Reshaping Reality

July 6, 2021

My Open Letter to City Designers

I originally wrote this email for the Des Moines City Council. For the past year, I’ve adjusted the verbiage to reflect what I’ve heard in their City Council Meetings with the Public. I also adjust the bullet points and actions I (and others) wish to see them take. Otherwise, most of the letters are verbatim Continue reading

activism, Author, disability, Race, transgender

ableism, access, accessibility, Accessible Cities, disability, disability justice, Disability Pride, Fight Ableism, Homelessness, No More Ableism
October 1, 2020

Accessible Spaces

For definitions on the terms used here and an example that breaks down ableism, see my Tackling Ableism post. NOTE: i think i am probably preaching to the choir here, but i’ve thought a lot about disability justice lately and how movements practice that. (Note: i’m in pain today so capitalization isn’t happening). This was Continue reading

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access, accessibility, activism, disabilities, disability, disability justice, justice, mobility justice, social justice, space
September 10, 2020

Tackling Ableism Framing

I’m going to discuss Ableism framing in this article, and to do so, I’ll use an example from a friend (who attends social distancing church services). First, let’s cover some basic definitions. Definitions: Abled-bodied person is a person who is not disabled. As in they have no physical or mental disabilities. Or they are someone Continue reading

Author, disability, Feminism, Race, transgender, Writing

ableism, ableism narratives, disability, disability justice, disabled, discrimination, mobility justice
May 28, 2020

Riots are the Language of the Unheard

Important point by Robert Jones, Jr. (Son of Baldwin): Property damage should never matter more than people’s lives. If anyone cares more about the looting and damage to property, then I’m gonna ask y’all to sit down and think hard about every single death by police. Police are waging war on Black folks; folks fighting Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Race, Writing

anti-racism, Black uprising, minnesota, police murder, protest, Race, white supremacy, whiteness
May 24, 2020

Quarantine Poetry

Living alone by Aidan Zingler Living in a pandemic while living alone splinters my mind, breaks me down pain ignites and drenches my soul an endless kaleidoscope nightmare again and again my body crushed against the shoals of silence. A slice of the sun burns my eyes Buzz of machine howls in my ears Cold Continue reading

Author, Poetry, Writing

collective compassion, collective grief, collective solidarity, covid-19, death, grief, pandemic, poetry, quarantine, truth
March 10, 2020

Concerning Covid-19 and Mutual Aid

Updated 3/14/2020 Things to think critically about concerning Covid-19 (Coronovirus). YES, I’m Looking At You America. We Are Failing Preparations For This. I am going to ask you to bear with me as I’ve been reading way too much about this (as a form of distraction from flashbacks mostly, but it’s helping me collate thoughts Continue reading

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cdc, coronovirus, corvid-19, covid-19, health, hygiene, mutual aid, pandemic
February 18, 2020

Replace harmful theology with liberation

A portion of American Christianity is: Capitalism Nationalism White supremacy Worshiping wealth (prosperity doctrine) Imperialism/colonialism This is why many evangelicals for Trump view Trump as a savior or “blessed by God.” They don’t actually worship Jesus, and instead worship the above five as “god,” so Trump who embodies all five, is seen as “blessed” and Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Feminism, Philosophy, Writing

American Christianity, anti-racism, Christianity, colonialism, dismantle imperialism, imperialism, liberation, liberation theology, power, white supremacy
February 11, 2020

Poetry: Birth

Birth by Aidan Zingler (fractal also by me) Scattered enriched guts splattered across the skies, Bubbling froth, seething energy permeating space-time Wisp of a second, our existence overlooked by the brilliant magnitude of a 13.7 billion year old. Intrepid explorers, we stumble into the black vastness of a giant, violent ocean — star-birthing hurricanes, with Continue reading

Art, Author, Poetry, Science, Writing

poetry, rebirth, science, space, space-time
January 16, 2020

Power disparities from Unexamined Privilege

As an Intro: I feel folks need a reminder. Cisgender allies — talk to your peeps about this. Do The Work of allyship. I really want to see communities live out their claims of allyship and “welcoming to trans folks” by listening to us (this essay has good action items). I’m sure us trans folks Continue reading

Author, Feminism, transgender, Writing

cis as default, cisgender privilege, LGBTQIA, Questioning cisnormativity, trans rights, trans*, transgender
January 1, 2020

2019 in Review: BOOKS

I don’t have energy to write about my decade. That’s intense, and I recommend just exploring Reshapingreality.org. Happy New Year, and Happy New Decade! Let’s talk about the books I read in 2019, and my goal for reading in 2020. 38 books in total. (Edit: There may be some eBooks I read and forgot about Continue reading

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December 10, 2019

Crosspost from Patreon: Examining Whiteness

Crossposted from my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/examining-32183696 Examining Whiteness Our culture is saturated with whiteness; whiteness and its performative values are socialized within all of us from a young age. Those who are not white are socialized to react to whiteness in specific ways, and those who are white (or white-passing) are socialized to perform whiteness without Continue reading

Author, Feminism, Race, transgender, Writing

checking one’s privilege, dismantling bias, dismantling whiteness, racism, white fragility, white privilege, white supremacy, whiteness