I resonate with the thoughts and feelings expressed in this post so deeply. This part especially: It feels obscene to write about gardening, cooking, beauty, fashion, photography, celebrity, pets, film, and fitness while we witness images and narratives of genocide and ecocide.”
I grapple with this every day, oscillating between feelings of hope and guilt and despair and joy constantly. Think I’m slowly coming to the realization that this is just what life is.
Beautiful and powerful. Thank you for writing this. I especially love this: "A turning away orients us differently. We feel that turning. We are turned by that turning. Turned, perhaps, into different versions of ourselves." What does turning away do to us?
Thank you! I learn so much from Sara Ahmed’s writing, and this was a small attempt to channel her work on orientation in Queer Phenomenology while also holding on to The Cultural Politics of Emotion and The Promise of Happiness.
I resonate with the thoughts and feelings expressed in this post so deeply. This part especially: It feels obscene to write about gardening, cooking, beauty, fashion, photography, celebrity, pets, film, and fitness while we witness images and narratives of genocide and ecocide.”
I grapple with this every day, oscillating between feelings of hope and guilt and despair and joy constantly. Think I’m slowly coming to the realization that this is just what life is.
Beautiful words. Thank you for sharing. <3
Thank you for reading!
Beautiful and powerful. Thank you for writing this. I especially love this: "A turning away orients us differently. We feel that turning. We are turned by that turning. Turned, perhaps, into different versions of ourselves." What does turning away do to us?
Thank you! I learn so much from Sara Ahmed’s writing, and this was a small attempt to channel her work on orientation in Queer Phenomenology while also holding on to The Cultural Politics of Emotion and The Promise of Happiness.
Thank you for this. I always appreciate your work. I also wondered if you could point me to the text(s) where Lorde discussed guilt vs. anger?
It’s in “The Uses of Anger” in Sister Outsider.
Thank you for this. Much to think about.
Thank you. I was trying to name how I’m feeling and hoping it might resonate with others.