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grief & grits

notes on grief, love and community from the Black queer rural South

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In 2025, I accepted that time is non-linear

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if we accept that time does not move forward in a linear fashion,

then we must reimagine how we think about,

talk about,

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if the past does not lie behind us,

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a soft place to land: on exhaustion and co-creating safety.

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I don’t think any one person, group or space can declare itself safe because safety cannot be created in a vacuum. It cannot be mandated through rules and laws. It cannot be “highly suggested.”

Safety is inhere...

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