Flaunt your newfound abilities if only because you can. In letting go of culturally superimposed standards for perfection and marketability, you shed embodied white supremacy and capitalistic mindsets in favor of love, passion, desire, pleasure, and above all, art.
Read MoreWith several viable vaccines in our near future, we’re wandering toward what a post-Covid world will be like, even though we must get through what is shaping up to be a harsh winter (at least in the Northern Hemisphere). With this new dawn in the distance, it’s time to consider what you need to heal from and how you will do it. Where will you put in labor to become a full and functioning person again?
Read MoreIn the midst of a global pandemic that only shows signs of exponentiating and what may be one of the most contested elections in history, the future we have been putting off is fast approaching. You will need all your skills as we literally fight for our rights to exist, to speak out, and to save the world before it enters irreparable environmental catastrophes.
Read MoreIn Pleasure Activism, Adrienne Maree Brown says, “I don’t think things are getting worse; I think they’re getting uncovered. This is the unveiling, and at the end of the unveiling, we have nakedness. And that nakedness calls for new desire.”
Read MoreThe year is 2020. George Floyd has been murdered, and there are massive protests in Portland where I live, and I have become an outspoken activist and protester for the cause. Other than that, I am stuck inside due to a pandemic, and I source comfort from the blanket my mom made just before my parents divorced. I tell several people that it is the one thing I would save out of a fire, and one day, I realize: I could make one for myself.
Read MoreHeading into a Mars retrograde that will last until the end of the year, it’s time to get serious about our plans for the fall, and unfortunately we’re not talking about holiday plans with family or back-to-school jitters (although those definitely play a role); we are preparing for the futures we don’t want to happen.
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