should we go back to where we started?
We need to learn how to put down the weapons of our thoughts and voices that lead us to separate ourselves from one another.
Category: on Harm & Reciprocity
on Chosen Family/on Chronic Illness/on Deathwork & Griefwork/on Decolonizing/on Harm & Reciprocity/on Mental Health/on Queerness/the Pandemic
I write what hurts my feelings
The pain leads me to what is true.
I dream of disappointing my mother
I had a bad dream which was trying to be a good dream, but it was a bad dream because none of it is true.
the math of harm
Doing the math of harm doesn’t mean that I get to disconnect myself from my choice once I’ve made it.
I could only lead you so far
Do you know what it feels like to be believed in? Have you experienced the incredible fortune of knowing that you matter?
on Chosen Family/on Co-Parenting/on Generational Trauma/on Harm & Reciprocity/on Neurodivergence/on Praxis
adventures in a chosen family
We do our best to balance the needs of the many against the needs of the few (or the one) — thank you Leonard Nimoy — and this means that sometimes, saying no w...