Elections, rage, continuing the work

Division, isolation, exclusion are all part of the "Master's" toolbox

It has only been a few days since election day in the US, and learning the (projected) results. I have been holding space for clients, friends, family, and myself to be in the feelings that this all activates, including our ancestral, societal, and personal trauma, rage, and fear.

Our feelings are valid. Many of us recognize the vast amounts of greater harm that could be implimented under a regime lead by the current probable 47th President. The fear that is coursing through us stems from generations and generations of women who have been tortured, murdered, lobotomized, drugged, called “hysterical”, disregarded, treated as property, etc. It is real. It is legitimate. It is not “irrational” or “illogical”. It is real, valid, and legitmate.

It is equally true that had the US election gone the other way, we should still have had similar, if not the same, fears. Climate crisis is connected to genocide is connected to women’s rights is connected to trans rights is connected racism …