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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When We Were Young: Once Upon a Time in the North (1)
I giggled a bit when a friend of mine suggested I should apply for a youth exchange project on eco-lifestyle that was supposed to take place in Estonia. It wasn’t the topic, nor was it the location. “Youth. Youth! The EU thinks I’m still young, ha!” Coz, you see, the age brackets promised an interesting…
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India! New Delhi: Free Drinks? OK!
To come back to Delhi after Rishikesh wasn’t exactly what I wanted, but that sort of immediate nostalgia for the Ganga and the mountains was quickly diminished by a very basic factor. Partying. You see, my couchsurfer guy and a cool bunch of his housemates and friends were a part of Delhi’s party scene, so…
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India! Rishikesh: This Is Where I Would Have Chosen My Trip to End
So, I’ve found a place that I didn’t want to leave. I was planning to stay here for less than two days and ended up spending whole four in this mesmerising place. I came back to Delhi very early one morning, and that was only because I had booked my train tickets to Agra to…
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India! Varanasi: How My Coolness Was Lost (and a little bit about burning bodies)
In every other country, no matter how hectic its markets were, busy its traffic was, and intensely-observing its people appeared, I thought that I still managed to keep my face on. The face that – as I imagined it – revealed the sort of “yeah yeah, I’m a foreigner, but everything’s fine, I’m chill” attitude.…
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We Don’t Need No
I’ll start this entry with an insignificant confession: I am already home, writing this at my kitchen while simultaneously innocently stalking my neighbours and eating a sweet curd product that doesn’t have a translation: google sūrelis and maybe you’ll get something comprehensible. In other words, I’m not in Thailand anymore, however, I do want to…
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Cognitive Consulate Consistency
What’s wrong with people working in consulates? An alternative question: what the hell? If you remember my very first entry (which is still accessible for any passionate reader, hint hint), I was telling you how much shocked and appalled I was with what a woman working in the Thai consulate in Lithuania told me during…
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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