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On the slippery nature of hope

Oct 09, 2024
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Hello,

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means - as an activist and as a disabled person just trying to live my life - to have hope. What do I have hope for? Is that a useful framing? And actually, do I even have hope as other people understand it?

On the one hand, being an activist is an inherently hopeful thing. To work for change you hav…

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