01 Oct 2017
preface: adrienne maree brown is coming to boston during the 3rd week of november (!!!). to prepare for her time in the boston organizing community, several folks have started a boston reading group. as a part of that group (as well as another 30 day writing challenge in the evolutionary leadership crew), i’m going to be putting together collections of my favorite quotes from emergent strategy (inspired by the one and only, curtis ogden). the headings are sort of my short-hand summary for the quote that follows it. and each post will be by chapter title.
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01 Oct 2017
near the beginning of the episode of vs with fatimah asghar, there’s a little conversational moment that felt light in the moment, but actually was pretty significant to me.
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30 Sep 2017
fatimah asghar’s interview on vs was amazing. i think i’ve written about a few other things she said that stuck with me (but if i haven’t, i will), but the thought for today is related to the way she uses the words “my people.”
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29 Sep 2017
so i’m 28 now. at this point, i’m going through my second round of friends getting married. my friends from back home in florida all got married 2-5 years ago (when they were 19-25 mostly). unsurprising for the christian south (especially where people live by the bible and the notion that it’s better to get married so you can have sex while wedded than to have sex outside of marriage). and now my boston friends and friends from college (who mostly get married between the ages of 25 and 33) are getting married.
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28 Sep 2017
eve ewing’s interview on vs (the podcast) is amazing. that show definitely came out the gate full speed. huge shoutout to andrew binet for pointing me to it.
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