Storytelling as a Radical Act
Testimonies hold great power, and there is no better feeling than the ability to tell my stories in the ways that are true to my life, my heart and my perspective. In activist and anti-oppression circles, the term “silencing” appears frequently, referring to a particular type of manipulation and subjugation. A person’s words, for whatever [...]
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N.B. I’ve tried multiple times to start posts, and sometimes the only way to describe how you feel about something is through a poem. I’ve thought about numerous things today: faith, power, access, care, healing, life, teaching, and the ability to reach out for help. The only complete writing I’ve yielded from all that is [...]
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Hi, everyone. I’m Monchel, and my normal blogging haunt is Problem Chylde. I blog on lots of subjects — whatever strikes me as interesting, really. I’m a lawyer and a radical woman of color, I’m a Christian, and I like ice cream. The latter observation is important because it is incredibly hot outside. Over the [...]
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