Why do I feel guilty when I rest?

Expectations about work and care can make rest feel difficult to justify. Hersey places rest within Black liberation, womanism and resistance to extraction. Lorde writes about self-preservation in the context of illness and political life. These are distinct perspectives. Which demand on your time feels necessary, and which has simply become expected?

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