Month: March 2026

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Grieving as Resistance to Power

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“The hidden logic underneath American grief culture is Protestant in its bones. Suffering is individual, recovery is personal responsibility, and grief that refuses to resolve itself is a problem to be managed. That logic tells us the goal of grieving is to stop. To integrate, stabilize, return to function. Grief that stays loud, stays embodied,…

Rows of dirt plugs in a tray being used to start seeds indoors. A couple of the round plugs have seedlings sprouting from the middle of them.

Starting a Mind Garden

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I’ve been reading tiny experiments by Anne-Laure LeCunff. I’m working on one of my 2026 focus words: Speak. I’ve been pretty stuck with not having much to say of import. I feel like I would just be parroting things that others have said and who needs one more parrot in the world? But as I…