Living life as a radical act

[baxil]

Sara Robinson, paraphrased recast:
My draconity doesn't depend on meeting the criteria on somebody else's personal checklist. Muriel Rukeyser once said, long ago, that if one dragon told the truth about her life, the world would split open. Modern draconity began with the deep insight that the personal is political -- that every act a dragon

Comments

[heron61]

Yes!

and the worst part is the money power balkanizing all us "deviants"

[krinndnz]

I echo. Bax, I think you and Mrs. Robinson are both awesome, but Aris is totally right - this skirts into unpleasantly privilege-blind territory.

at risk of starting a loud and earnest agreement

[krinndnz]

Yes, I totally agree with you. I think that the framing of discourse that implies that working against racism is mutually exclusive with working against sexism is a big part of the problem - that's what I meant by "balkanizing us." The scare quotes around "deviants" are there because the same toxic discourse pretty much defines being female or nonwhite as deviance.

These large social problems have large and difficult overlaps.

[jolantru]

Thank you.

[baphnedia]

The point you make with this post is a truth that is further reaching than the scope you placed it in. It's exactly why I started writing my notes on the why and how I've built my lil' company.

Overall, it's a proven practice to lead by example.

[thoughtsdriftby]

stepping into it a bit, your intent is seen however
difference by choice/without choice, identity being shackled to attributes
myself privileged that I may choose, having the unpalatable option to conform
many living with attributes others have selected for discrimination
seeing with open mind/eyes yet I am unable to walk in step with their life
requires the others trust that I may truly see someone as themselves

commonality everyone is much more than they seem, identity as expressing self
behind the masks, behind the attributes, behind the baggage carried about
parsing out what each is beyond what each should be, unbounded potentials

stomping potential landmines we begin, please choose to continue
wishing all such mindfields gone, change/discuss/evolve thoughts