Thank you, to all who have signed up for the newsletter after reading Modern Love. Welcome. I am so grateful that you are here. And to those who have written to me this week, I am so grateful. I will be replying soon. As someone who tends to see my value as directly proportional to how much my actions make the world more just, I can be judgmental of people who speak about kindness. Kindness, as a concept, is often used by groups who don’t want to do the harder work of reckoning with power imbalances. I worry that focusing on kindness is an attempt to paper over real hurt, grief, and oppression. “Be kind” sounds awfully flimsy when there are people suffering.
Reparative kindness
Reparative kindness
Reparative kindness
Thank you, to all who have signed up for the newsletter after reading Modern Love. Welcome. I am so grateful that you are here. And to those who have written to me this week, I am so grateful. I will be replying soon. As someone who tends to see my value as directly proportional to how much my actions make the world more just, I can be judgmental of people who speak about kindness. Kindness, as a concept, is often used by groups who don’t want to do the harder work of reckoning with power imbalances. I worry that focusing on kindness is an attempt to paper over real hurt, grief, and oppression. “Be kind” sounds awfully flimsy when there are people suffering.