Athought-provokingguidetofacingglobalpandemics,climatechange,andothermoderncriseswithmaturity,humility,andintegrity--forfansofEverythingIsF*ckedandAgainstPurityThisbookisnoteasy:itcontainsnoquick-fixplanforabetter,brightertomorrow,andgivesnoready-madeanswers.Instead,VanessaMachadodeOliveirapresentsuswithachallenge:togrowup,stepup,andshowupforourselves,ourcommunities,andthelivingEarth,andtointerruptthemodernbehaviorpatternsthatarekillingtheplanetwe’repartof.Drivenbyexpansion,colonialism,andresourceextractionandpropelledbyneoliberalismandrabidconsumption,ourworldisprofoundlyoutofbalance.Wetakemorethanwegive;weinoculateourselvesinpositiveself-regardwhilecontinuingtomakeharmfulchoices;wewreakirreparablehavocontheecosystems,habitats,andbeingswithwhomweshareourplanet.Butinsteadofdrowninginhopelessness,howcanwelearntofaceourrealitywithhumilityandaccountability?MachadodeOliveirabreaksdownarchetypesofcognitivedissonance--thedo-gooderwhodoes“goodenough,“thenretreatstobusinessasusual;theincognitocapitalistwho,atfirstglance,mayseemlikearadicalchange-maker--andasksustodigdeeperandexistdifferently.Sheexplainshowourhabits,behaviors,andbeliefsystemsholdusback...andwhyit’stimenowtograduallydisinvest.Includingexercisesusedwithteachers,NGOpractitioners,andglobalchangemakers,sheoffersusthoughtexperimentsthataskusto:-Reimaginehowwelearn,unlearn,andrespondtocrisis-Betterassessoursurroundingsandinteractwithdifference,uncertainty,complexity,andfailure-Expandourcapacitytoholdpersonalandcollectivespacefordifficultandpainfulthings-Understandthe“5modern-coloniale’s“Entitlements,Exceptionalism,Exaltation,Emancipation,andEnmeshmentinlow-intensitystruggleactivism-Interruptoursatisfactionwithmodern-colonialdesiresthatcauseharm-CreatespaceforchangedrivenneitherbydesperatehopenorafearofdesolatehopelessnessForfansofadriennemareebrown,SherriMitchell,andArundhatiRoy,HospicingModernitychallengesourassumptionsanddarestoaskmoreofus,forthesakeofusall.
