Traversing the beauty and horror of this world with eyes and hearts wide open feels hard but also holy to me. I’m grateful for friends like you who are in it with me.

This between-seasons episode is a reading of the essay I wrote last week about what’s happening in America right now, and why none of it is new. We all know tone and delivery change how we receive information, and because this feels so important, I wanted to share it here as well.

Thank you for listening.

xSylvia

Note: This analysis draws on decades of scholarship, resistance movements, and lived experience that I’ve synthesized. If you’ve been following here, you know I regularly name queer and BIPOC thinkers and organizers I’m indebted to. The lineage here is long. I hope you’re reading their books. And if you’re not, let this be an invitation.

If you prefer reading (and haven’t yet), the essay is below. It also includes recommended episodes if you want to go deeper. https://substack.com/@wedontknowwithsylvia/p-184172166