Of course it's a political act. It's done by one group of people with exorbitant social capital imposing their will on another less powerful one with the finality of death. The action sends as much subconscious intent as the old practice of monarchs parading the severed, deceased heads of their enemies around in public- "it can happen here, and to you."
Conversely, when it's anyone other than a white man doing it, the death is discussed as if it was an act of a plague-carrier than it is of a normal human being.
Reading this earlier this a.m. caused me to re-examine the spousal abuse from my first marriage. It was needful shadow work for this UU Pagan. I’m on bsky as my political handle DemoCraftHTX btw
Of course it's a political act. It's done by one group of people with exorbitant social capital imposing their will on another less powerful one with the finality of death. The action sends as much subconscious intent as the old practice of monarchs parading the severed, deceased heads of their enemies around in public- "it can happen here, and to you."
Conversely, when it's anyone other than a white man doing it, the death is discussed as if it was an act of a plague-carrier than it is of a normal human being.
Preach
Reading this earlier this a.m. caused me to re-examine the spousal abuse from my first marriage. It was needful shadow work for this UU Pagan. I’m on bsky as my political handle DemoCraftHTX btw
thank you for sharing that.
Thank you for shining a light here.