As you sit with a crying friend, do you reach out to rub their back because you are uncomfortable and you’re trying to comfort them so you can feel okay? Or are you reaching out and rubbing their back for them? Who is the touch for?

When it comes to fundamental layers of American culture, such as systemic racism or misogyny, change does not come easily, quietly, or peacefully. If we look to ecology and its ever-unfolding evolution, we see that Life is not always gentle, and systemic change is often violent.