By Michele Willens — 2013
Forty years after I left school, I’m going back.
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CLEAR ALL
I’m a perfectionist, and I can’t do this anymore.
I learned very early that to survive in this broken world there is a never-ending need to “support, nurture, and protect what we hold dear” to keep it from being damaged, hurt, or destroyed ……which also includes myself.
Sometimes, doing the work means looking at yourself and your actions first.
Ideas of visibility and the closet have largely been shaped by white America and the gay liberation movement of the 1970s. Refusing to subscribe to this narrative gives us space to connect with our gender, our culture and our sexuality on our own terms.
There is a fine line between appropriation and appreciation. There are many ways to truly honor and appreciate each of the 566 unique, federally recognized tribes in the US, and that includes adorning your kid’s toes in some comfy mocs (but not their head in a headdress).
“The history is what the history is. And it is disrespectful, to white people, to soften the history.”
Inside the bizarre, secret meeting between Malcolm X and the Ku Klux Klan.