"the interpersonal and the political do not exist separately. we do not exist separately from the systems and institutions and communities we grew up in. it is hard to see the water we swim in, but it is there."
This is what I think of when people say they don't like politics, or urge us not to get political, etc. It doesn't help it's usually coming from someone who is white and largely insulated from a degree of politics that others must reckon with every moment of every day.
And for what it's worth, I have a magpie tattoo on my left shoulder.
"the interpersonal and the political do not exist separately. we do not exist separately from the systems and institutions and communities we grew up in. it is hard to see the water we swim in, but it is there."
This is what I think of when people say they don't like politics, or urge us not to get political, etc. It doesn't help it's usually coming from someone who is white and largely insulated from a degree of politics that others must reckon with every moment of every day.
And for what it's worth, I have a magpie tattoo on my left shoulder.