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Bo Thompson

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I am not safe. I do not aspire to be safe. I do not believe authenticity can fully inhabit the same space as safety; at some point trade-offs occur. As an educator and worker, I spent decades making myself small and safe. The first thing I retired was my obligation to pick safety over authenticity.

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Kevin Gangel's avatar Kevin Gangel @kegangel.bsky.social
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Aligned. And authenticity creates a new, albeit different, “sense” of safety because when we are authentic there is less to defend and little for anyone to attack. Our authenticity turns what was previously vulnerable into the invulnerable.

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