Power & Systems

I guess somewhere between doomscrolling Instagram, a constant thirst for my next dopamine hit, and the weight of merely trying to survive under late stage capitalism, I forgot how to be bored. Perhaps I was just afraid to be left alone with my thoughts for too long. Or if I want to get really dark with it, perhaps all the distractions are merely... See more

“find relief in realizing that I don’t have to stay mad at the injustices or cruelties I experience for them to be wrong.”

― Mia Birdsong, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community

“Being on the receiving end of harmful oppressions is decidedly and specifically horrible. But wielding them has its own corrupting and denigrating impact on the imposer. This is important to understand, not because it makes those who hold privilege and power “victims” or somehow as equally harmed as those who experience racism, sexism, and... See more