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Gaia Abraxas's avatar

Fantastic speech and I couldn’t agree more! 🌈💕✊

Andrea Beatrice Reed's avatar

I don't remember a word of my graduation speech. If only you had been there!

Neil Goldberg's avatar

Brilliant, inspiring, energizing and hopeful!

Andrei Codrescu's avatar

Yes, "I" made "you" and watched you set their little newspaper hats on fire. Then you unscrewed the tops of their heads and poured Jarry jam in there. "They" is now driven by an insatiable and very boring need to attack each other with rolled up opinions that their fellow maso-dogs actually like to be hit on the nose with. Death to pronouns!

Steev Hise's avatar

Yes!

Alexander Chee's avatar

Thank you! A joy to be quoted here.

The Yes Men's avatar

Your post made it clear what was most important to say - so thank *you*!

Alexander Chee's avatar

I just remembered how I was on media committee and getting an education on writing and sending out press releases, making connections with people across a broad spectrum of professions, and while unpaid it gave me confidence in addition to a variety of experiences.

Beka's avatar

Love you <3

The Yes Men's avatar

And we you!

Sybil Allyson Stock, MD's avatar

So good to hear again from the amazing The Yes Men!!❤️

Paul Faulstich's avatar

Outstanding!

Andrei Codrescu's avatar

Artists are activists by default. Andy is a different bird: his performances are art targeted at the system using mirrors. He uses the skills of the horrid status-quo to cause it to self-destruct. His guerilla army, the Yes Men, is a collective of Jean Tinguelys whose work self-destructs as it takes its targets with it. Andy is also the creator of Jacques, a terrific writer. He makes me want to make political theater every minute.

Jacques Servin's avatar

I deny!! Andy had almost no role in creating me, despite his many scurrilous claims to the contrary. But YOU did! Also, thank you.

Andrei Codrescu's avatar

Yes, "I" made "you" and watched you set their little newspaper hats on fire. Then you unscrewed the tops of their heads and poured Jarry jam in there. "They" is now driven by an insatiable and very boring need to attack each other with rolled up opinions that their fellow maso-dogs actually like to be hit on the nose with. Death to pronouns!

Andrei Codrescu's avatar

Yes, "I" made "you" and watched you set their little newspaper hats on fire. Then you unscrewed the tops of their heads and poured Jarry jam in there. "They" is now driven by an insatiable and very boring need to attack each other with rolled up opinions that their fellow maso-dogs actually like to be hit on the nose with. Death to pronouns!