of us are in situations that range from being homeless to living with our parents to living in crappy apartments to finishing school in our early to late 20′s.

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Rivetheads Against Nazi Thugs (RANT)

By Rachel Haywire | Published: November 19, 2009
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RANT is a new political movement inspired by the SHARP movement. The SHARP movement was started when a group of neo-nazi’s were infiltrating the punk/oi scene with fascist politics. The SHARP’s decided they weren’t going to tolerate these white power bands having control of their subculture. They decided to create social change by any means necessary.

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