Rex Leonowicz on self-care, community care and intersectionality

“How do you put yourself first if you’re a single parent working multiple jobs? How do you “treat yourself” if you’re living paycheque to paycheque? How do you carve out leisure time if you’re chronically ill and shuffling from doctor’s appointment to appointment?”

“Self-care is often about addressing individual problems, without much mention to the structural and institutional influences that prevent our wellness in the first place.”

Rex Leonowicz is a trans/nonbinary/femme writer, poet, and visual/performing artist from Queens, NY. In this powerful manifesto they share 3 practical ways we can re-frame and re-imagine self-care.

Read Rex’ full article here.