To fix our feminist gaze on flourishing necessarily requires us not to fixate on the spectacle of supremacist violence. We refuse abusers the gift of our attention and instead, focus on creating safety in our bodies on the earth with each other.
Illness requires us to center the care of our bodies—to think and act in ways that defy the market. Illness has this message for us: “Welcome back to earth.”
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