What mask do you wear?

Well, I’ve made it!

I arrived in my home country, Denmark. Or as I like to call it, “La La Land.”

I actually arrived almost three weeks ago now.

Every transition takes time.

The ability to adapt to our environments is so crucial to who we are as human beings. We mold to fit the context that surrounds us. We react to the changing world we live in.

So, I am just now feeling like I landed in Denmark. Three weeks later.

As soon as I stepped off the plane, I transcended into a whole new world. A world where things are more relaxed. Where there is more trust. Where social distancing isn’t really a priority. Where I don’t have to wear a blue piece of tissue covering my face and my nose.

I am feeling the privilege of being here. In a mostly COVID-free country.

Of not having to wear a mask every time as I walk out the door.

Of being able to hug a friend.

Of being able to go to a restaurant.

Of feeling held by a system.

As we experience oppression, it’s also important to recognize the places where we hold privilege.

We sometimes can only focus on where we hold pain, and it’s important to remind ourselves of the places of rest.

Privilege must first be felt in our bodies in order to really acknowledge it.

We constantly shift between these identities of privilege and oppression.

In today’s video, I talk about how the coronavirus is just one way that we’re asked to mask ourselves.

As marginalized folks, we need to wear masks everyday.

We learn from a young age to mask parts of ourselves. We learn to hide.

Patriarchy asks us to mask our emotions. 

Racism asks us to mask our way of speaking.

Masking is having to hide a part of ourselves in order to belong.

What masks do you have to wear?

Hugs from La La Land