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Forget self-care. To feel better in this world, we need collective action, says Massey lecturer Astra Taylor (www.cbc.ca)

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‘You can't meditate your way or exfoliate your way out of this crisis’

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[-] Glide@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago

Now, of course, self-care is something pushed by those who want us to suck it up and live with shitty policies.

And that's the point the article makes, tbh.

It's not that self-care is "bad". It's that the whole concept of self-care is mindfulness tangental, and practicing mindfulness means grasping the wider situation. Being told constantly to "deal with it" and self-caring through it is accepting abuse. There are ways to practice self-care and refuse to stand for this shit.