Category: Relationships

Relational wounds in activist spaces are some of the most disorienting and painful experiences a person can go through, especially for those who are deeply committed to healing and collective liberation. These wounds often cut deeper than institutional harm, because they happen in places we thought we were safe. They come from people we believed […]

Envisioning a Future Where We Care for Each Other The systems that claim to care for us, healthcare, psychiatry, social services, and policing, were not built with our survival in mind. For disabled, MAD, chronically ill, neurodivergent, queer, trans, BIPOC, and poor folks, these systems surveil, institutionalize, and harm us far more often than they […]

Political Discussion It’s an understatement to say that we live in a divisive time, but divisiveness in the US is not new. From its “founding”, US culture has normalized state-sanctioned violence by way of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and slavery. It has encouraged community-based violence via lynching, redlining, and segregation. The weapons of this oppression have […]