When I was very young, I had the same dreams and expectations that many girls of my 1950s generation in my social class had: that I would start dating in high school, go to college and eventually meet “the love of my life,” fall in love, get married, and live happily ever after. It never occurred to me that I wouldn’t have what I always thought of as romantic love in my life, … [Read more...]
5 Reasons To Celebrate Interdependence Day
The myth of independence is one of the foundational and corrosive myths of American life. On July 4th, 1776, when the US declared “independence” from its colonizer, it did so on the backs of the Indigenous people whose lands they’d stolen and the African people whose enslavement and labor would build the US into the ‘prosperous’ ‘superpower’ that forms the cornerstone of the … [Read more...]
Independence Is an Ableist Myth: Unlocking the Power of Community in Healing
Most of us live in cities or small towns, where we are clearly interconnected. Yet people are still pushed to live separately, travel separately, eat separately, and even heal separately. Society elevates the idea of self-sufficiency without recognizing that independence is an impossible ideal. Reaching for this unattainable goal of total independence harms all of us – and most … [Read more...]
The Body Is Not an Apology
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