4/4

...like walking at night, saying no to a man, flirting, not flirting, etc.

There are tons of other reasons for practicing #jiujitsu, but i felt a familiar thread in this book. Even if we haven't experienced the worst trauma where you end up in a hospital clinging to life, we can relate - it's all around us. Still we find ways to exist and thrive.

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3/4

I'm going to bring up #jiujitsu here, if i may. I'll put a quarter in the jar. I wonder if that's why some of us women are drawn to #bjj. I have heard that women who have endured trauma are likely to turn to #selfdefense classes or #jiujitsu. This is simulated violence in a controlled setting. There are risks there and we are fully accepting/consenting - unlike the risks in daily life...

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2/4

Most compelling is the idea presented that the danger of #arctic survival is preferable to living in the violence that comes from the #patriarchal #racist #capitalist systems (rather than a system that values all people equally). In arctic survival, one consents to the activity/risk. Nature has no agenda, doesn't desire power. I get it. I don't like being cold, but i get it!

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