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Finding Joy in Resistance

I’m writing this in 2025, but this statement should hold for awhile: We’re living through some fucked up times. If you live in the United States (or follow any news at all), you might’ve noticed this whole “fascist coup” thing going on. And that ain’t helping the climate crisis, either…our fossil fuel addicted civilization is speeding towards the brink of ecosystem collapse, and the moneyed elites refuse to let their hand off the gas pedal. Now is the time to stand up and resist.

But these fucked up times take a heavy emotional toll. So many folks are struggling to survive and stay sane…how can they find the spoons for activism? How can we find the strength to stand up defiantly, when the weight of the world is so heavy, it’s hard just to stay on our feet? How can we be a candle in the dark, without burning out?

One path I’m trying: finding joy in resistance. This is the story of one day I walked down that path, playing in BABAM (the Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians).

What I Love About the Furry Fandom

I’ve been involved with the furry fandom for 23 years. It’s not a huge part of my identify…heck, lotsa my friends know nothing about it! They might know me as that dumpster diving, freegan, radical activist, hippy dancing guy. But nestled among all those other gems of joyful weirdness, it’s part of my identity too.

I wrote this article to explain, to all the “normal” people of the world…what’s the deal with furry fandom? Why does it exist? And what draws me to it, personally?

This Five Day Dance Workshop Unlocked Something Deep Inside Me

Earlier this year, I took part in Wavelength: Ways of Waves, a five day dance workshop, in the tradition of 5Rhythms. For five days straight, I danced my soul out of its prison. As crazy as it sounds, I feel like it unlocked some secret power hidden deep inside me.

Nothing Breaks, It Just Turns Into Art

One truth’s been running through my head lately, pacing through the attic of my mind.

“Nothing breaks, it just turns into art.” It’s a good reason to make all things beautiful. When they break, they won’t just be works of art, but beautiful works of art.

Once I realized this truth, I kept seeing proof of it everywhere.

The Dance That Taught Me About Being Myself: An Autistic Person’s Guide to Ecstatic Dance

I’ve been doing ecstatic dance for a year now, and it’s changed my life. I think it has the potential to change so many more lives…especially those of people on the autism spectrum.

Buy Nothing Day Party 2023

So, I’ve finished my No Buy November. And it went great! I learned lessons. I made friends. I ate delicious dumpster pies. But the best part of it all was my Buy Nothing Day Party + Free Stuff Swap.