#The Nap Ministry

[intersectionalpraxis]

I have seen quite a few people on TikTok create content for their "my 9 to 5 and then 5 to 9" work/job life, and I know of another person creating content to showcase their work life 'in order to save $100,000' (they have 2 Full-Time jobs). It just astounds me that anyone would see this as inspiring because these mentalities are ableist as hell and do not take into account how the small billion class is complicit in most of the world's suffering; but also how these 'takes' are so far removed from the fact that under capitalism our bodies are seen as expendable. All around the world people are working themselves to the bone and are still struggling -and we must keep challenging and resisting capitalism. The more people glorify -romanticize this lifestyle of constant work are going to burn out and destroy their health. For companies who do not care. Who see you are replaceable literally -it's just sad and frustrating.

I stumbled upon this Instagram page a long time ago, and Tricia Hersey's work on "rest is resistance" is so incredibly important (there are many intricacies to her work and she addresses these intersections in her book and on her social media as well). They have a blog and are on Instagram and Twitter:

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[living400lbs]

"Your body is yours. Its uniqueness and stories it has to tell are yours. A community call toward rest as a form of activism is a call to slow down and listen and care. It is an empowered place fueled by the shared goal of becoming more human. We are not machines."

From Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersy

[uninterruptedafricans]

THE UNINTERRUPTED AFRICAN WITHIN ME… DIVESTED FROM WORK. I REST & RELAX FOR MY ANCESTORS THAT COULDN’T.

[mortallycrispygardener]

Currently reminding myself that it is OK to do things at my own pace. 🩷

[bookkats]

More Memes/Notes resources

More things I’m finding along the way (Under Construction, I will add onto this as I find things that strike me) If you appreciate my work, please support my D. Min in Creative Writing. I am in my final year and raising money here: https://gofund.me/391febb1I am more than halfway funded! Any amount $10-$200 helps. Receipts available! The Breath Prayer written by Sheridan Voysey Lord God, Fill…

[jarjarblinks]

“There is liberation in the remembering and in the telling.”

— Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

[words-so-innefable]

[blackwell008]

[neon-slime]

One thing I feel really strongly about is pushing back against the idea that things are hopeless and there is no point.

I understand things are bad, I know the world is suffering.

But it is not hopeless.

We wont find a way out through the systems in place. I am not suggesting things are just “going to be okay”.

It will be difficult but it is not hopeless.

Capitalism wants us to give up. Capitalism wants us to feel like there’s no way out. Capitalism steals our ability to imagine a better world and that theft is deliberate, calculated, and relentless.

But it is not hopeless. 

I strongly recommend reading Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey.

[fernsehn]

[girlwithsword]

[wastedpurity]

I like getting older I just didn’t expect it to be like this

[livvyanarchy]

do your part today. take a nap

[transsexual-divinity]

Hey Mr. Rob Zombie you can slam in the back of my dragula 😏😏

[living400lbs]

"The link between sleep deprivation and stress to the development of chronic diseases is real. [My father] had major health issues at a young age: diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, and sleep apnea. An internalized grind culture set things in motion for an early death at fifty-five.

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Grind culture killed my father and is killing us physically and spiritually. Sleep deprivation is a public health issue and a racial justice issue. There is a large body of research that points to the sleep gap that exists between Black Americans and white Americans."

From Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

[bookkats]

Rest is Resistance Week 7

First jar full of rocks “We developed negative coping skills because they worked to help us survive.” Second jar empty “Healing isn’t ‘getting rid’ of ways we cope.” Third jar full of colored rocks “Healing is finding and *adding* healthier ways to cop so we rely less and less on coping in ways that aren’t good for us.” @LindsayBraman “Who do I want to be?” p. 56Psalm 23:6 John 14:27Restoration…