While looking after yourself is great, #selfcare is still an idea rooted in a #neoliberal tradition of looking out for ourselves, rather than seeing ourselves, our #health & our fates as inextricably linked to our fellow human beings.
https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/31/we-need-to-move-on-from-self-care-to-something-that-cannot-be-captured-by-capitalism?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR3ulq7eaAZvYXwM-TA0iUGyeXIBxwz5V0-2wU4ajAipNBmo-K8EreVJ1L8 …
Collective care exists outside the market & can’t be captured by capitalism, turned into a product that we buy back &, by definition of its price, excludes many from participating in it.
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