a couple of weeks ago i was at the brazilian consulate in boston to pick up my visa. i had an infuriating (and yet totally unsurprising) encounter with white supremacy. if i hadn’t just finished this piece about when “life-hacking is really just white privilege,” i wouldn’t have thought twice about it. but now i feel like i at least need to write it down. even if just to process it.
Read more...ok. last thought i’m digesting from the bessel van der kolk on being episode (that makes 7 pieces in this series… longest series so far i think).
Read more...note: this another post inspired by the bessel van der kolk episode of on being and it’s the sixth post in my on-going series about that episode.
Read more...on my last day in brazil for the colab mel king community fellows convening, i had lunch with a new friend (hi fernando!). at some point during the meal, he asked me what i had learned from the convening; first in general, then about politics. here’s what came out of my mouth:
Read more...i’m still in fortaleza and i have a few more thoughts from this trip so far. they’re very random and probably won’t make sense to anyone other than me.
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