Maymay and I have been talking about Kink For All here, in Sydney, almost everywhere we go. It’s hard not to, as it has consumed large chunks of our lives, thinking and brainstorming and brainstorming and thinking.
One of the things I keep noticing is that people light up when they grok the Kink For All/Bar Camp/unconference concept. It’s like something very remote and intangible has suddenly taken a dramatic leap closer in their minds. I loved explaining it tonight to our new friends, over mango daquiris. And I loved, in particular, how my friend immediately jumped from the event concept to the potential to create and share lasting information. “That’s so cool,” she said excitedly, “Will you tape it? Will you keep that information around for people who can’t attend?” And we laughed, and kept on talking. I wished she could be there when it happens.
I am excited for March already, and for bringing the concept to San Francisco if someone doesn’t beat us to it. It seems almost silly, this mix of activism and organisation and drive, but I like inhabiting it. I like feeling as though we all might do something that makes the world shift, just a little bit. Because how amazing is that? The thought that together, we can shift the world.
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It is indeed amazing. Together, we can indeed shift the world.
I would like to invite you, however, to try on the idea that alone, you can shift the world. You don’t have to own it, but at least try it on.
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