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so don’t shop at chapters because they support the israeli apartheid, or drink coke because they order executions on their latin american union workers, or buy diamonds or cell phones or cameras or laptops because this is perpetuating the conflict in congo, which in turn leads to the brutal gang rapes of countless women. and don’t buy coffee unless it’s fair trade, or fruits and vegetables unless they’re locally grown, or clothing made in sweatshops, because all of these are the products of slave labour. and don’t buy things at value village because value village is owned by walmart, and don’t buy things at walmart because they are killing small businesses and labour rights for all people, and don’t eat at fast food restaurants because they’re making a mess out of the meat industry, and don’t drive a car because you’re creating a demand for gas that is “necessitating” the war in iraq. and don’t bank at RBC because they finance the tar sands in alberta, and don’t drink bottled water because it’s privatizing a human right and don’t, and don’t, and don’t.
my heart and my head are heavy. and i wish there were some easy fix button, some band-aid big enough to patch up all the holes we’ve made by not loving each other enough, and loving money, and luxury, and comfort too much. we’ve let this gap grow so big that the grand canyon seems like nothing.
i am not hopeless. not by a long shot. just, overwhelmed. i spend so much time trying to keep my head above the raging torrent that is endless papers and midterms and assignments that i feel like i can’t even learn the things i want to be learning, that i’m supposed to be learning. and once these seventeen years of education end, then what?
i know the don’ts. can someone help me out with the dos? do love, do hope, do change, but how?
"Adri
my roommate gets it.
