A Healthy Sangha Works with Struggle and Doubt
The following is a reproduction of a conversation we are having at Triratna Gender Diverse Buddhists on one member’s struggle with doubts about Buddhism and ‘being’ a Buddhist as opposed … Continue reading →
Resisting Oppression and Rebuilding Democracy
Insights From Mississippi on Organizing in a Right-Wing Context: A Conversation With Kali Akuno “What can we do that would lend us towards being in a position to shape the … Continue reading →
BPF: Refuge and Resistance
Dawn Haney: Refuge in the Unknown Join BPF in a live video conference: Refuge and Resistance: Live Videoconference REFUGE & RESISTANCE Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 5:30–7pm PDT // 8:30–10pm … Continue reading →
Agent of Change: An Interview with bell hooks
By Helen Tworkov, Originally published in Tricycle, Fall 1992 bell hooks bell hooks is a seeker, a feminist, a social critic, and a prolific writer. Her books include“Ain’t I a Woman?”: Black Women … Continue reading →
The Evolution of Evolution Part III
I have been working on a theory that the Buddhist “story” of dependent origination (not the doctrine, the story), is a cultural narrative about evolution. Pratityasamutpada-as-evolution has a philosophical tradition in … Continue reading →
Michael Dowd: Standing for the Future
by David McCleod, originally posted at Integral Permaculture. The former pastor, Rev. Michael Dowd, is best known as the author of the best-selling book, Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage … Continue reading →
All Nations Rise
Lyla June, of Diné and European heritage, is an Indigenous water protector active in the struggle at Standing Rock. Her spoken word/musical recording, “All Nations Rise“, has received almost 2 … Continue reading →
Trans In a Dangerous World
Originally published on Instagram, natgeo This is Trina. She is a transwoman living in Jamaica, one of the most dangerous countries of the world for Trans and gender non-confirming individuals. Sanctioned … Continue reading →
Anti-Trans Bill Across US Exceed N. Carolina
Editor: Why are conservatives so against us? Because we trans people are the future of the human species, where there is no sex or gender, and no race, only individual … Continue reading →
Here Be Monsters
Montreal Writer Kai Cheng Thom on learning to love monsters in her work, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars. By Lee Pepper on January 4, 2017 originally posted at http://apt613.ca/writer-kai-cheng-thom-on-learning-to-love-monsters/ Prolific writer, performer, social worker, and … Continue reading →
