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“The Rest Is Resistance framework also does not believe in the toxic idea that we are resting to recharge and rejuvenate so we can be prepared to give more output to capitalism. What we have internalized as productivity has been informed by a capitalist, ableist, patriarchal system. Our drive and obsession to always be in a state of “productivity” leads us to the path of exhaustion, guilt, and shame. We falsely believe we are not doing enough and that we must always be guiding our lives toward more labor. The distinction that must be repeated as many times as necessary is this: We are not resting to be productive. We are resting simply because it is our divine right to do so.”
Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

“You are worthy of rest. We don’t have to earn rest. Rest is not a luxury, a privilege, or a bonus we must wait for once we are burned out. I hear so many repeat the myth of rest being a privilege and I understand this concept and still deeply disagree with it. Rest is not a privilege because our bodies are still our own, no matter what the current systems teach us.”
Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

“How can we imagine a world without police if we are unable to imagine a world that includes rest for all? How can we build systems of care if we don’t even care for our own bodies and the bodies of others?”
Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

“Take up space. Be risky in your observations. Be a maroon. Decide you ain’t ever going back to enslavement. Take a nap to receive a Word from your Ancestors. Be subversive. Embrace radical love that is outside the confines of tradition. Be suspicious of everything they taught you. Carry a research notebook. Be curious. Resist. Rest.”
Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

“Release the shame you feel when resting. It does not belong to you.”
Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

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