Start the New Year right by checking out this illuminating documentary: What Was Ours. It's past time those of us in the States learned about the people whose ancestral lands, and often current lands, we occupy. And I mean learn about the people living now, not just their ancestors. Over and over I see Indigenous … Continue reading Recommended Viewing: What Was Ours
Fuck Neoliberalism... And Then Some! by Simon Springer is a short pamphlet that is currently free to download. Get a brief overview of how hierarchies destroy us and the planet and how we have the power to enact networks of mutual aid and cooperation where we do everything different. I highly recommend reading Springer's brief … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Fuck Neoliberalism… And Then Some! by Simon Springer
“The Triplets” originally appeared in Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 7 (March 2017) The Triplets Their mothers had been careful to conceive the girls under the same blue moon. Kaylee’s mother had heard from her sister-in-law, who had heard from her tennis partner, who had heard from her hairdresser that there was an old Chinese or … Continue reading My Original Fiction: The Triplets
My local library is small and a bit sad, with lots of empty shelves. But I looked around anyway, and while I couldn't find many novels of interest to me, I did pick up this Volume 1-4 collection of (H)afrocentric comics by Juliana "Jewels" Smith, illustrated by Ronald Nelson, out from PM Press. I sure … Continue reading Recommended Reading: (H)afrocentric by Juliana “Jewels” Smith
Ok, so this just dropped on Netflix two days ago, and I already watched it all, then cried about how long I'll have to wait for a new season. It's got everything I want in a good story: fleshed out characters with diverse identities, overlapping problems, no easy solutions to anything under late capitalism in … Continue reading Recommended Viewing: Gentefied
Sometimes you read ideas that change how you see everything. It's like another veil of lies has been lifted, and you see the world and yourself a little more clearly than you had moments before. Reading Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love was an on-going AHA moment … Continue reading Recommended Reading: The Body Is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Friends, it's been too long since I've posted! In Minnesota, winter lasts from October-April, so my apologies! I've been reading a lot and have so much to share! Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown! Get it! Read it! Live it! I've been heavily invested in new, liberation models for storytelling, and … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
If you live in Minnesota, you need to read A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota Edited by Sun Yung Shin. If you don't live in Minnesota, you still need to read it. It's way past time people started listening to OTHER PEOPLE DESCRIBE THEMSELVES. This country has gone on too long letting … Continue reading Recommended Reading: A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota
I published this article on Medium today, but since they're capping at three articles a month, I'm posting it here too. Please share widely so we can put an end to White Supremacy and the pervasive "accidental racism" in our culture. It's no accident that most white people remain monumentally and inexcusably ignorant about racism … Continue reading Wired for Story Promotes White Supremacy: An Open Letter to Lisa Cron
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