Benjamin Perry

Want to hear something amazing about crying?

Emotional tears have higher protein concentration than irritant tears, which makes them fall down your cheeks more slowly—increasing the chance they’ll be seen and solicit care.

In literal ways, your body is built for community.

“When masked agents disappear communities without accountability it is not time for normal order.”

Never post these days, but at a protest in our lil Maine town, folks told my friends and I to leave the street b/c “this is a nonviolent protest.”

So let’s talk about “violence.”

"Despair and fear are the intended outcomes of the current regime. Choosing hope subverts those intentions. It resists succumbing to a spirit of inevitability. It reclaims agency and the possibility of a different present and future."

Happy Easter ❤️
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“At the heart of the Christian story is the claim that both the mother and ancestral grandmother of Jesus are migrant women on the run, looking for safety, security, and community.” - Rev. Javier Viera

How we treat migrant neighbors is how we treat God.
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Learning to Cry is now available in paperback!!! I’m so excited to see my baby all dressed up in green, and ready to encourage more people to embrace a full emotional life. 😭😭😭

Order your copy today, wherever books are sold.