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It is soooooooo hard to believe in these days when everyone is set on villainising one another because that’s just easier than empathising or understanding, and then also to not use this to slip into an “I can fix him” mindset. But I am a bell hooks babe and I believe that the true power of love is to transform us. To be loved is to be CHANGED!!!!
May 3, 2024
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I have a coworker who is an older man, close to retirement. He used to be homeless but got a job in our greenhouse where he helps us wash our plastics and sanitize houses. He’s covered in faded traditional tattoos and mysterious scars. We’ve nicknamed him “Pops.” His real name is the same as my brother’s. He constantly shares things with me and looks out for me on days when I’m running around in a panic. Occasionally he shows up in a MAGA hat and my boss has to remind him that we can’t wear anything political at work.
This morning I was mixing soil and sneezed and he said “bless you” and offered me an orange. Tbh I wanted to be angry at him today, but it all melted away. It’s really easy to soothe our discomfort by vilifying others. It’s harder to recognize that people are a unique result of millions of factors and genes and events colliding over generations.
Was thinking about the task of love today (it can be a task!! 😵💫) and thought of this bell hooks quote from All About Love, “When we choose to love we choose to move against fear—against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect—to find ourselves in the other.” 🧡 Sending love to y'all today 🫂
Nov 6, 2024
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makes me realize how abundant love is and how powerful and connected we all are! also “all of this would be easier if i was nicer to myself”
May 17, 2025
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At this point, I have no choice because if I did, I would have chosen a long time ago to save myself and stop believing. But for better or for worse, it is my constant
Mar 12, 2025
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I saw this yesterday at Prince Charles Cinema and the final shot kinda made me wanna pump my fist in the air at this triumph of cinema but someone else had already been told off for being rowdy so I resisted
Jan 27, 2024
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Support our independent cinema screens!! I am a Londoner so I have memberships with BFI, Prince Charles and Picturehouse and it is totally worth it, especially as watching movies takes up a good chunk of my personality and I dislike watching things at home. Advanced screenings, access to smaller films, discounted tickets are all great but it’s also just nice to support these places who do so much in preserving the British independent film scene which is currently in an abysmal state. Curzon, Everyman, The Garden, Genesis, ICA and many more are also all great and I would be members of them all if I could. Big up BFI especially because I probably wouldn’t have got as far in both my career and love of film without them, and the Northampton Filmhouse in my hometown which was my first independent cinema.
These are of course London based examples but I encourage everyone to support their local independents 🫶🏻
Jan 27, 2024
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If I’m working on my laptop or my notebook in a public place with other people working around me and I get bored so I get out my phone to start doomscrolling, I immediately think everyone around me is looking at me and judging me for being on my phone instead of working hard like they are. And I immediately get back to work. Embarrassment can be a good motivator!
Feb 7, 2024