HeyJaredLeftist Burnout | Isa V
Essays about culture, politics, and doing our best in tired movement spaces.
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The lesbian-bar-masking drama is not a psy-op!!! (opens the original)
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I’ve spent the last several years in covid realist organizations. Like many others, I’ve been just as nourished and loved by this community as I’ve been betrayed, beat down, and abandoned. I know how emotionally fraught such spaces can be, and how the past trauma of ableism (entwined with racism, classism, and other forms of discrimination) has conditioned members to perceive injury in the slightest of slip-ups.<a class="button primary" href="https://leftistburnout.substack.com/subscrib
Stop Infantilizing the “Global South” (opens the original)
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“China does not ‘do’ propaganda.” We were at The People’s Forum, listening to a respected activist speak. “China is the only truly benevolent superpower,” she explained, “and if you think otherwise, it’s because you’ve been brainwashed by the USA.”Subscribe nowI’d gone there with my best friend, who can attest to the veracity of this statement, as well as the surprise on my face upon hearing it. We were attending a fun
A Really Stupid Mid-Life Crisis (opens the original)
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I’m turning 25.5 next week, which I admit is not quite “middle-aged,” but definitely older than I was planning to hit, so perhaps the term “middle” is anyways already defunct. Anything can be middle-aged if you try hard enough. Hahahha.As I hit this milestone, I’ve been reflecting on the life I’ve lived so far, and I’m embarrassed to admit that it’s fallen short of expectations. The only real thing I’ve accomplished in the last few years is not-dying when I should have, which isn’t so much an ac
The Left has gotten sick of itself (opens the original)
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Ru is a queer somatic healer that shows up to their appointments on the condition that they feel like it. As they remind us in their customer policy, “having an ‘appointment’ does not entitle you to my time.” Rather, “appointment times can be considered manifestations of intent,” so they recommend that clients “arrive two hours before your scheduled ‘time’ and be prepared to wait up to three more.”If you can’t tell (as some in the comments are struggling to do), Ru i
Look At Me, I'm Sick! (opens the original)
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I don’t identify as “disabled.”Yes, on the technicality of my heart pains, breathing problems, and absolutely fucked-up, ultra-medicated brain, I’m technically (medically speaking) disabled. But I am also a class-privileged, South/East Asian settler on stolen Lenape land. My access to wealth and social capital has allowed me to surpass many of the barriers that injure (i.e. disable) crip communities.<a class="footnote-anchor" href="#footnote-1" id="footnote-a
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