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  • Nasty Work: Chapter 8

    Nasty Work: Chapter 8

    Answering questions from chapter 8 How do you see carceral logic manifesting in your own relationships-romantic, familial, and platonic? What would it mean to actively work to remove these patterns? I see carceral logic in how we treat some matters as a personal failure. Matters such as addiction and lack of access to funds are…

  • Nasty Work: Chapter 7

    Nasty Work: Chapter 7

    I would like to note that Ericka herself mentioned that this is a chapter we should spend more time on. “A handshake may seem innocuous, but it reveals so much about our culture of consent (or lack thereof). As a society, we must acknowledge what has informed our relationship to bodily autonomy and engage in…

  • Nasty Work: Chapter 6

    Nasty Work: Chapter 6

    Lucas tackles discussion questions for chapter 6 of Nasty Work. Pronouns. Gender. Being gendered. What is gender? Maybe this will help us get closer to an answer.

  • Nasty Work: Chapter 5

    Nasty Work: Chapter 5

    Discomfort disrupts the system.

  • Nasty Work: Chapter 4

    Nasty Work: Chapter 4

    Had a rough time in therapy. A rough go because I opened up about something quite traumatic. Self-care was at the top of my to-do list. I usually build Tuesdays up to be pretty lax for this very reason. Therapy was scheduled a little later than usual. Finished up my hour, and then drove out…