Self-Care Tips When Fighting Nazis
Fighting literally fascism and misogyny is super important and stuff, but that shouldn't mean your personal needs have to be sacrificed or your femininity be ignored before battle.
Oppression makes us feel that we always need to be actively affecting change through protest, prayer, teaching, organizing, writing, and saying, we can’t keep expending so much energy on changing the world that we neglect taking care of ourselves.
And taking care of ourselves means knowing when to fight the system and when to focus on our own needs. It's much harder to charge head-first into the war-zone of Downtown when you aren’t feeling your best.
Here’s how to practice the essentially heaps important art of luxury before you next Bash the Fash …
DO SOME RETAIL THERAPY
Smuggling Jews through underground railroads and blogging for ages can take a toll on your health. What better way to refresh your focus on the mission than hiding secret notes in your adorable new jumpsuit?
And curb stomping literal Nazis in your new Jimmy Choos will feel soooo good!
HAVE A BUBBLE BATH
If you really want to save vulnerable people from Nazis you need to feel totally relaxed. A good old-fashioned bubble bath is a great way to put the stress of putting bayonets through the eyes of white supremacists behind you — so soak up!
DON’T LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO ASKS “HOW DOES YOUR BLOG HELP ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OF THOSE LIVING IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS NORTH KOREA?”
These people are just trying to derail the conversation. Also gaslight you into thinking that you and your blog are not important.
