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it's gita time@xoxogossipgita.bsky.social |
My husband is reading a really interesting book about activist burn out, and basically every chapter that looks at specific historical activists shows that being unable to acknowledge even minor victories leads to burn out and depression.
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Cynde
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So I did child abuse intake (and βdelinquentβ court cases) for 5 years and the only thing that calmed me was ironing bc I got instant results. I knew abused kids that grew into delinquent kids while the state tied my hands with lack of funding for β¦ anything
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PhoenixWomanMN
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Which traps the lefties who hate mainstream Democrats because their entire world view is based on the idea that half a loaf is worse than none.
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it's gita time
@xoxogossipgita.bsky.social
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Ppl keep asking, itβs this one: www.versobooks.com/products/970...
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Animystic πͺ
@animystic.bsky.social
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Whataboutism is counter-revolutionary
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Like A Rose: Infinite Wife
@zyla.top
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ive seen the take lately that "how can someone go to pride when theres so much suffering in the world" and im like its exactly this!!! we HAVE to have joy too whenever and whereever we can take it
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π΅πππππ π½ππππ
@trashbot.bsky.social
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mah Overton
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Jerry Timber
@jerrytimber.bsky.social
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Perfect destroying good.
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JRoth
@jmroth.bsky.social
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On some level I think that these are closely linked things: the traits that lead to activism overlap with (call it) doomerism, & the exceptions are rare. Same with the huge difficulty of transitioning nonprofits once the founders move onβwhat made them a good founder made them bad at passing on.
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Wendell
@wendellborton.bsky.social
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I'm not worried about too much good news.
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zeep
@ektachrome.bsky.social
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hope is the only way we can keep going
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Carl Nyberg
@carlnyberg312.bsky.social
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Small victories that take X amount of time need to be balanced against the gains made by the forces of oppression during that X amount of time.
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Bender RodrΓguez
@plungerman.bsky.social
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is it the following book?
Let This Radicalize You
Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...
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gorgonzola
@myfeetarecrabs.bsky.social
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I do think a weird thing about western culture is that if something feels good it must be bad to do. Like the only way to be virtuous is to be in constant despair.
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K. P. Bara
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Burnout and turnover in the public health field are out of control right now and the fact that people are intent on memory-holing a historic, exhausting mobilization has a good deal to do with it
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Stephanie goes by Stephanie
@pagnificent.bsky.social
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I can think of 4 people off the top who need to read this rn
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Ripperoni
@ripperoni.com
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I still need to finish Vincent Bevins book
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Kieran Kelly
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I think people get too invested in the idea of wins and losses - like it is a narrative arc. The reality is one of ongoing struggle. If we don't fight things will get worse, so we keep fighting. In NZ we chant: "Ka whawai tonu matou!" "Ake! Ake! Ake!" Roughly "Our endless struggle! Forever more!"
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Tachyon Days
@warisill.bsky.social
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AKA being insufferable
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Sid Oozeley
@oozeley.bsky.social
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what is the book
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Rufus T. Firefly
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Another book on activism and survival.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...
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jason π
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my wife does research on a very emotionally painful subject, and one of her advisors refused to take her on until she had developed a self-care plan. that advisor is currently my favorite person at her school lol
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Chuck Tryon
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I was in the trenches for a really long time in NC, and I worked really hard to identify even the smallest victories to avoid my allies and I getting burned out. This sounds like a really helpful read.
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regular meghan 𫧠λμμ§ π
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lol remember the day on here when everyone was happy about the IGN union and some guy got mad bc that wasn't communist enough
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Trey Bushart
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Well this certainly explains my career(s).
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Kevin Carson
@kevincarson1.bsky.social
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Accelerationism and "the worse, the better" is a disease.
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Maximum Mary
@maximummary.bsky.social
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Hillary Rettig has a book called The Lifelong Activist. Itβs available for free online.
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Demeatloaf
@demetri.bsky.social
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@hunterfelt.bsky.social mind screen shotting the original post? I'm blocked and want to know what it said
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Eric Brandom
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Is this the Hannah Proctor book? It looked interesting!
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Taco Bell's Cannon
@jamtoday.bsky.social
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I have a half-formed thought about the difference between "yes, and" and "yes, but" and the attitudes and forward momentum that is either promoted by or halted by the choice people make in how they express themselves. The former encourages building on what was done, the latter just crushes it.
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Vicki Haddix
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This also comes up in a book I just read by Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist. Iβm still thinking about it.
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HtownQueer HIV+
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I'm sorry. Living in Texas or probably any Red State? We don't have anything to celebrate. I hope we do soon. I need more good things.
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