“Fear is the primary force upholding structures of domination. It promotes the desire for separation, the desire not to be known. When we are taught that safety lies always with sameness, then difference, of any kind, will appear as a threat. When we choose to love we choose to move against fear—against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect—to find ourselves in the other.”
bell hooks
With the leaked Supreme Court news this week, the simplest, most revolutionary act remains the same: decline fear and choose love. Oakland producer Joel St. Julien reminds us of this with the release of three ambient tracks on dream—and all proceeds will be donated to Planned Parenthood.