Ep. 115: Slow, Deep, and Irreversible

The Joyous Justice Podcast

We dig into a phrase (attributed to Ricardo Levins Morales) that we can and should apply to social justice movements and our lives more broadly: slow, deep, and irreversible.

Mainstream American/Western society often prioritizes speed and urgency. This conversation gets into why that’s often ineffective and can even be harmful. Anchoring in the “slow, deep, and irreversible” is immensely beneficial in our lives and in our movements toward decolonization and collective liberation.

We also want to hear from you: what does slow, deep, and irresistible in your work and in your living look like for you?

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Learn more about Aurora Levins Morales:

http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/about-me.html

Learn more about Ricardo Levins Morales:

https://www.rlmartstudio.com/about/about-the-artist/

Discussion and reflection questions:

1. What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?
2. What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?
3. What feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?
4. What feelings and sensations are arising and where in your body do you feel them?