identity politics
Our ideas (and actions) have to stand on their own. While our individual and collective identities aren't irrelevant, they are mere garnish to what we actually have to say for ourselves.
Our ideas (and actions) have to stand on their own. While our individual and collective identities aren't irrelevant, they are mere garnish to what we actually have to say for ourselves.
...that when you spend time helping the truly broken—the ones who require more patience than seems reasonable—you walk away with two revelations: how much of yourself still works, and how vital the fragile thread of kindness is that holds people together.