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September 6, 2022

Ways of Learning

Curiosity, Creativity, Compassion, and Cooperation are the 4 C’s of human nature. A fifth C is the darker side of our nature: Control. In past (and non-western or Indigenous) societies, they educated their youth through self-directed learning that required a high level of respect, cooperation, creativity, and mutual exploration. Adults guided the children rather than Continue reading

activism, Author, Blogging, Books, History, Philosophy, Race, Writing

capitalism, critical pedagogy, dismantling whiteness, education, equality, equity, justice, liberation, Paulo Freire, theory of social control, unlearning capitalism, unlearning colonialism, unlearning imperalism, unschooling, white supremacy
August 22, 2021

Deconstructing worldviews

“The notion of a “one-world-world” (OWW) is predicated on the West’s ability to arrogate to itself the right to be “the world” and to relegate all other worlds to its rules, to a state of subordination, or to nonexistence. It is thus an imperialist, colonial notion.” (chapter 1 of Pluriverse Politics by Arturo Escobar) So Continue reading

activism, nature, Philosophy, Physics, Writing

anti-capitalism, anti-capitalist, anti-imperalism, Arturo Escobar, climate justice, decolonize, imagination, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, justice, organizing, philosophy, science, settler-colonialism, ways of thinking
August 6, 2021

There Is No Moderates

Y’all, I think most won’t like what I got to say, but it needs said: There is no such thing as a middle ground. There is no moderate in America. You are either: 1. for genocide OR 2. Not for genocide. Republican party has thrown their lot in with number 1 to the point they Continue reading

activism, Author, disability, Feminism, History, Race, Science, transgender

abolish ICE, abolish police, Abolition, accessibility, climate change, climate disaster, climate justice, disability justice, genocide, immigrants, Indigenous rights, justice, LGBTQIA, Race, resources
April 24, 2021

We Are the Fire

We Are the Fire By Aidan Zingler Words pull push, agitate, infuriateI’m the fury of the world not seen.I beg, I cajole, I reason, I askI’m the pain of the dead not seen.Time is running out, time is running Black Lives burn bright and extinguish, Stars howl their sorrow at their lossDisabled flames smolder and Continue reading

Author, disability, Feminism, Poetry, Race, transgender, Writing

Abolition, anti-racism, creation, Disabled Lives Matter, feminism, justice, Movements, oppression, poetry, Race, social justice
January 6, 2021

My First Teacher: Iowa’s Land (Short Essay)

Reminded of my first teacher: Iowa’s Land. My first political foray: fighting to save wetland. Where I went to recover: the forest. The land teaches of justice, of hope, of ways of knowing beyond the confined narrow focus of our modern world. I miss nature: small patches of forest, paths along the lakes, the wetlands, Continue reading

Author, disability, nature

ableism, accountability, America, genocide, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, justice, nature, pandemic, police brutality, racism, reciprocity, relationship, responsibility, social justice
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

Writing

access, accessibility, activism, disabilities, disability, disability justice, justice, mobility justice, social justice, space
January 12, 2019

Re-imagining a Better Future

Re-imagining a Better Future In order to re-imagine a better future, we first have to dismantle myths that end discussions about solutions before we can even begin them. Dismantling myths https://twitter.com/diannaeanderson/status/1081357243344244736 I read that thread in full. It lists what the tax laws were from 1940s through 1980s, and the impact that had on America, Continue reading

Feminism, History, Race, transgender, Writing

capitalism, climate change, economic justice, future, history, income inequality, justice, social justice, socialism, taxes, universal basic income, universal healthcare, work ethic
December 17, 2018

Review: Beyond Black and White by Manning Marable

Review: Beyond Black and White: From Civil Rights to Barack Obama This book is a comprehensive history and critical analysis of the events from the Civil Rights era of the 1960s all the way through the election of President Obama. Manning Marable backs up each essay with scores of intensive statistics and data to further Continue reading

History, Race, Reviews, Writing

book reviews, civil rights, equality, history, intersectional, justice, Race, racism, social justice, transformationist
October 6, 2018

In essence Thoughts on Life in This American Society

At Home Mournful harmonies and piano arpeggios grace my speakers on this grey-muted day, the clouds heavy with the threat of rain. I sit in the chair provided by my job for at-home work, and it’s stiff back and ergonomic shape adjusted for my unconventional sitting posture — curled up with feet on the seat Continue reading

Author, Books, Feminism, Philosophy, Race, transgender

discrimination, economic justice, environmental justice, fighting injustice, income inequality, inequality, injustice, intergenerational trauma, intersectional feminism, justice, PSTD, racism, social justice, transphobia, trauma
April 29, 2018

On How I curated my 2018 Reading List

I’ve been meaning to update my blog with my reading goals, but I took awhile to decide what to read this year. Part of this is because I had to establish where I stand in relation to my healing journey, my spiritual journey, and my social justice activism. I also needed to build up my Continue reading

Author, Books, Feminism, History, Race, Writing

accountability, fiction, forgiveness, healing, justice, life, Race, reading list, social justice, spirituality, truth