“Never Stop Working”: Success is Just A Cloud Away
There are many kinds of freedom, executed and stilled, acknowledged or otherwise. Just as Audre Lorde retorts Black feminism is not white feminism in blackface, so too must we distinguish between liberation as capitalist inclusion and liberation as structural refusal: Black liberation is not Western liberal freedom in blackface. The distinction is not cosmetic but […]
Beyond Self-Care: How BIPOC Communities Can Reclaim Rest as Resistance
Capitalism has co-opted “self-care,” turning it into a consumerist trend. But for Black and Indigenous communities, rest has always been an act of resistance. Drawing on the wisdom of healers, movement leaders, and the Nap Ministry, we’re here to reframe rest as a radical tool for liberation, healing, and sustainability in activism. This exploration looks […]
Investigations of Time – Vol I.I
An Introduction to Time, Power, and Cycles This column critiques cultures and philosophies using an A-versus-B method—not to engage in absolutism, but solely for contrast. Through my practice of Existencia and multidisciplinary investigation, we examine cultures, philosophies, and notions in this way to show the difference between how some of us have lived and moved […]
May Renewal: Our relationship with our bodies, time & selves
In this month’s reflection, I want to share something deeply personal, something that’s been challenging me for a while. It’s a conversation about my body—how I’ve struggled with body dysmorphia, how capitalism and colonialism have distorted the way I view myself, and the tension between my inner knowing and the external pressures placed on my […]