Power
The way we use our time is predetermined and overdetermined by our society and gender roles, and society frames our productivity as “personal choices.”
This photo makes me smile. Admittedly, talking with my hands is perhaps not the most effective way to communicate on the radio.
“Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked female” – Erin McKean. A note on checking our sources, and citations as culture making moves.
Our challenge is to develop that well of images while avoiding conventional, performative beauty-signalling that props up existing oppressive narratives.
A lot of what comes out of our mouths — and even what we think — is predetermined by our conditioning, our culture. We can, and must, interrupt this.
To achieve and thrive in that new world we’re dreaming of – justice! – we need to ground our work in a well-lived life that includes breaks from our work.
It’s not just you. It’s really not. Knowing how our culture frames our personal struggles is overwhelming or disheartening, it’s actually a source of power.
Air drying her hero’s jersey. This jersey means so much more than just loving a sport, this jersey tells her that her life matters.
As soon as I get that “oh my god, I recognize myself in this” feeling, I get to work unlearning that previously-invisible, culturally conditioned habit.
What’s a Culture Maker? You don’t have to have a fancy title or an artsy career to be a culture-maker. You have that power. We all do.