IT TOOK ME YEARS TO UNDERSTAND:
Collective liberation has many perspectives.
Only doing the inner work – separately, in our atomic households – won’t be enough.
We need community. We need connection. We need to take various collective actions to fight oppression where we see it.
But there’s that inner work, too. Profound. Slow. Rarely easy. Never comfortable.
But always always always worth it.
As a political commentator who talks about different forms and systems of external oppression, I’m also interested in my own personal transformation. In this platform, I share with you tools, frameworks, authors, and anything of value I have found to lead a life of authenticity.
Imperfectly, yes – but to do it any way.
LATEST POSTS
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Chapada Diamantina Series No. 2: Into the Wild (Minus the Ending)
We didn’t realise it then, but on our second day in Chapada we committed probably the greatest error a hiker can commit: we started our trail extremely late. In addition to having woken up late, we somehow thought that, for example, getting ice cream (that wasn’t even good!) should be a priority, and, in general,…
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Chapada Diamantina Series No. 1: “Life is a Journey, Not a Destination”
“According to Hitchwiki, you can catch a truck from the port area”, my friend told me as we met in the morning of one of Semana Santa days, both with rather heavy backpacks, ready to start our adventure. Destination: Chapada Diamantina, the most famous national park in Bahia (a state here, in Brazil). Hitchhiking to…
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Festival Internacional de Artistas de Rua
I remember the feeling I had when I just arrived in Salvador: my suitcase wheels were making that loud (travel) noise as I was trying to find my way to my hostel using highly uneven – and at times non-existent – sidewalks, all sweating elbowing my way down through what was supposed to be the…
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The normality and commonness of a quarter-life crisis
I think, by accident, I might forever associate this post with Michael Jackson. You see, I started writing it at an airport in Frankfurt, where, inadequately dressed, I was sort of on my way home from Salvador. I was at a coffee shop that, for some reason, played Jackson’s hits for hours, and, since to…
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How I Proudly Participated in Salvador Pride
“This is the music they usually play at gay clubs,” my new friend told me while we were passing, in a bouncy, dance-like way, several platforms. “OR…Well, it’s simply what many clubs in Europe play,” I said as we continued our dancing and made our way to one of those platforms. Soon, all of them…
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Another Leap (this time to the South)
For a second, Frankfurt looked like Bangkok: grey tallish buildings with a lot of trees in between them. It instantly took me back to 2011 – I remembered looking through the windows of the BKK skytrain on my way from the airport with awe, not being able to realise that I was indeed in Thailand.…
MORE ABOUT ME
My name is Justina, nice to see you here.
I’m a political commentator, travel, language, and pet enthusiast, an educator, and someone who has a deep desire to share valuable resources with others.
Because I know too well what it means to not be living out of your values: not to speak out, not to bring your full you to work, and not to do what’s truly meaningful to you. I’ve been there myself and I know what it does to your soul.
If you’re there, I want to help YOU to leave by sharing different tools and frameworks ❤️
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