“To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.” ~ bell hooks Times are changing and shifting in ...

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It was an utterly exhausting way to exist—a 24-hour shift of pretending to be someone I wasn’t. I moved through the world with my guard up and my heart locked away, terrified that if I let anyone get ...

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There is a particular kind of heaviness that has been settling over a lot of people lately. You wake up, reach for your phone before you’re even fully conscious, and within minutes something has taken ...