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@mms omg I thought this one was so good, I hope you enjoy it <3
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Hiya, I'm Siem (they/them). Also @heliotrope@weirder.earth
I'm very much a queer, feminist and ecological bookworm that's into nonficiton and SF so expect that from me :)
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Siem commented on Awakening together by Larry Yang
Reading how they take care to create multicultural spaces with intent at the EBMC, and how they have a number of agreements for participants to help this along. I like them so let me share a few:
"Practice Self-Focus: Attend to and speak about your own experiences and responses. Do not speak for a whole group or express assumptions about the experience of others.
"Understand the difference between intent and impact: Try to understand and acknowledge impact. Denying the impact of something said by focusing on intent is often more destructive than the initial interaction.
"Practice 'Both/And': When speaking, substitute 'and' for 'but'. This practice acknowledges and and honors multiple realities.
These are a few, and they're maybe very basic, but I think they might fit well in many situations where we come together with our differences.
Siem quoted Awakening together by Larry Yang
Content warning Buddhism, cultural appropriation
"Amid the legacies of colonialism and their oppressive sociopolitical histories, cultural appropriation can be a a continuation of those histories of dominance. This appropriation can be expressed through a dominant culture exercising its privilege, ability, and, most importantly, power to pick and choose what cultural forms to absorb or discard, and what is regarded as worthy or unworthy of consideration in defining Buddhist practice for western communities. The separation of mindfulness practice from the eightfold path and the rest of its spiritual lineage of ethics in order to be efficacious in secular, corporate, for-profit, market-driven worlds is only one example."
Siem started reading Awakening together by Larry Yang
Siem finished reading Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures …
marking as finished, but skipped the last chapter on facilitation, I hope I remember it is there later when I might feel like diving into that
Siem commented on Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures …
just slowly reading through this now I have some time for reading :P
Siem quoted Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures …
The pant people have taught me to be generous and to be shy about blossoming, that it is in our nature. I think when others see us, it can inspire them to open up and blossom too and we can be a field ablaze with dignity and beauty together. - Jay-Marie Hill
— Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown (54%)
Siem wants to read Undrowned by adrienne maree brown
Siem wants to read The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Siem wants to read Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation? …
Siem wants to read Awakening together by Larry Yang
Recced by someone, I'm trying to engage with meditation and stuff around that, but in way that ties into radical politics
Siem finished reading Radical Dharma by Angel Kyodo Williams
"Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays …
wow, super happy to have read this, and that I can keep it around to return to.
Siem commented on Radical Dharma by Angel Kyodo Williams
"Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays …
Nearly read through the whole book :o
Siem wants to read Refusing Compulsory Sexuality by Sherronda J. Brown
Really want to read !
Siem commented on Earthsea: The First Four Books by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #1-4)
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the …
I'm actually already at the third book in this one :p