preface: the frame in which i’m thinking about this post has to do with how 45 and his administration is in the process of manufacturing mass trauma and the impacts that’s going to have and is already having on american and global politics.
Read more...this is a messy string of thoughts that’s probably not going to come out in the right order but i figure it’s better for it to come out messy than not at all.
Read more...the bessel van der kolk episode of on being is honestly (truly) blowing my mind. there are at least five posts coming out of me processing what’s in that episode. today: on the post-alcoholism and disembodiment of the west.
Read more...since the trump era has begun, there are two practices i’ve been trying to incorporate into my news media consumption habits. a friend (can’t remember who… i think it was karen?) pushed me to write this up a few months ago, but i’m just getting around to it now. two the practices are getting news (mostly) from my friends and consuming news pieces created by people who are affected by the content/subject matter of the piece.
Read more...i’m catching up on on being and, as usual, it’s blowing my mind. the interviewee, bessel van der kolk, studies trauma. i’ll probably write on this a few times, but right now i’m thinking about some points he made regarding trauma, narrative, and the body.
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