“I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.”
“When we see something that beautiful, we call it breathtaking, but we really should call it breath-giving, my friend Rabbi Sharon Brous says to me. Because when suffering constricts the heart, awe stretches it back out, making us more compassionate, more loving, more present.”
“What burns the bigots most is an unbending flame of inclusion.”
Source: Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
“[Kate] Durbin writes, "Direct action aims to make tangible changes in the world. Art creates space for contemplation--a space that can allow for a broader, more sensitive perception of all things. Activism requires both a clear-eyed understanding of how systems of power work and a forceful vision of the future. By offering images of vulnerability, collectivity, and resilience, art can be an indispensable partner in this project.”
Source: How to Resist Amazon and Why
“When you spend money on something, the transaction is about more than you exchanging your money for some goods or service. That money is also a de facto endorsement of the business you're giving it to. By giving money to a business, like it or not, you're telling that business that you approve of the way they do things. One way to resist Amazon, other than (of course) not buying things from them, is to instead give money to businesses whose practices are better than Amazon. A bit of research can help you find businesses with unionized workers, businesses with high wages, employee-owned businesses, and businesses who work to reduce their impact on the environment. This is a form of advocacy you can enact every day.”
Source: How to Resist Amazon and Why
“And in my family, my opinions were labeled extreme, crazy, feminist. As the years passed, I began to feel as if I was walking into every situation - school, work, my parents' home - already primed for battle.”
Source: Hijab Butch Blues
“Embroidery is the bait I use to recruit people into activism”
Source: Let's Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creatives, and Makers; Build Community and Make Change!
“In the recent years I’ve come to realize, when you stand firm on rights and equality, seeing you as threat, they brand you dictator. When you have no firm conviction whatsoever, you ain’t someone worth noting, just a number.”
Source: The Divine Refugee
“Fight for justice, rejuvenated by reason, not for prejudice, decreed by apeman vows.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Decolonized History Lesson
(Sonnet 1546)
Early Arabs and Indians
invented astronomy and algebra,
Early white people invented
genocide and massacre.
Indigenous Latinos invented chocolate,
Early Chinese invented printing.
Early Caucasians invented cockiness,
calling invasion as civilization-bringing.
Modern Arabs build cities in the desert,
Modern whites still burn down cities.
Modern Indians democratize space exploration,
Modern whites still manufacture disparities.
Modern whites coddle hate and prejudice,
and use free speech as justification.
If any humane white ever questions hate,
they're branded, woke traitor to the nation.
Till this day, white people manufacture
99% of the world's human rights violations.
If you right the wrong, it's cussed as wokeness,
To support white terrorism is patriotism.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets