This is something I think about a lot, but haven't articulated it like you have.
I've been learning martial arts for these reasons. It's also just a lot of fun, and I've unexpectedly found a nerdy queer community through it, too (I do HEMA; my club is a bunch of gay nerds who play D&D and video games). Archery, too, and I want to learn to mend and make clothes.
I also try to be rested and take care of myself, not just for myself, but to model it for my comrades and so I have the energy to be there for them when they need it.
This is a great piece, and I love the run-on sentences as the first few paragraphs that make it literally read as an exhale.
Thanks so much, Charlotte! I so appreciate your kind words and support of my work 💜✊🏽❤️ and your community sounds fabulous! Yes. That’s exactly what we need ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 sending love and solidarity to you and your comrades ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Fantastic post Mona! Yes- we must become more dangerous, to hone our fighting skills, to ward off our fatigue, to take deep breaths and exhale our rage into a long revolution💪🏾
This is something I think about a lot, but haven't articulated it like you have.
I've been learning martial arts for these reasons. It's also just a lot of fun, and I've unexpectedly found a nerdy queer community through it, too (I do HEMA; my club is a bunch of gay nerds who play D&D and video games). Archery, too, and I want to learn to mend and make clothes.
I also try to be rested and take care of myself, not just for myself, but to model it for my comrades and so I have the energy to be there for them when they need it.
This is a great piece, and I love the run-on sentences as the first few paragraphs that make it literally read as an exhale.
Thanks so much, Charlotte! I so appreciate your kind words and support of my work 💜✊🏽❤️ and your community sounds fabulous! Yes. That’s exactly what we need ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 sending love and solidarity to you and your comrades ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Fantastic post Mona! Yes- we must become more dangerous, to hone our fighting skills, to ward off our fatigue, to take deep breaths and exhale our rage into a long revolution💪🏾
Thanks so much, Fawzia 💜✊🏽❤️ it’s so easy to feel overwhelmed when we think we must do everything NOW!