There's a reason "alcohol and drugs were strictly forbidden" by Indigenous youth at Standing Rock. "The struggle against the pipeline was part of the same struggle against alcoholism, suicide and abuse." 3/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/magazine/the-youth-group-that-launched-a-movement-at-standing-rock.html …
Drinking is so deeply part of our culture we often don't question it, or we fall back on it because it's what we know. Can we try things? Be creative? My hunch is that we'll find a lot of ways to connect with each other that will be even more powerful and profound. 5/
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It might make us feel embarrassed at first, or scared, and that's ok. Many of us talk about processing grief through crying. But laughing is also great! It helps us process being embarrassed and scared, two big feelings that keep us separate from other people. 6/
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I believe you that there are real barriers to scientists being able to share emotions. But this oppressive society has been able to thrive in such brutal, oppressive, life-destroying ways, in part, because it squelches all of us being able to feel and process our emotions... 7/
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