Links: Moving toward how we want to live

[sonia]

I miss our former First Family so much.
Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley Share Details of Working With the Obamas (for their official portraits) by Leena Kim

The Great Stink by Laurie Penny.

It’s time for men to stop worrying about who they are, and start thinking about what they do.

Social Justice, Inner Work, and Contemplative Practice edited by Sheryl Petty

Break the Rules: How Ground Rules Can Hurt Us by Daniel Hunter

White Supremacy Culture I think I've linked to this before, but it's worth rereading.

Previous three links from Nora Samaran's latest essay The Challenges of 'Ground Rules'

This company may have solved one of the hardest problems in clean energy by David Roberts. Good to have some good news, even if it's still in the potential stages. via conuly

Wall Paint, Perfumes and Cleaning Agents Are Polluting Our Air by Rhitu Chatterjee. Hey, people are finally noticing this stuff is toxic! Maybe someday we can start cutting down on using toxic chemicals where we live and breathe.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Oh! Oh!

The Samaran essay is great!

It IS so much easier to ritually restate ground rules, without getting buy in.

And the part about valuing stillness over enthusiasm is eye-opening.

Thanks. Lots to chew on.

[sonia]

Glad you liked it! I always like her take on things.

My default is to chime in as someone talks to some extent, so I'm super-aware of turn taking, waiting, apologizing if I jump in too soon, etc. I liked her point that while chiming in might seem rude, it does prevent people from holding forth endlessly, as privileged white men are prone to do.

[jesse_the_k]

I'm also an enthusiastic chimer-in. Although there are definitely access reasons for people to talk strictly one-at-a-time: recognize who is speaking, for speech readers/interpreters/captioners to keep up, and for people with cognitive issues (me!) who cannot multi-task at all.

When people are making "yes!" "I agree" or "nope! not for me" sort of noises/non-verbals, that's fine. But if two people are actually talking at the same time, I can understand neither of them.

[sonia]

Yeah, I have a hard time with simultaneous speech too.