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Silence as medicine

Silence as medicine

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Madison Murphy Barney
Oct 20, 2023
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Perhaps what the world needs is your silence.

Not the silence that avoids responsibility and strengthens the oppressor. Rather, the silence that can hold the multitudes that are limited by language.

The oppressor’s tools are loud and they unravel our nervous systems and exhaust us and lead us to dismay and hopelessness. Our tools are rooted in collective…

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