• 1708 || bell hooks on understanding patriarchy
    Feb 25 2026

    Patriarchy is the single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. Yet most men do not use the word “patriarchy” in everyday life. - bell hooks


    Read the bell hooks work: understanding patriarchy.


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    10 Min.
  • 1707 || stop assuming "it" is inevitable
    Feb 24 2026

    There is a tendency to think that what we see in the present moment will continue. We forget how often we have been astonished by the sudden crumbling of institutions, by extraordinary changes in people’s thoughts, by unexpected eruptions of rebellion against tyrannies, by the quick collapse of systems of power that seemed invincible.

    What leaps out from the history of the past hundred years is its utter unpredictability. - Howard Zinn


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    10 Min.
  • 1706 || tortoise at the mayfly party
    Feb 23 2026

    "We're all losers until we win." - Astra Taylor


    "Change itself becomes invisible when your timeframe is shorter than that change and the short term view breeds defeatism and despair... The short term view breeds incomprehension and ineffectuality." - Rebecca Solnit


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    9 Min.
  • 1705 || stop running from the feeling
    Feb 21 2026

    The source: Feel your feelings


    "This zine is all about why it’s important to cultivate the capacity to stay with our feelings, and how we can go about doing that. Hopefully working through the zine will help you to figure out your own emotional landscape (which feelings you tend to prefer, and which you tend to avoid). It’ll also give you several possible practices for learning to stay with your feelings. Different things work for different people so it’s all about figuring out what works best for you."


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    9 Min.
  • 1704 || the f.e.a.r. technique
    Feb 20 2026

    The source: Feel your feelings


    "This zine is all about why it’s important to cultivate the capacity to stay with our feelings, and how we can go about doing that. Hopefully working through the zine will help you to figure out your own emotional landscape (which feelings you tend to prefer, and which you tend to avoid). It’ll also give you several possible practices for learning to stay with your feelings. Different things work for different people so it’s all about figuring out what works best for you."


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    11 Min.
  • 1703 || sitting with the shit
    Feb 19 2026

    The source: Feel your feelings


    "This zine is all about why it’s important to cultivate the capacity to stay with our feelings, and how we can go about doing that. Hopefully working through the zine will help you to figure out your own emotional landscape (which feelings you tend to prefer, and which you tend to avoid). It’ll also give you several possible practices for learning to stay with your feelings. Different things work for different people so it’s all about figuring out what works best for you."


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    11 Min.
  • 1702 || feeling your feelings
    Feb 18 2026

    The source: Feel your feelings


    "This zine is all about why it’s important to cultivate the capacity to stay with our feelings, and how we can go about doing that. Hopefully working through the zine will help you to figure out your own emotional landscape (which feelings you tend to prefer, and which you tend to avoid). It’ll also give you several possible practices for learning to stay with your feelings. Different things work for different people so it’s all about figuring out what works best for you."


    And: https://transitionnetwork.org/


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    11 Min.
  • 1701 || ease the transition to a better world
    Feb 17 2026

    Every group is different, shaped by local needs, but all share common goals: ecological justice, boosting local economies, and strengthening community connections.


    The resource: Small Practical Project Ideas

    And: https://transitionnetwork.org/


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    10 Min.