just a reminder that you don’t have to heal everything all at once.

be proud of how far you’ve come instead of comparing with others, looking at “potential,” and criticizing yourself.

the way my body feels safe and connected today is:

a slow meal of homemade dumplings with my 3 year old

choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers!
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20/20:

choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers!
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19/20:

choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers!
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18/20:

Is Listening to Audiobooks Really Reading? WIRED’s spiritual advice columnist on bardic traditions for a modern age—and why book snobs worry about the wrong things.

"Oral storytelling predates writing by millennia, and many of the oldest stories in our literary canon existed for centuries as bardic tales before they were put down in print."

Take it from a librarian. You can miss me with your Western-centric ableist attitudes about book mediums.

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17/20:

white background with black words that read: “how to have an enemy: righteous anger and the work of peace” by melissa florer-bicker. a gold chess piece on the left faces a teal chess piece on the right

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16/20:

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15/20:

South Korean president banned from travel as political paralysis worsens Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment vote but his presidential power is being stripped away, with top government and military officials eroding his authority.

South Korea’s Justice Ministry on Monday banned President Yoon Suk Yeol from leaving the country while he’s under investigation for treason and abuse of power following his martial law gambit last week.

Our latest from Seoul:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

walidah imarisha said, “and for those of us from communities with historic collective trauma, we must understand that each of us is already science fiction walking around on two legs. our ancestors dreamed us up and then bent reality to create us.”

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14/20:

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13/20:

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12/20:

two teenage boys facing each other with bright imposing gates in the background. title reads “the sun and the star: a nico di angelo adventure” by rick riordan and mark oshiro

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11/20:

american blue bracelet brigade could never

sent texts saying korea is under martial law and then a second one saying ok it ended

me in the family group chat

Took all of 3 hours for Koreans to shut that shit down. Need the military to stand down ASAP.

It took only ~2.5 hrs for the National Assembly to gather a majority of members (190 of 300) and generate a unanimous vote (190 of 190) to vote down the emergency martial law. The law says the president "shall comply" with parliament's vote, but doesn't specify a time frame.

words read “my grandmother’s hands: racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies” by resmaa menakem background is an abstract woman in blue with other cool tones above a red circular shape

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10/20:

take the red pill. on the american colonial cosmology

shock and outrage in 2024 isn’t going to save us.

take the red pill and see the american colonial cosmology for what it is.

open.substack.com/pub/roymong/...

Malik Baron wearing a black hoodie spreading his hands towards candles with blue flame and an open book with diagrams on the pages. a large, old tree is in the background. words read “Blood at the Root”

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9/20:

remind yourself today how far you’ve come (this is also a note to self)

red and gold book cover design. title reads “sister outsider” by audre lorde

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8/20:

bell hooks said, “when culture is based on a dominator model, not only will it be violent, but it will frame all relationships as power struggles.”

ridding myself of seeing something/someone as a competition is sometimes so hard, but always so important for me.

“show some class when you win” people really haven’t been paying attention in this year of the kendrick 2024 😂

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7/20:

bell hooks said, "private life as exhibitionism and performance is not the same thing as a politicized strategic use of private information that seeks to subvert the politics of domination."

abstract Black woman with an array of colorful images in warm colors underneath the title “octavia’s brood: science fiction stories from social justice movements”

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6/20: