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Natalie Bullock Brown's avatar

This is beautifully written, and incredibly powerful. Upgrading to paid. And sharing with my circles.

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Jamila Bradley's avatar

Thank you so much! I felt nervous posting it because it talks so much about time and memory and is a little bit more disjointed than my usual pieces. I’m glad it’s still resonated.

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Story Carrier's avatar

"But our bodies are time travelers. They hold the weight of what came before. They carry the unspeakable. They pulse with the stories that were never written down but were never lost." I feel this as I read it. It's invoking a somatic sense in me that reaches beyond a cognitive recognition of the way white supremacy and colonialism work on one's soul. Your way of laying this out is so powerful here. Thank you.

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Rs's avatar

Thank you for this. It spoke words to what my body knows.

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Feminine Divine's avatar

Very beautiful. Very powerful.

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Fran's avatar

Thank you for articulating my experience also; of deep knowing and deep alienation ~ you’ve done so beautifully. And I’m glad to see someone else has noticed the extractive behaviour show up in the microcosm of relation too.

It’s a sad state of affairs, and here’s to loving ourselves and each other as richly as we can amongst the fall.

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Megan Cohen's avatar

Wow this piece says so much so effectively. All your writing has. Thanks for what you do.

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