We can begin to see there are no isolated patterns. The universe has some favorites, and they repeat and they repeat, at every scale. - adrienne maree brown

So much has changed there because of the work of Octavia, because of the work of Nnedi Okorafor, because of the work of Tananarive Due.

If you are born into an abusive identity, there's another way possible. If you were shaped into being someone who is driven towards conflict, causing harm to other people, there's another way possible.

I remind myself I can't be good at something I'm doing for the first time, and that reminder helps me humble into learning mode.