Any tips for how to deal with the specific type of burnout that comes from having to explain to people why you deserve rights?

- Know about what a protest is really for before you attend it.
- Know what an infographic really means before you repost it.
- Know what your message is really saying before you send it out.

Reflexivity goes a long way. Think deeply about the issues you claim to be passionate about.

Don't let all this community building die once the Trump rage goes numb. We have needed these connections before Trump, and we will certainly need them after. Don't forget the immigrant folks, Muslim floks, trans folks, black folks, disabled folks, and everyone else when rage can't fuel you anymore.

An actual thing you can do to help inform people about ICE and their rights: print out red cards and put them in public places and share them with everyone (especially in different languages) www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...

From the truthout podcast: "The connections that we form in moments of crisis make us stronger and more well-connected in our day-to-day lives. Similarly, connections we form for more mundane reasons can become lifelines in a crisis. Overcoming isolation always makes us stronger."

Conservative family gatherings bring out a unique form of drag for queer family members.

Living in the small town where I grew up is odd & causes me to have mixed feelings. Sometimes I love it. I went on a walk today & someone who I hadn't talked with in 8 years gave me a high 5 while walking past me. 2 others who saw me let me come up & pet their dogs cuz they knew my dog recenly died.

I bring a “wearing a mask is one of the fastest, easiest, most immediate ways you can fight fascism” vibe to conversations that folks who don’t mask and know it’s wrong reeeeally dislike.

The immediate cessation of responses is always so telling. 🙃

You all this was a 🔥🔥🔥 conversation -- and if you missed it, you can catch the video now!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw42...

And get ready for next week's roundtable on Queer and Trans World Anthropologies!

How else would I learn about liquid salt Thorium nuclear reactors if I didn't go to a liberal arts college and have a roommate in STEM? youtu.be/FjHH8Qf3aO4

It is cool stuff tho.

You guys!! I just LEARNED (watched one [1] TikTok) about this UNBELIEVABLE HISTORICAL FACT (which someone made up for clicks) and I am SEETHING (typing this with a straight face) that I wasn't taught this in SCHOOL (where I didn't pay enough attention to learn to spot stupid engagement bait)!!!

My current top 5 favorite shows:
Reservation Dogs
Atlanta
Derry Girls
The Good Pace
Good Omens

The first 3 are dramadies that deal with particular cultural and place-based perspectives that can get surreal at times.

The latter 2 are me coping with my religious issues.

People who don’t include disability liberation in their understanding of social justice will never make sense to me.

Like what do you MEAN you oppose sexism, racism, and classism, but the minute the lived reality of that oppression starts showing up physically, all your energy just evaporates?

5calls.org

"pursue the fullness and intensity of resistance" also reminds me that in many ways, community is "inconvenient" and resistance really IS intense.

Some things should be difficult and challenging, that's what growth looks like.

I had a difficult day today, but after a draining conversation this afternoon, I layed down outside on my coat, gripped dead grass for dear life, cried a bit, and let myself feel the sun on my face. Then I went on a walk.

Sometimes I forget about spring during winter. I appreciate these warm days.

What we do to cope with current events may seem useless compared to the scale of national bs, but I've learned from my intersectionality-focused rural community leaders that change is slow. We need patience, connection, care, & a willingness to challenge each other to make life better for all.

A zine is just a magazine without MAGA.