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@jessicahagy.bsky.social I can't get this point about "witches" out of my head. Your newsletters change the way I value/equate things. I'm so tremendously grateful.
A screenshot of one of Jessica Hagy's newsletters that says: This very famous concept seems fitting for practically every headline published this week: “Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority” and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person” and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t and it’s not okay.” This is an immensely important distinction because the difference between being treated like a person and not a person is being burned at the stake or being allowed to have opinions in public.
November 15, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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From Mary Oliver:
an excerpt from Mary Oliver: If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility leeft. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.
November 14, 2024 at 5:01 AM