Jayati Doshi

i sporadically wonder about collective sensemaking, love, belonging, narrative & stories, adult development, communities, care, imagination and stationery.

[Jayati Doshi @jayatidoshi]

Thinking about this thing I made a while ago and wondering what it would look like in these times...
If there were a library of perspectives, what would you borrow right now?

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

What line of poetry would you send someone you *really* love?

[christine @christineist]

to have deep friendships you have to have a high amount of tolerance— you can't just cut and leave when they annoy you, or you have a bad trip together. the timeline stretches much further and requires enough leeway to mess up, make up, and continue onwards

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

WONDER: a thread

Wonder is an increasingly discussed topic (to my delight!). I thought I'd take a moment to reassert my own research approach & my understanding of wonder.

Here are three excerpts from Wonder Wednesday, (my free weekly newsletter!).

First, on its etymology:

[nibras ꩜ @heynibras]

i saw this menu last wk & have thought about it every day since:

“our cooking is slow. without rush. the result of processes that do more than transmitting flavor”

it made me ask — what would it look like to take this slow approach to my work? to set an expectation for slowness

[Jayati Doshi @jayatidoshi]

@SpurthiKolipaka I'd love to hear + help you brainstorm/ write this whenever you ready to:)

[James Lock @JaLock82]

This wonderful quote from Bayo Akomolafe has re-entered my life again this morning. Its just so impossibly beautiful and so full of yearning. It makes my heart sing, and I hope it does the same for you.

[Jayati Doshi @jayatidoshi]

Super super excited to have my tiny essay be a part of this stunning anthology, alongside so many fabulous folks.
What an absolute joy and honour and an end to this rollercoaster year. gosh, can't stop smiling :)🌻

[Jayati Doshi @jayatidoshi]

@amyjccuddy Joyful Militancy by carla bergman and Nick Montgomery

[Phoebe Tickell @PhoebeTickell]

The rush to codify, scale, package and toolkit-ise is part of the problem. Building something in a different way looks different. That is not to say it doesn’t codify and scale. But it looks different. It is not familiar design.

[Jayati Doshi @jayatidoshi]

@anushkantala @induviduality Hi! Can you DM me the details please? Thanks!

[Gautam Bhan @GautamBhan80]

Queerness, to me, is friendship - ethically, politically, legally, emotionally. Finding friends isn't easy partly because really believing in friendship - and building a life around it- isn't easy. Our collective fight must be to make it easier, imaginable, even ordinary. (6/7)

[S. Bear Bergman @sbearbergman]

When people ask me what I mean about wanting mutual aid a lot more than I want more self-care, this is (part of) what I mean:

[Amahra Spence @amahra_]

"Are you punishing someone right now? Is there a way to turn that punishment into a boundary or request?" I love this transformative provocation from @adriennemaree.
Ending punitive systems begins with acknowledging AND actively practicing that dismantling in personal capacities.

[Jayati Doshi @jayatidoshi]

@AnushreeJairath @arusridhar Didn't realise that was her 🙈! @arusridhar thank you for your podcast. It has given me much joy and started a bunch of lovely conversation with friends :)

[Theodore R. Foster III @TRF123RD]

“Maps are not neutral. Maps are not, inherently, “true.” Maps have points of view. Maps carry cultural bias. Maps tell stories.” -Elizabeth Alexander

[Tara Skurtu @TaraSkurtu]

Which poems console you?

[Leila Billing @leilabilling]

I'm not trying to put a downer on things, but these are urgent times. We are affected by multiple & interconnected crises - impacting hard-won gender-equality gains. We need disruptive & radically caring feminist leaders more than ever. If you're an emerging leader - join us!

[Umoja @W_Asherah]

I've been asking my male friends to do something - *watch if the first response to everything a woman tells you is to refute, say no or something negative*

One texted me later: Holy f*ck

The problem is, constantly putting up with unwarranted resistance is bad for mental health.