to throw one’s decorated body into the gears of a war machine

“…citizenship can entail more than production, consumption, or even voting—indeed this performance demonstrates that it can be fulfilling, empowering and even enjoyable to throw one’s decorated body into the gears of a war machine, to interrupt the hegemonologue of a corporation or regime...”
(Shepard, Bogad & Duncombe “Performing vs. the Insurmountable” 2008 paraphrasing Bogad, “Place,” 2005; “Upstaging,” 2007)