@nat@kind.social
Come for the memes, stay for the biting social commentary.
Writer, teacher, and new parent, occupying Duwamish land on the Salish sea. Queer genderfluid anarchist with complex PTSD and fibromyalgia. Relationships, power, hierarchy, intersectionality, mental and emotional wellness, and my very weird childhood as a homeschooled Quiverfull kid who escaped the cult at 18.
old account: @nat
It's not true that it costs nothing to be kind.
It costs self-reflection. It costs a moment to pause and consider. It costs taking the time to listen and understand what's needed in the moment—which means taking in the whole situation, and letting go of your own projections.
Kindness is radical.
Kindness with healthy boundaries is more so.
Kindness isn't free and we can't always spare the price. But it's worth it when you can practice coming back to it day after day.
they didn't drop mask mandates and end extended unemployment benefits because the pandemic was over.
they wanted us “back to normal” so that we would stop using collective power to demand justice, and lose the safety nets that had enabled more organized activism than we'd seen in our lifetimes.
if/when you stopped wearing a mask and taking other daily COVID precautions, you were used as a tool in the capitalist hierarchy of oppression.
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Even in crisis, even in the worst times, there is something to savor and enjoy.
May you find love and beauty even in the darkest moments.