I quit Amazon Prime about a month ago and haven't ordered anything from there since. Today at lunch I discussed the Target boycott with a co-worker and we strategized where to get most of the things we usually bought from both places locally. Initiate those conversations. Help each other think about the practical logistics.
I quit Amazon Prime about a month ago and haven't ordered anything from there since. Today at lunch I discussed the Target boycott with a co-worker and we strategized where to get most of the things we usually bought from both places locally. Initiate those conversations. Help each other think about the practical logistics.
Another thing to add to the list: LOVE OUT LOUD, especially if the people or person you love is in a group currently targeted by this administration and generally marginalized in this country. When my son came out as trans a handful of years ago I started writing very publicly about it-- what was happening in terms of the stages of his transition, all of the emotional complications for me in grieving who I thought he was going to be while still loving who I now knew he was, all the times I had to challenge people who thought they could come for him, how much I am learning from him about how to show up with deep integrity in the world, and finally, how much he just freakin' delights me.
I wasn't trying to model anything for anybody. I was just writing about my life and my family. But so many times since I started I've been approached-- online or in my face-to-face life-- by someone unexpected saying, Hey, my kid is trans/non-binary. Can you tell me about providers/resources? Can I talk through with you how I'm feeling about it? Or they just say, Hey, the way you love Otto means so much to me. It really matters. Thank you.
LOVE UNAPOLOGETICALLY OUT LOUD, PEOPLE. FEARLESSLY. RELENTLESSLY. TENDERLY. VULNERABLY. Show them how it's done.
I quit Amazon Prime about a month ago and haven't ordered anything from there since. Today at lunch I discussed the Target boycott with a co-worker and we strategized where to get most of the things we usually bought from both places locally. Initiate those conversations. Help each other think about the practical logistics.
Another thing to add to the list: LOVE OUT LOUD, especially if the people or person you love is in a group currently targeted by this administration and generally marginalized in this country. When my son came out as trans a handful of years ago I started writing very publicly about it-- what was happening in terms of the stages of his transition, all of the emotional complications for me in grieving who I thought he was going to be while still loving who I now knew he was, all the times I had to challenge people who thought they could come for him, how much I am learning from him about how to show up with deep integrity in the world, and finally, how much he just freakin' delights me.
I wasn't trying to model anything for anybody. I was just writing about my life and my family. But so many times since I started I've been approached-- online or in my face-to-face life-- by someone unexpected saying, Hey, my kid is trans/non-binary. Can you tell me about providers/resources? Can I talk through with you how I'm feeling about it? Or they just say, Hey, the way you love Otto means so much to me. It really matters. Thank you.
LOVE UNAPOLOGETICALLY OUT LOUD, PEOPLE. FEARLESSLY. RELENTLESSLY. TENDERLY. VULNERABLY. Show them how it's done.
Oh Asha this is so beautiful. YES!