these four pieces were generated and shared at the last octavia butler sci-fi session in oakland. the prompt, in honor of the book mind of my mind, was: what is […]
Tag: transformation
learning to see myself
yesterday i was on a plane and looked across the aisle at a beautiful woman. she was round in every way a woman could be, a round soft chin, round […]
5 years
five years ago my life changed. it was dramatic, and it wasn’t. my nephew was being born 3000 miles away from me. i reached out to see if i should […]
dropping into body
spent the day today driving down the coast of california, hiking, dancing, laughing. i have never regretted saying yes to a road trip in my life, it is sweet to […]
learning to respond to the world as a non-organizer
as usual, so much is happening. in the past couple of weeks the voting rights act was overturned, trayvon martin’s known murderer was released, detroit declared bankruptcy…these are three of […]
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emerging: a soundtrack
tonight was the first night of professional development training for my writing fellowship. i feel like i (imaginally) remember i did when it occurred to me that i was crawling […]
SHOPPING LIST AND SCHEDULE FOR JUICE CLEANSE (reposting)
(posted this on my tumblr when my blog was down, and then realized it’s not searchable, so reposting here for myself!) i’m doing a combination of master cleanse and raw […]
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Relinquish the safe territory of us and them
So much happens in this world because we can shirk responsibility – ‘them’ as a concept is such a relief, such a gift. ‘They’ are destroying the world, hoarding resources, […]
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lessons from a transformative breakup: how to find new ways be in each other’s lives and not split the communities we love or the movements we support*
Try every single thing you can to make it work, and articulate the effort you are making to each other. Even things you aren’t sure will work – try EVERYthing. […]
principles to live by
the allied media conference was last week. it is a restorative, reenergizing space for me each year. not just because i get to do the most fun set of sessions […]