last week i hurt my knee while i was in ny. i’ve had issues with my knees in the past – thickness impacts if you know what i mean. i’m […]
Year: 2011
egypt, love and liberation
my heart is bursting from my chest today, tears on my cheeks, my skin covered in waves and waves of goosebumps as my body integrates the beautiful revolution in egypt. […]
A Few Things the American and Western Publics should KNOW About the Egyptian Revolution by Atef Said
(wanted to pass along this important piece from an Egyptian writer-activist. Please pass it along.) 1) This is a mass revolt that includes all Egyptian provinces and cities, even little […]
birth and revolution
when asked who is the leader, people in tahrir sqaure say, ‘we are’. we need a new concept of revolution to understand #egypt. it’s emerging from the people. leaders could […]
Corporations Ain’t People: An Interview with Adrienne Maree Brown by Dani McClain
This conversation is a compilation of talks and emails between two writer-activists. We welcome other voices in the conversation – we decided to share this because we want answers and […]
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we will survive!
many of you may have caught on to this by now, but i am obsessed with survival skills. part of why i went to be a part of ruckus was […]
i feel pretty!
i feel pretty!! anyone who knows me well knows that this is not my default feeling. like many women i know, i process the feedback i receive from the world […]
the thing i want to be best at is love…
Today I had several powerful conversations, interactions and realizations. A friend reported back to me that a line I had tweeted, “the thing I want to be best at is […]
may you keep your hope in a place that’s safe
i have a hard time with this holiday. celebrating the vision of this man who was assassinated for bringing his beautiful dream to us all. celebrating this vision in a […]
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Recovery (from Nichola Torbett)
Got this in my inbox from Nichola Torbett with the Seminary of the Street and felt it was a great way to examine personal need for transformation. Check it out: […]