[love meme] Making tradition: an election day love meme

[kaberett]

Remember last time we did this?

You make things seem more possible.

I will, as ever, be unscreening and making up an index as we go. Please nominate yourselves; please nominate each other; please signal boost.

I see you, and you're not alone.

Index
A
alexseanchai
azurelunatic

B
balsamandash

C
calliopes_pen
chanter_greenie
chiasmata

D
Dreamers/DreamWriters aka dreamwriteremmy/dreamwriters

E
El Staplador
ewt

F
forests_of_fire

G
Gehayi

H
haggis
hollymath

K
kaberett

L
ludy

P
pipisafoat/pip

R
redbird

S
sasha_feather
ses
sfred
shanaqui
silveradept
steorra

T
thebonesofferalletters
the_quorum

Z
zimena


Status: still open!
Last unscreened: the_quorum

Comments

Haggis, she/her

[haggis]

Yes please.

Lots of things seem scary, lots of people I love feel fragile. I lost my religious faith and most of my belief in people's inherent goodness - the thing I cling to is a belief that we will do best by spreading kindness as widely as possible. (Spreading kindness is not incompatible with rage, anger and grief.)

Re: Haggis, she/her

[ludy]

You are an awesome metamour. You are thoughtful and wise and passionate. And you keep showing up and doing good things.

Re: Haggis, she/her

[alexseanchai]

I approve of anyone who works on spreading kindness. ♥

Re: Haggis, she/her

[cosmolinguist]

Your generosity had done me so much good, from driving my rubbish to the tip to helping me navigate life as a somewhat-reluctant homeowner. We've spent so much good time together, it means a lot to me.

Re: Haggis, she/her

[kaberett]

Today in therapy I talked about trying to fit meaningful self-care in around... everything, and whether hosting a love meme and an open house was *actually* a good idea for me. And I came to the conclusion that, yes: because it underscores and reinforces that people choose to be kind to one another, to look after one another, to seek to see the good, and it might be work but it's work that will reaffirm things I desperately need right now.

I'm not convinced about inherent goodness of people (sebastienne keeps reminding me, through the choices they make, to extend good faith more frequently) -- but I am convinced that people can choose goodness, and that there's a lot of space to build on in that potential.

I'm sorry things are so hard. I see you.

Re: Haggis, she/her

[el_staplador]

I like that philosophy.

Re: Haggis, she/her

[sfred]

I am extremely glad that you are in my life. You think about things A Lot, and you are articulate about the thinking you are doing. You do righteous anger and you do compassion, in the right places. Thank you.
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