One feature and legacy of colonization is objectification of everything: humans, land, animals, trees, air, etc. They all are seen by the colonizer as objects or “resources” to be capitalized. These are all inanimate objects put on Earth for the colonizer to exploit....
Abundance is an overused buzzword in the "self-improvement industry". I'm guilty of overusing it. I had an idea in my head about what I meant by this, but recently had several embodied experiences of just exactly what abundance feels like in the body. I have been...
I felt like everyone else had a secret manual. At least the cool kids definitely had access to the manual. I know I didn't. But I looked and listened and picked up clues as to what was in the manual. There were lots of rules regarding what to wear, what not to...
Sometimes in Angola, additional payments are helpful for facilitating certain bureaucratic procedures. The other day, as we entered the province where the farm is, an immigration official needed to register my presence. It was no big deal, took less than 5 minutes,...
I suppose it was only a matter of time before I wrote a blog about capitalism. While I know its currently nearly impossible to "step out of the capitalist" system, as many of us dream, I'm excited for this opportunity to at least dance around the edges. I'm excited...
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