I want to change culture, and direct action is part of my life. I think about direct action of different kinds–symbolic, performative, solidarity. Some acts of service can be direct action also. statement Serving food to hungry people is a real way to help, but it can also be a statement. Food Not Bombs says… Read More »
Hello, I want to tell you what I’ve learned from Lex. Lex is an app for friend finding, date finding, and events sharing for queers. So there are queer women, trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people on there. I joined because a new friend of mine was talking about Lex, and I felt curious. My friend… Read More »
I watched this video on how psychedelics work. Or that was the title to pull me in–it was about much more than that. How they work was only a small part of it. I had some questions afterward. Why are these speakers all men-appearing? Isn’t lumpen about class, not lack of imagination? (I had to… Read More »
I made this post adoption is not the solution. I wanted to shed some light on the adoption struggle, the truth about adoption, and how lies about adoption fuel the anti-choice movement. Feelings about adoption are strong, and of course it’s a complex subject. I was trying to add nuance to the pool of ideas,… Read More »
I love Public Enemy. It took a long time–decades. content warning: mention of violence When I was young, I hated them. I thought Public Enemy coarse, brutal, annoying, heavy handed–too much. The cursing, the edginess–motivation from anger. They seemed conceited, and I was like–why? Part of what I hated about them was Flavor Flav. I… Read More »
Hello, I was thinking about what respect is. Meeting a potential community member, I wanted to ask if she respects all people, and what respect means to her. Then I realized I should answer that question for myself! what respect is Some people think of respect as earned–if someone has expertise or authority. I don’t… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? Hopefully enjoying life, finding moments of intense pleasure within stress and heartache, like delicious bright blueberries in the muffin of existence. I hope you’re loving yourself however you are today, a valuable miracle of survival. I want to tell you about this fat zine archive that some people I admire… Read More »
This instagram post about how adoption is not the solution and the deep wounds adoption causes blew my mind. Please take a look at what this adoptee has to say. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lisa Olivera (@_lisaolivera) Previously I’d believed adoption can be a beautiful, caring handoff with minimal pain. … Read More »
Here are some things that changed about me. Most are small–some are huge. meats When I was a kid, I ate meat all the time. That was normal in my family. I liked bacon and tri-tip; I come from a BBQ town. The cattlepeople would roast meats. Most meats I was not that into. Ham… Read More »
In yoga class on Wednesday, our teacher talked about spiritual bypassing. It was at the beginning, and I had a big reaction. I think our teacher was upset by violence in the news and didn’t want to pretend that collective grief and individual grief isn’t happening. She acknowledges the grief and pain, and she said… Read More »