This was an absolutely juicy and thoughtful read that I will be sitting with for some time! 🤎 I love how you aptly traced the shamelessness in our culture, and then also pointed to the generative nature of shame. “My shame comes from failing to embody my own values.” This gave me such clarity. I’ve been reflecting on my own shame around my burnout and grief and how we can begin to see shame as a generative feeling, a feminist tool that can spur us outward to social action rather than inward in shame. I shared some similar reflections in my recent essay if you’re interested more explorations of this theme: https://open.substack.com/pub/sundaymeditations/p/shame-is-a-doorway-to-revolution?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Yes, with this it appears she’s looking for a fight: She’s really lucky she has yet to catch someone after a bad day, because people get hurt very badly over stuff like that, even though they shouldn’t. I
This was an absolutely juicy and thoughtful read that I will be sitting with for some time! 🤎 I love how you aptly traced the shamelessness in our culture, and then also pointed to the generative nature of shame. “My shame comes from failing to embody my own values.” This gave me such clarity. I’ve been reflecting on my own shame around my burnout and grief and how we can begin to see shame as a generative feeling, a feminist tool that can spur us outward to social action rather than inward in shame. I shared some similar reflections in my recent essay if you’re interested more explorations of this theme: https://open.substack.com/pub/sundaymeditations/p/shame-is-a-doorway-to-revolution?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Yes, with this it appears she’s looking for a fight: She’s really lucky she has yet to catch someone after a bad day, because people get hurt very badly over stuff like that, even though they shouldn’t. I