Tag: culture
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(social) power
“As women seek to attain more social power, they may begin to self-objectify, internalizing the notion that it is their body and their appearance to others that matter most. In doing so, women participate in their own oppression, limiting their own experience, and expression of their full selves. ” Hillary McBride and Janelle Kwee In…
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privatization of public space
I heard of this concept in a podcast and I love thinking about it whenever I am in public spaces. Public spaces feel more private today because of how we can escape into our own worlds. We do this with phones, headphones, or books etc. What was once a shared experience (the sound landscape in…
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february reads
Finished just one book this month (whoops), probably started 5-6 which…therein lies the problem. Burnout (Emily and Amelia Nagoski): I chose this book because of the title (lol) and because I’ve heard great things about Emily Nagoski’s work. Self-help books are tricky for me when the author tries to tell me what to do instead…
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when the music transports you to a foreign land in which you used to live
I’ve been thinking about how music transports you back to a very specific time and feeling. Specifically, what it feels like to hear old christian songs from my childhood. I can remember and feel exactly what I felt when I sang these songs… but it feels weird because I’m on the other side of it.…
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aliveness
“Through our body, we can know the world, what it is to feel, to be a self, which ultimately contributes to and is the source of our aliveness.” Hillary McBride (Embodiment and Body Image) What is your body showing you about the world? And what it is to feel?
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what if
Brene Brown recently discussed on her podcast a question that spurred on research for her decades ago: “Are people doing their best?” When she felt that people were not doing their best she noticed within herself anger and resentment grow. Eventually she began to reframe the question: “what if people are doing their best?” How…
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the inevitability of death
“Fiercely wanting, as we all do, just a little more life.” Mary Oliver Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the inevitability of death. Most of the time I (we) forget about it, and it is kind of for the best. Would life be as enjoyable if you were remembering every moment that at any…
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more/less
interesting that most of the cultural messages we receive have to do with more or less. and then the illusion of hope is that once we have (or are) more, less– then we will be __(happy?)____. Not enough now, but will be once we do this/be this/buy this.
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January reads
Emotional Inheritance (Galit Atlas): I chose this book after listening to a podcast in which Galit Atlas was a guest. Atlas puts to language (with research) many of the things I’ve felt. We do not operate independently of the emotional complexity and lineage of our parents and grandparents– it is something we carry around until…