Late last week I had a fantastic conversation with Pace and Kyeli Smith, in all of their excellent freakitude, and got to dig up lots of new information about their new website, Freak Revolution, which they launched this morning. We covered subjects like…
The new Freak Revolution launch, what it all means and what y’all can [...]
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I get a kick out of the way people look at me when I say I’m waking up at 5 the next morning.
Willingly.
Excitedly!
Or when I show them my (very) green vegetable juice for the day. Or when I announce that I’m embarking on a polyphasic sleep trial—22 waking hours for every 24. Or when I [...]
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Sometimes even the most reasonable people make some pretty unfair assumptions.
Assumptions about motive, background, pastimes, lifestyle, character.
I guess it’s the usual error (isn’t it always?), but in this case it’s particularly unfortunate. Assumptions can put others into difficult positions, weaken diversity, and tend to shut down communication. Once you make that assumption out loud (especially [...]
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