I have been living full-time as a man now for a year and a half. I was raised a girl with aspirations of one day becoming a woman, and though I certainly no longer hesitate to credit myself with giving a convincing performance until my late 20s, living as a woman was, for me, really … Continue reading
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White, Angry, & Learning About Structural Racism
When I was a kid, I was taught early on (and often) that racism means treating people badly because their skin colour is different from my own. I was taught that this is wrong, and I should never do that. And though this was a good thing to teach, it falls dramatically short of teaching … Continue reading
Sugar Skulls & White Smug
It is said that we are mirrors for each other, so this one goes out to the smirking white blonde mirror reflecting that one time I attempted to paint a sugar skull onto my own white face, as I am writing to myself. You’re white. You’re blonde. Your eyes are blue. Your water is always … Continue reading
Self-Care, Holding Space, & Real Talk
Do you ever come across terms like “self-care” or “holding space”, and wonder what that’s supposed to mean? I first encountered it among a group of young women who were rather passionately (if not at times aggressively) defying harmful behaviours of local men’s rights “activists”. We had all come together to organise around pro-lifers whose … Continue reading
Why I Teach The Walking Dead in My Native Studies Classes
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I Am a Native American Woman With White Privilege
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Revisiting Dreadlocks, White People, And The Cultural Appropriation Brigade
I’ve written before, and more than once, about how (and why) white people get hostile over the matter of white people wearing dreadlocks, and how fundamentally ridiculous an exercise this is. Just yesterday, the matter resurfaced again in a way that I was unprepared for—as a brief moment in a short YouTube video made to … Continue reading
One Story Of Abuse & Appropriation Of Spirit
I’ve been on a journey of exploring myself that has taken me away from engaging in this work through writing. And while it was actually frustrating to me for a while despite the enormous changes and healing moments I achieved without writing, I’ve arrived at a peace within myself over it. I have long been … Continue reading
Untitled (Poem)
Come and learn. Come, drum and sing. But the moment family needs you, Then you were just “chasing bling”. Come join the circle. There’s space for everyone. Receive teachings from the elders. But don’t you hoard it, young one. Creator made each of us, And gave us all different gifts to share. You … Continue reading
Dissociative Identity Disorder, Crisis Management, & Emotional Triage
Recently in my life away from writing this blog, a conflict erupted. It was a big one, with consequences reaching much further than my antagonist realises. I don’t call her my antagonist as if to imply that I am a do-no-wrong protagonist. I make a lot of mistakes. But what is clear is that we … Continue reading
