Thoughts
I would suggest that there’s a difference between ignorance and malicious intent. I know it’s hard to decipher between the two in these modern times because the line gets blurred by every opinion clanging around the internet looking for a like magnet. The solution, I think, is not to fear our ignorance, but to eliminate our capacity for malicious intent.
Read MoreI never realized how powerful a hug really was until it became something that could kill all the people who’d give me one.
Read MoreImagine what would happen if we prioritized effort, time, self-care, and rest at this moment, instead of using all of our energy to prove our rightness and our certainty.
Read MoreIt hit me the other day that this thing is forcing everyone to live out their adolescence again, for the second time. If this is a second chance at being a teenager, then I think we should come out of it with a sense of wonder when we begin to rebuild the world anew.
Read MoreToo often, men resort to listing the women in their lives as validation for their feminist tendencies, or as proof of their allegiance. It’s performative nonsense. In honor of International Women’s Day (and what would have been his great-grandmother’s 119th birthday), some rando dude lists the women in his life as validation of his desire for equality.
Read MoreAs I write this, I have been alive for 13,385 days, but the virus is spreading and who knows how much time we all have left. Thankfully though, the world is still spinning and our closest star burns above us some 91 million miles away. Maybe there’s still time.
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