Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • "The Danger of a Single Story"
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Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.
the stories we’ve been culturally indoctrinating ourselves with are in urgent need of upgrading.
Joe Lightfoot • A Collective Blooming: The Rise Of The Mutual Aid Community
stories are “the smallest unit of time travel” because stories are what allows you to go from one point in time to another. Stories are what you hold onto in our universe. Stories are also the first thing we create, and storymaking becomes a skill that people learn in our travels.
Plurality University Network • Jocelyn Ibarra: ‘This Studio Is a Response to Hopelessness About the Future’
These Old Stories continue to infect our collective imagination, distorting how we see and value different groups, cultures, and worldviews. They even warp our conception of “human nature”—selfish, not altruistic; competitive, not cooperative; hardwired, not adaptable. They presuppose a fixed genetic or cultural predisposition that ignores the plas
... See moreRuha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
every conflict is in part a battle over the story we tell, or who tells and who is heard.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
stories have the power to make us connect; stories make us human.