All masks must fall [Imani/Dax] 
Where are the black trans sci fi nerds on here? What kind of futures are you imagining?
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dae@imani futures of non-spoken communication and how it relates to black variations on the languages that were forced upon us.
i've been thinking about this lately because words are just so hard for sometimes so i just sign or don't speak most of the time, and it's just interesting to me to imagine things like what psychic aave would be like or what would black communities be like if we projected images from our thoughts instead of primarily using words
grumpleupagus@adae @imani I love this answer because so often when we express our ideas through new spoken language everyone can intercept, our language gets whisked off into anti-black dominant culture and warped into a less relevant version of itself. It makes it difficult to build our own ways of processing reality long-term when the cognitive foundations we lay to communicate with each other keep getting appropriated. So psychic aave would be excellent. This also has me thinking about psychic black music
@oya yess and oo i didn't even think about the music! i feel like black psychic music is enough to carry a mind bending story alone
@imani I think about local shouting circles every week with drumming and dance where during the week we collaboratively write a song across the community about how we're feeling and what we want to bring into the world, and then on Saturday we dance and shout together. We can visit adjoining circles and riff off each other's songs and dances.
I also think about community media-making that's not gatekept or centralized onto youtube. Low-budget films and shows we swap between communities
@imani I think about high-tech crowd-sourced ways to monitor ICE and the cops. Sabotage systems in ways so subtle that it doesn't look like anything was done intentionally. Ways to spring people from bondage.
I get really excited when I think about the potential of de-colonial black mental health theory and practice. I think of skillful and effective trauma-healing with community support that doesn't gaslight or victim-blame by ignoring systemic causes.