Tag: liberation
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Parenting in an age of genocide
This cannot be the world we want to raise our children in. Thankfully for now, my child is too young to observe, note, or understand the atrocities taking place (in Gaza principally but not solely), but how can we explain to them how we are watching this horror show unfold like it’s just another Netflix…
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Race and Culture, Race or Culture?
Recently, a couple of conversations have arisen in various circles I frequent that I feel kinda uniquely positioned to speak to. I grew up mixed both racially and culturally, and the extent to which both have shaped me is informing the ways I plan to navigate these issues with my own children. This will be…
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Evolving as Keepers of Culture
We’ve had a lot of conversations around here of late about what it means to be immigrant carriers of culture, and the dissonance of returning to your homeland after years abroad. Typically, the culture there has evolved and updated with the times, whilst often the culture carried abroad has ossified and become outdated. Our cultural…
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why i don’t follow my own advice
The most unhelpful approach I can take to my repeated failures is believing that they define me. I may fail frequently, but I try to make up for it each time. If I can’t improve my executive skills, at the very least I won’t surrender to them.
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we contain multitudes
No matter how fixed you feel your position is right now, you contain multitudes. You are in all directions at the same time and you exist in both the light and shadow.
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a woman speaks by audre lorde
Audre Lorde’s words are such nourishment for my soul. “A woman speaks” is one of the most important poems in my life.
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the politics of wellbeing
As practitioners, it’s time we take our reclaim our words, our movements, our communities, and ourselves.
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fixing holes
May you live in interesting times…