Self and structural care

What is self-care? Is it a matter of privilege? As we struggle to survive everlasting burnout and worsening mental health, is it time we shifted focus towards systemic care infrastructure? Join us as we explore the intricacies of self-care, how wellness is gatekept from the marginalized as a tool to perpetuate their suffering and if revolutionizing systems is the only way out? Content warnings: Mentions of COVID-19, burnout, and fatigue. Trigger warnings: Mentions of abusive households, trans and homo-negativity. Host introductions: Aditi (she/they) is a volunteer and fellow at One Future Collective. They intend to study law and psychology at the undergraduate level. Pratyusha Pratyusha (they/them) is a gender, LGBTQ+ rights, and climate justice advocate. They have worked in the space of menstrual health and also led an advocacy project to encourage sensitive coverage of menstruation in the media (https://www.boondh.co/programs-and-campaigns/periodsandpatrakaars) Cyain Cyain (they/them) is a trans masc non-binary person currently pursuing an undergraduate education in Biology and also feels passionately about themes of economics and psychology. Resources mentioned: 1)https://www.genderit.org/feminist-talk/politics-self-care-and-feminism 2)https://hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/health-fitness/understanding-radical-history-of-self-care/ 3)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gwao.12491 4)https://www.theleaflet.in/two-years-down-the-line-sex-workers-transgenders-are-excluded-and-marginalised-we-are-used-as-tokens-kanmani-ray/ 5)https://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/video-explained-transgender-act-and-how-it-affects-the-community/ 6) Annexure I - 7.4 (Code Excl07) - Pg 17 of the Guidelines on Standard Individual Health Insurance Product by IRDAI 7) https://vimeo.com/94879430 - Audre Lord saying they learned about the importance of self-care from youth 8)https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2012/gender You can keep up with our work on: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/onefuturecollective Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/onefuturecollective Twitter- https://twitter.com/onefuture_india Website - www.onefuturecollective.org