YOU ARE THE MEDICINE
10/11/2020
“I am wise even from within the womb of my mother. I am the woman of the winds, of the water, of the paths, because I am known in heaven, because I am a doctor woman.” – MarĂa Sabina Magdalena GarcĂa MarĂa Sabina was a Mazatec sabia (“one who knows”) or curandera (medicine woman), who […]
JOY IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE
03/11/2020
“The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers, which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.” – Audre Lorde Joy, and celebrations in particular, focus our attention on our commonalities, not our differences. […]
LIVING IN A MISINFORMATION SOCIETY
06/06/2020
“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” – Malcom X Deliberate and accidental misinformation in media outlets has always been problematic. Media has the power to influence minds, […]