Chat with Humanities in Revolt
A cozy little spot to talk among fellow subscribers about the humanities and the good life
Dear Subscribers,
Today, I am inaugurating a new feature of this project: the Humanities in Revolt subscriber chat. This is a conversation space in the Substack app set up exclusively for subscribers. The aim of the chat will be to create a space for less formal and more spontaneous conversation. It will also be a comparatively more private space than exchanging ideas in the comment section of a published Substack post.
When I hit the “publish” button on a Substack post, I want to make sure you are receiving work that has been thoroughly developed. The Humanities in Revolt subscriber chat will be a more relaxed space where we can creatively explore ideas and views to see what “sticks.” The chat will allow me to “pick your brains,” share ideas, and to answer questions or simply hear contrasting perspectives on important topics.
“Dialogue implies talk between two subjects, not the speech of subject and object. It is a humanizing speech, one that challenges and resists domination” ~ bell hooks, Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black (1989)
To join our chat, you’ll need to download the Substack app, now available for both iOS and Android. Chats are sent via the app, not email, so turn on push notifications so you don’t miss conversation as it happens.
How to get started
Download the app by clicking this link or the button below. Substack Chat is now available on both iOS and Android.
Open the app and tap the Chat icon. It looks like two bubbles in the bottom bar, and you’ll see a row for my chat inside.
That’s it! Jump into my thread to say hi, and if you have any issues, check out Substack’s FAQ.
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This is a great idea Jeffrey, a private place for like minded people to share ideas for the greater good!
How serendipitous that immediately after loading this app, I saw these 2 posts on Facebook, one describing how things are, the other, how things should and must be!
I suspect that bridging the difference should be the ultimate goal of all thinking humans?!
“Not to know one's true identity is to be a mad, disensouled thing — a golem. And, indeed, this image, sickeningly Orwellian, applies to the mass of human beings now living in the high-tech industrial democracies. Their authenticity lies in their ability to obey and follow mass style changes that are conveyed through the media. Immersed in junk food, trash media, and cryp-tofascist politics, they are condemned to toxic lives of low awareness. Sedated by the prescripted daily television fix, they are a living dead, lost to all but the act of consuming.”
― Terence McKenna
In the act of taking care of others, you are taking care of yourself. In the act of taking care of your environment, you are taking care of yourself. For you are everything and everything is you, there is no separation. To see yourself in all of humanity, in the homeless, the unhealed, the unloved, the poverty stricken and the outcast is to live in a divine space of love, oneness and unity consciousness.We are all manifestations and expressions of the same source split up into many different forms with many different functions working in harmony for the equilibrium of this planet. The flowers need the bees, the animals needs the trees and we need each other to survive, thrive and feel alive. See yourself in those you encounter, those that need a helping hand for they could be your Mother, Father, brother, sister or closest friend who just needs someone to understand. Much love to you all. #marciasdivinity ✨💛