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Year-end recap of BGIM Media and why change requires more

December 26, 2018 by Shay
Shay Stewart-Bouley

Happy winter holidays! After an intense 2018, we are taking a few days off from posting. Regular posting will resume Jan. 7, 2019, though if the spirit moves me, I might write a piece sooner. However, before I go into break mode, I wanted to share some thoughts. 2018 marked 10 years that this blog/site …

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Categories Activism, Blogging 1 Comment

Dissent, haters and angry white people

May 23, 2017September 1, 2014 by Shay

How many times are you gonna use “silo of privilege?” It’s about as worn out, as your using the color of your skin as an excuse for all the world’s wrongs. Maybe it’s just that you’re arrogant, and that’s why whites don’t care for you. And if you hate Maine so much, just leave and …

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Categories Blogging, Racial and Cultural 19 Comments

When truth hurts or the painful blending of the public and private self

May 23, 2017May 29, 2013 by Shay

As a novice yogi looking to move beyond the poses (asana) and looking for the deeper connection and integration of body, mind and spirit, I have been reading The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and studying the 8 limbs of yoga. One of those limbs is yama (moral restraint) and breaks down into  ahimsā (non-harming), satya …

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Categories Blogging, Yoga 3 Comments
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