Sometimes

[minoanmiss]

(this has more detail than I usually talk about in public and might be considered TMI)

There's a lot of stuff in the news, now as ever. [list redacted]] Many things I should care about. But I'm a bit tired right now, especially as I wrestle with my capabilities. I'm jobhunting with some trepidation because I really don't have the energy to get through a full workday, plus commuting on the T inflames my chronic pain (That's why I'm awake right now.) But needs must.

And it strikes me...

I was thinking about the common idea as revolutionaries/anarchists/whatnot as students, and remembering how much energy I had when I was a student (and I've never been high energy) and being tartly amused. My battery just doesn't charge up as much as it used to, I guess. Multiply that by a society... yeah.

ANyway. Hopefully I can get back to it. There are petitions to sign and letters to write. But maybe not today.

Comments

[amaebi]

I am reading a short book titled Rest as Resistance and wondering, in fact, whether to get you a copy. It is a little repetitive, definitely advertises not only rest but the writer’s Nap Ministry, which make it a little funny. But it’s also righteous and Womanist about rest being a political act for Black women in particular.

[sabotabby]

Oh yeah. Really good point. I've been beating myself up about Not Doing Activism but this is 100% a factor.

[oracne]

I do occasionally respond to those "send a letter" things where you enter your info and you can just copy their text and spray all your reps at once. But even that requires a little bit of effort.

[princessofgeeks]

You definitely are allowed to save your energy for, you know, EARNING MONEY SO THAT YOU CAN PAY THE RENT AND EAT.

That is your most important should this spring, methinks.

Good luck getting your back treated!!!!!

[corvidology]

I always get that thing in my head where they tell you on airlines to put your own oxygen mask on first and then assist others.

♥

[bikergeek]

I have to wonder whether it isn't part of the strategy to keep people so fucking exhausted that they don't have the energy to effect social change.

[acelightning73]

That goes back to the Industrial Revolution. Keep them working so hard (and on such short rations) they don't have the energy to spare for rebellion. (And get them used to going to school at 8 AM and staying there doing as they're told until 5 PM. And get them used to being told to SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.)