Rat Can't Read (she/her)<p>(11/?) As to how we allow for that <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/rest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rest</span></a> on the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> and try to take care of our <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> so we don't <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BurnOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurnOut</span></a>, I don't have easy answers. I think <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> needs to be part of the answer, but I don't think it's the whole answer. I think consciously and authentically committing ourselves to <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a> is part of the answer, but I don't think it's the whole answer. I think building movements where people can safely ask for what they need and authentically be themselves is part of the answer, but it's not the whole answer. I think the whole answer is, perhaps, something we haven't tried yet, something we haven't quite hit on. If we could find it, though, I think it would be very powerful. And I think trying is worth it. I think we must try because the consequences of not trying -- <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>, a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a>, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> -- are too high for us not to try</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MovementBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovementBuilding</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Leftism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leftism</span></a></p>