Thread by @MacSmiff

Activism has to start at home.

Kill the bigot in your head. Confront your own family about fascist behaviors. Kill the capitalist in your head. Stop celebrating racist holidays. Make good trouble at your job. Be inclusive in your place of worship. Eat sustainably. Share freely.

Some of the most rewarding moments of my summer included talking to Muslim family about the value of trans lives, excoriating my employer for allowing systematic racism & talking to black church elders abt defunding the police.

"We take care of us" applies to our souls as well.

Just as you'll never topple a building by breaking its windows and setting its drapes aflame, you'll never topple white supremacy by demolishing its buildings.

Beware the white man's proxy wars.

Give them hell in their safe spaces. Be direct. Normalize calling out bigotry.

Kill your ego. Continually ask if your behavior is performative.

Are we prioritizing progress above all else? Or are we allowing our toolbag to lead the way?

We create Culture by contributing to Community. Those we Inspire carry on Tradition.

That's how this shit works.

This is The Work.

None of us are on 24/7. Be real with yourself so that you can be real with others, then others can have realistic expectations of you instead of stressing you out.

Make space for yourself to grow. But make your growth urgent. Now is the time.

Shed your skin.