Dancing with nuances

on queer ecology, non-binary thinking, and how to grapple with our own multitudes.

This week’s essay is about duality and multitudes. I discuss aspects of queer theory, non-binary thinking, emotional multitudes and how we can grapple with our own multiplicity. With the help of the biologists, philosophers, and poets featured in this essay, I delve into what it means to accept multitudes in a hyper-individualistic capitalist society.

At the end of the essay, you will find a curated playlist for your week, and an incredible meditation guided by Kindra Calonia, movement curator, writer, and artist, who I am collaborating with every month for this series. This is a journey into the ancestral lands of your body. In it, we ask: How would your bones dance if they could? How would your ancestors move? It is beautiful, and the jungle sounds in the background (Kindra is currently in Bali) are pure magic. Enjoy!

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“Particularly man is not homogenous, but assembled” Lynn Margulis

There is no life without contradiction, life is a contradictory process. I haven’t always known this, but in a moment of profound change and heartbreak, where my emotions were absolutely all over the place, I finally felt what it was like to feel different things simultaneously (happy & sad, vulnerable & still strong). The more I tried to define myself, the less I understood. I believe that many of the world’s problems come from a refusal to accept the very real fact that as humans, we must learn to dance with nuances.