Kink Praxis

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“Since well-being is not an individual problem, it also cannot be merely an individual achievement.  Freeing Ourselves is strongest when it encourages collective approaches to well-being by sharing the stories of survivors of violence who have created support circles and when it encourages the sharing of holistic health methods across cultures between diverse people of color as a way of building strength and community in a context where our traditions are often appropriated without accountability or reciprocity.

“Self-care includes holding each other accountable because we are interconnected.  Loving ourselves includes learning how not to harm each other.    Loving ourselves includes disrupting violent patterns in our homes and in our community-building spaces.   First and last, I affirm this small black book as a vessel for love as accountability, wellness and profound connectedness. This is the love that will save our lives.”