The Good Citizen also writes fantastic essays that are very thought provoking. His allegory explaining the crisis in Ukraine/Russia really helped me understand what has been happening there without knowing any details - because the details actually aren’t important, it’s the relationships. https://thegoodcitizen.substack.com/p/the-bear-the-park-ranger-and-the?utm_source=url
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Thanks for the tips. Excellent reframe of the Great Reset. What is being reset is most certainly the relationship between the self and the state. Its very sad. I had hoped to have died before any of this came to pass. The latter keeps me from having sympathy for the people in denial. I am 52 so a GenXer through and through. I voraciously read as a youth, and through an understanding of history, contemporary dynamics, art/music/film, which was truly mind expanding at the time, concluded by not even 20, that if voting accomplished anything, it would be illegal. I wasn’t particularly special. If I knew, and have seen it unfolding, anyone can. Emotionally immature, traumatized, lived on the outskirts of society, in the east/west village of NYC back in the day of the Tompkins outlaw lifestyle, the riots, and the refusal to belong to a society that had nothing of value to offer. So I didn’t have any credentials, just “deep thinking” after midnight movies, Nietzsche, Robert Anton Wilson and like seminars, mind bending music etc led me to conclude what’s born out now. No one can possibly believe this was just hatched. Its been decades in the making. Here I stand now, 1 foot in normalcy (I moved to South Dakota, providentially, in 2015, long enough to have established myself in private practice so I don’t even have to worry about employer mandates, in a state that hasn’t reacted to anything over the past 2 years. Here I am watching the rest of the world go down in flames. Its surreal. I appreciate Stacks and commentators for a sense of community. Thanks for sharing this with me.
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I love Unbekoming's line you quoted https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/is-this-a-war?utm_source=url "If you were not prepared to stand up for your bodily sovereignty, what would you ever stand up for?" This was the soul-wrenching question that propelled me away from a successful career in nursing (despite being two-thirds of the way through grad school to a nurse practitioner license). And propelled me toward using my position and experience as a nurse to contribute to the matrix-unraveling by writing on Substack. (Despite threatening letters to nurses from our State Board of Nursing that opposing the orthodoxy of the CDC could be grounds for de-licensure). I hope that all of us keep asking ourselves the tough questions of "What is worth standing up for?" and "What would you sacrifice to be free?"
Greatly moved to be on your list. And even more so to be considered a pal. And thanks for the great Substack suggestions. I subscribe to almost 40 stacks, I can’t imagine I hadn’t come across any of the ones you mention yet.
Excellent tips. Thank you. I'm very much looking forward to future post to learn more about your experiences in the 'pharma' industry. It was the first time of heard about coley's toxins.
The Good Citizen also writes fantastic essays that are very thought provoking. His allegory explaining the crisis in Ukraine/Russia really helped me understand what has been happening there without knowing any details - because the details actually aren’t important, it’s the relationships. https://thegoodcitizen.substack.com/p/the-bear-the-park-ranger-and-the?utm_source=url
Thanks for the tips. Excellent reframe of the Great Reset. What is being reset is most certainly the relationship between the self and the state. Its very sad. I had hoped to have died before any of this came to pass. The latter keeps me from having sympathy for the people in denial. I am 52 so a GenXer through and through. I voraciously read as a youth, and through an understanding of history, contemporary dynamics, art/music/film, which was truly mind expanding at the time, concluded by not even 20, that if voting accomplished anything, it would be illegal. I wasn’t particularly special. If I knew, and have seen it unfolding, anyone can. Emotionally immature, traumatized, lived on the outskirts of society, in the east/west village of NYC back in the day of the Tompkins outlaw lifestyle, the riots, and the refusal to belong to a society that had nothing of value to offer. So I didn’t have any credentials, just “deep thinking” after midnight movies, Nietzsche, Robert Anton Wilson and like seminars, mind bending music etc led me to conclude what’s born out now. No one can possibly believe this was just hatched. Its been decades in the making. Here I stand now, 1 foot in normalcy (I moved to South Dakota, providentially, in 2015, long enough to have established myself in private practice so I don’t even have to worry about employer mandates, in a state that hasn’t reacted to anything over the past 2 years. Here I am watching the rest of the world go down in flames. Its surreal. I appreciate Stacks and commentators for a sense of community. Thanks for sharing this with me.
I love Unbekoming's line you quoted https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/is-this-a-war?utm_source=url "If you were not prepared to stand up for your bodily sovereignty, what would you ever stand up for?" This was the soul-wrenching question that propelled me away from a successful career in nursing (despite being two-thirds of the way through grad school to a nurse practitioner license). And propelled me toward using my position and experience as a nurse to contribute to the matrix-unraveling by writing on Substack. (Despite threatening letters to nurses from our State Board of Nursing that opposing the orthodoxy of the CDC could be grounds for de-licensure). I hope that all of us keep asking ourselves the tough questions of "What is worth standing up for?" and "What would you sacrifice to be free?"
Thanks so much for this round up. I followed a few of them and have discovered gold!
Excellent roundup, Monica, and I’m honored to be included! 🙏
Have now looked at everyone on your list and I have the most delicious problem of carving out the required time to read them all. Thank you.
Greatly moved to be on your list. And even more so to be considered a pal. And thanks for the great Substack suggestions. I subscribe to almost 40 stacks, I can’t imagine I hadn’t come across any of the ones you mention yet.
Thanks Monica!
Wow, Monica I'm honored!
Thanks so much for the mention. Great recommendations, I followed those who I wasn't already.
- Etana
So helpful, didn't know some of these writers. Appreciate the list!
Excellent tips. Thank you. I'm very much looking forward to future post to learn more about your experiences in the 'pharma' industry. It was the first time of heard about coley's toxins.
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Thank you Monica. Humbling and very much appreciated.
Thanks for the "shout out" :-)
Had no idea what was going when I saw all these new subscribers. LoL. One of them mentioned your name in the comments... So, thank you Monica!
Thank you, Dr. Monica!
Thank you for your incredibly kind endorsement.