Community
Some things I am interested in, with a focus on how this works online and with reference to creativity and other things I care about:
- friendships as well as the inverse, the 'epidemic of' loneliness
- relationships not exclusively romantic but in the sense of 'being in relationship with' people
- community - being part of it, supporting it, building it. Online and offline and both together
It took me ages to make this page because there was so much I wanted to say and the draft got huge. So it's basic for now, just to get it done. It will be expanded.
My posts
- Community as an ecosystem 1st July 2026
- Facts and Feelings 5th June 2026
- Social batteries 1st June 2026
- We are the village 7th May 2026
- Ready to bury bodies 28th April 2026
- Good community 19th April 2026
- Thinking about community 13th April 2026
- Friends? Friends 20th August 2025
Books
- The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendships at the Center by Rhaina Cohen
- Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time by Sheila Liming
- The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
- Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
- The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg
- somewhere I've got a monster list of sociology, urbanism, economics type books
Links
- From Rees Writes: How To Build (Important) Relationship Skills, Mutual Support in Friendships, Personal Community Building
- community building is uncomfortable and inconvenient by Samhita at From The Drafts
- What Adults Forget About Friendship Atlantic article by Rhaina Cohen
- Visakan's how to build and maintain communities
- the friendship theory of everything by Ava at Bookbear Express
- A case for unconditional giving by Henry Codes
being annoyed is the price you pay for community. it means having guests when you'd rather be alone. it means letting someone live with you even when they get on your nerves. it means showing up for events that you'd rather not go to. it means turning the other cheek.
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