“Productivity should not look like exhaustion. The concept of laziness is a tool of the oppressor. A large part of your unraveling from capitalism will include becoming less attached to the idea of productivity and more committed to the idea of rest as a portal to just be.”
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
“But suburbanization, probably more than any other single factor, hid the poor from view.”
― Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class
― Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class
“You were not just born to center your entire existence on work and labor. You were born to heal, to grow, to be of service to yourself and community, to practice, to experiment, to create, to have space, to dream, and to connect.”
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
“Loving ourselves and each other deepens our disruption of the dominant systems. They want us unwell, fearful, exhausted, and without deep self-love because you are easier to manipulate when you are distracted by what is not real or true.”
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
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