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[binsofchaos]

I Miss My Bar

[factoringprimes-blog]

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.

Adrienne Rich, h/t Laura Olin

[factoringprimes-blog]

Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We'll need writers who can remember freedom—poets, visionaries—realists of a larger reality.

Ursula K. Le Guin (h/t to Laura Olin’s newsletter) 

[benxsamuel]

How to be brave

I was walking with a friend at night on a main boulevard in Los Angeles. We saw some young teenagers standing in front of a homeless man, curled and pressed against a wall. They taunted him, mocked him, and prodded him, eager to get a rise out of him.

I wanted nothing to do with it. Wanted to embrace the simple cowardice of ignoring the man's plight and just keep on walking.

My friend stopped. I had walked on somewhat, only to notice that he was no longer by my side.

He said nothing to the kids. Just stood in front of the man on the ground. His extended arm a shield against the punks.

They were mad at the disruption to their fun. Talked shit but did nothing in the end. They regrouped and left the scene, loping after other hunts in the night. My friend said some words to the man, then rejoined me.

He said nothing as we walked. No anger or admonition towards me. Just wore a Buddha-like non-smile of serene patience as I babbled on and on about my inaction. Excusing myself, whipping my cowardice, vowing to do better next time. Still, he said nothing. All the while, the same expression of non-expression.

—  JRS in an edition of Laura Olin’s Everything Changes

[weartearandcare]

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[benxsamuel]

Tiny Kindnesses

Each week Laura Olin brings together something lovely and life-affirming on Everything Changes. This week it was Tiny Kindnesses, where readers recalled the small big things they noticed people doing for each other. It’s impossible to read it and not well up. “Look for the helpers.”

[haveagaydayorg]

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Image is of a tweet from laura olin.  says “raise your hand if you’ve never felt threatened by a trans woman in your life but you feel threatened by ignorant male legislators every day”

[juliaccarpenter]

In terms of looking at partnerships, the important thing is that you find people of your level of weirdness.

Something that invigorated me: @lauraolin​ on @helloladycast