Comments on: (re) thinking walking: the taxi edition

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:25:20 +0000

just trying to focus on the positive parts of the birth and ignore the recurring depression. ignore the ptsd. ignore it. ignore the violence. dont call it violence. call it protocol. call it normal. dont talk about what does ‘consent’ mean in the middle of labor. or after a woman has taken a series of drugs.

Yes.

Not my story to tell, but this means a lot to me right now. Thanks for naming it.

By: Fabiola

Fabiola — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:17:51 +0000

I second the wow.

So right on here:
“i get that. really i do. and i feel like that attitude is fueled in part by a limited analysis of where your hood ends. and where mine begins.”

wanna talk more about this..

BFP, is it Movimiento for Justice en el Barrio?

I am noticing how easily I get startled…when I’m sleeping or ready to fall asleep. Really jumpy (I freak people around me) when I wake up like I’m having a horrible nightmare. I’m beginning to think it’s related to entering motherhood (specifically the c-section, PPD, and the shaming that came from that and not being able to 1. help myself by being (helping center that in my life, and having the tools to do it) in community for so long & having more support from others – the violence that I experienced before that, that I’ve dug deep in consciousness and is surfacing through my body when I’m trying to rest or about to rest.

Healing, community, healing self while building community I suppose.

By: maia

maia — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:40:15 +0000

@bfp i was so excited to see on the schedule that the other campaign was going to representing.
and i feel you on the displaced people thing. i have been thinking more and more about how mothers traveling with children is like sooo common for centuries and millenia. like women and children are the most vulnerable in a war situation. men travel to fight. women and children travel to survive. or women get captured as slaves. such a common ancient strategy of capturing the women and children and bringing them to foreign lands. literally destroying a people.
like some refugees come to egypt because the violence in their region. others come because the medical services cannot handle serious cases of cancer or diabetes or heart disease. others come to avoid inscription. others come to take care of someone who had fled before them.
and most of the time when they come they are not planning to stay. they want to re-patriated to europe. they see this as a resting point. and then 5 or 10 years pass.
i guess what i am saying is that displacement is part of the fabric of colonization.
and that the refugees who are in cairo are often seen as privileged by their family members who remain in their native country.
and mothers traveling with their children hoping for a safe place to live is something deeper than i had realized before…
ok im rambling…
thanks for thinking with me…

By: guerrilla mama medicine

guerrilla mama medicine — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:15:32 +0000

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By: bfp

bfp — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:22:40 +0000

maia–this is SO right on, about the trans national organizing. I have yet to figure out anything that I mean by trans national organizing–but to me, especially after this weekend and seeing how Zapatistas are organizing with an organization in NYC (whose name I am forgetting at the moment)–and seeing the immigrants in NYC calling themselves displace peoples because they refuse to deny their indigenous roots and the political nature of how necessity is acting as an effective “remover” of indigenous peoples where violence would be condemned…

it really grounded me and centered me. and helped me to see what I’ve been struggling with a while. Chicanas are not “Aztecs,” we are largely, first and foremost, displaced peoples.

so much to think about….

By: bfp

bfp — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:16:51 +0000

Frowner, you know I love you right? and I get excited to see your comments here??? thank you so much for your constant support always. xo

By: Frowner

Frowner — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:09:40 +0000

Good heavens! Wrong poster name! Maia! But the sentiment is the same–this blog is so smart and so politically right-on and has taught me so much and given me the opportunity to read so many great folks–many many heartfelt thanks!

By: Frowner

Frowner — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:40:06 +0000

Hi BFP, I just wanted to say that I’m lurking and reading and thinking and appreciating what you’re posting here. Your writing (and the folks whose blogs I’ve found through your links) is so valuable to me.

By: chops

chops — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:23:00 +0000

wow.