How good can it get?
substack #26
Hi, I’m Bianca. Queer - Mixed - 1.5/2 (?) Gen - Muslim(ish) - Spoonie - Artist, Professor, & Creative Strategist living in Los Angeles. In case you’re new here or a reminder could help, this newsletter began as an exploration of figuring shit out, one day at a time.
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Things helping me figure shit out:
Being friends with Sabrina Hersi Issa has changed my life in so many ways.
Sabrina is not only a brilliant human rights technologist, but she is also a deeply generous and caring friend. If Sabrina invites you somewhere, you go and ask questions later because you know it’s going to be a great time. But more on that another time…
Last year Sabrina shared this conversation from Truth Be Told between Tonya Mosley and Chef Kristi Brown with our group chat.
“I gave myself permission to go and run with ‘how good can it get?’”
- Chef Kristi Brown, co-owner of Communion R&B, founder That Brown Girl Cooks!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened to this episode since Sabrina sent it. I’ve been working on drafting something and I keep coming back to it. I love Chef Kristi’s question - How good can it get? - because it is not about reaching for more for the sake of having more, it’s about recognizing her right to survive AND thrive. The question pushes beyond survival and towards curiosity.
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