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Gail Drakes

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Want to take a moment to thank the people who ARE speaking to the despair/action issue with some care, or framing it as an empathetic invitation. I appreciate you. (I just pulled a “not all…” or “well, actually” on myself.. heh.) 9/

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I wanna drop James Baldwin quotes about being conscious leading to constant rage, but I gotta go. Later in that Baldwin quote he talks about the dangerous pivot away from complexity and nuance. Rage, hope, sadness, nuance and action and can dwell in a single soul. Ask me how I know. 10/

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