Sometimes people praise me for something I do, and I thank them. But sometimes I want to say urgently, “I had no choice. I could do that, or I could die.” I hear people complain about society not validating their needs and choice, and I’m like, “Why are you still waiting for society to validate… Read More »
“I don’t want to upset him, like the white fragility thing. But then I also don’t want to avoid upsetting him because he’s a white guy.” Ming was pondering a choice to make, about how to respond to a friend’s request that was racially inappropriate. “Yeah, I hear ya,” I said. “But you don’t have… Read More »
When I lived in Sacramento, I went to a women’s clinic for birth control. The patients were mostly women of color, because of how poverty works. The place gave free services to we who had no health insurance. I was unemployed and under-employed, and I got birth control free. Yeah, it was mostly poor people.… Read More »
I’m definitely pro-life: I love life more than anything. Care, parenting, inter-connection. Nurturing in many forms. Growth, learning, health on our own terms, well-being. Life is a beautiful choice. Freedom is important to the vibrancy of life. To be thrown in jail for birth control choices, or just shamed, for being a sexual being, and… Read More »