Amplify other voices, educate yourself and hand over the mic:
What does it mean to show up, for both yourself and for the people you love? In her new book,"The Art of Showing Up", author Rachel Wilkerson Miller breaks it down like this:"Showing up is what turns the people you know into your people. It’s at the core of creating and maintaining strong, meaningful bonds with friends, family, coworkers, and internet pals.
The book is a full exploration of that concept, so prescient and necessary in our current times but also a timeless reminder of the importance of taking time for yourself, educating yourself, being kind to yourself and others, and setting boundaries. In this extract, Rachel explores what it means to be an ally, and how you can protect your own mental health while helping others.
An ally is a person who stands with or advocates for individuals and groups that they are not personally a part of. You might have heard the term in the context of race, gender, and/or sexuality, but it applies to a lot of other circumstances as well. Showing up is about showing up for everyone, especially people who have less privilege and power than you do. Here are some tips to help you get started.
Let people label themselves, reclaim slurs or insults related to their identity, and/or make jokes about their identity. Not all words are ours to use, not all jokes are ours to make, and the “But [someone else] said it!!!” argument is intellectually dishonest. The appropriateness of certain words, nicknames, and jokes is dependent on the identity of the speaker and their relationship to the subject matter. This isn’t complicated or confusing; if you called your teachers Mr. or Mrs. instead of using their first names or calling them “Mom” and “Dad,” then you already understand this.
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