by Monta | Jan 2, 2020 | Activism, Justice, Mercy, Regular Life
Social Justice Warrior. I hear the label slung at people with derision, with contempt, with bitterness, maybe even fear. I think the phrase generates lots of discomfort, resentment, and anger. It’s mostly used as an insult, a challenge to do battle as in...
by Monta | Nov 27, 2019 | Walking & Thinking
So how do you hold yourself accountable without beating yourself up when you are disappointed in yourself? Of what possible value is shame? Remorse, maybe, but shame? Can we harvest all of the good parts of holding ourselves accountable without being harmfully...
by Monta | Mar 12, 2019 | Activism, Design, Regular Life
Last month I was asked to lead a workshop on making zines at an equity in education summit. It ended up that 3 other folks presented with me. The first part of the presentation ran long, so I didn’t get to share much about the actual production of zines, so here...
by Monta | Mar 7, 2019 | Activism, Community, Design
Last month I was asked to lead a workshop on making zines at an equity in education summit. It ended up that 3 other folks presented with me. Here is my part of the presentation. So, what is a zine? A zine is a small-circulation self-published work of original, or...
by Monta | Feb 4, 2019 | Regular Life, Sustainability
I’m not a fan of Nietzsche, but I certainly feel stronger today…*And a mindfulness practice helps in times like these. Updates in reverse chronological order.2/4/19Here’s another not-so-quick update…Last night Neil and I went over to the house...
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