Mutual aid is talked about as an antidote to capitalism, a practice of abolition, and necessary for our survival. However, mutual aid can’t just be housed people supporting other housed people — mutual aid in our cities must center direct support around folks living outside. 🧵
marquis bey writes that we’re not unanimous, we’re “ensemblic, assemblic, a distinction that manifests in the proliferation of life for those who might queerly emerge when conditions are saturated with the elimination of institutions that curtail such life.”
what i’m loving most ab this moment is not just watching CEOs & billionaires scramble, tho that certainly makes me glad. what i rly love is the feeling of self-determination participation& individual action for a collective goal - by my reading that’s what anarchism is all about
…the machine of racial capitalism? we are practicing that now / it's an experiment with high stakes. we ourselves might feel broken at times but other people can cover for us just like we would cover for them.
been sitting on this delightful interaction for a minute & i gotta say: it feels really sweet to know that Ama felt her work was given its due by my lil notes 🥹💗 (description in quoted thread)
What are some poems that as a “whole” (not just one particular line or image) are unforgettable / seared into your brain & heart for what feels like forever?
@NightlingBug the logic goes: if you are made uncomfortable by a trans fem person existing in close proximity to you, you are not experiencing misogyny, you are enacting transmisogyny