Kurdish-German psychologist Jan Ilhan Kizilhan “told me that in Afghanistan trauma has become an inescapable legacy. ‘They experience past trauma again and again as if it is immediate…The repetition reinforces these experiences many times over, keeping them alive for numerous future generations.’”

“It was a ‘classified’ war, I’d later discover, with the lines of accountability so obscured that no one had to answer publicly for operations that went wrong.” The world is haunted by classified wars.

I’ve seen advice on here that you should pretend you’re a rock.

I’ve been thinking about Alice today b/c she loved food & was a talented food writer, even as her eating became increasingly restricted. I love her piece in Year of the Tiger in which she interviews her mom about Lunar New Year & making dumplings. She & her mom agree: love is expressed through food.

Cokley also mentions attacks on Alice after she won a MacArthur: “Despite being a tremendous honor, the fellowship inspired a fresh wave of online attacks against Alice, particularly for her support of Gaza. But never once did she waiver. If anything, she did as she was prone to do & doubled down.”

💯 I am a big fan of UK sandwiches + crisps for a train journey, etc. I like it that they're smaller compared to US monster deli sandwiches, but also imho the bread and filling are much better quality (no added sugar, for one).

BBC reporting: "Two directors & a consultant of a construction company were arrested by police for being 'grossly negligent.' The complex was undergoing extensive renovations when the fire began."

ACT UP. Fight back!
Thank you for your work.

The death toll is rising & hundreds of people are missing. Absolutely heartbreaking.

Yes! Well said.

I have said this before, but I really think Tressie McMillan Cottom is like Stuart Hall in her ability to diagnose the culture & politics of the present. No one else articulates (as in Hall’s use of the term: as form of expression & making connections) politics as a practice, aesthetics, & feeling.

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