This week, we speak with activist Vidhya Aravind (she/her). Topics include:

• Police accountability vs police abolition
• The value of failure in political organizing
• Why nonprofits won't save trans people
• Does political activism count as gender expression?
• Plus: Becoming an activist by "being a dumb bitch that cares a lot."

Read Vidhya's essay about hope and shame on Substack.

Find Vidhya on Twitter @kid_vidh.

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