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Community Building Circles: How To

Circles of Humanity: Being Human Together by Jone Johnson Lewis

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I read Jone Johnson Lewis’ Circles of Humanity: Being Human Together last week in preparation for my monthly Restorative Justice Circle practice. I found it clear, concise, and enormously helpful. I’ve been active with the Ethical Society of Austin for several years, and have waded in the shallows of involvement with the national organization, the American Ethical Union (AEU). Apart from the personal relationships I’ve built, I find ethical humanism fits well with my own ethos of how to move best in the world. In […]

Community, Queer Romance, Near-Future SF….What More Could One Want?

The Short While by Jeremy Sorese

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This was a really nice surprise to read, as I had no real expectations going in besides being a follower of Jeremy Sorese’s illustrative work on Twitter. I knew he dealt with queer themes and I like his art style, so when I saw on Twitter that he’d done a graphic novel, I looked at the excerpt and decided to buy it. Pricey at US$30, but it is 432 pages and a mixture of illustration, comic panel style sections, and text, so you are getting […]

Making Space for Mistakes

How to Wear A Sari by Darshana Khiani Illustrations by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff

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I know literally zero things about Saris. I think they’re beautiful, and I admire their beauty from afar, but the closest I’ve ever gotten to one was my childhood best friend’s mother, who always looked gorgeous & ready for whatever kind of day she might encounter, when I would go to their house after school. Mistakes though? Trying something and messing it up? More than once? Sometimes in a really big & embarrassing way? Well I’m a professional at that, friends. And you all should […]



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