Assumption 1: you're gonna live
Assumption 2: you have to live with what you carry
You can't go back in time and untraumatize either yourself or the people that you came from. And you should not want to. Trying to do that is like trying to erase yourself, and then live with an erased self. That will not succeed or be sustainable. Reverse it. What is it that you're carrying and how will you do that?
"I refuse to push my body to the brink of exhaustion and destruction. Let the chips fall where they may. I trust myself more than capitalism."
"Everything always starts with the personal...The microhistories and small details of our lives hold the keys to our redemption."
"Survival is not the end goal for liberation. We must thrive."
"I’m inspired by remixing and being subversive. I am inspired by disruption and tenderness. I am inspired by imagination. I am inspired by grief, mourning, and lament. I believe deeply in vulnerable, generative spaces for healing. I am inspired by rest, daydreaming, and sleep...Rest is radical."
"I wish you rest today. I wish you a deep knowing that exhaustion is not a normal way of living. You are enough. You can rest. You must resist anything that doesn’t center your divinity as a human being. You are worthy of care." (a handy incantation)
Rest as Resistance:A Manifesto, Tricia Hersey
(erotica as breakthrough: a manifesto 🤔)
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