Let your sensitivity be the spark that changes the world.
Welcome to Fictive Kin Equity Lab!
We’re a community of empathetic, curious, and passionate souls who are done with being shamed for being “too sensitive" about injustice.
Instead, we are learning how to leverage our sensitivity as a social justice superpower.
How do we do this?
The answer’s in our name…
FICTIVE KIN
Our Founder is a nerd who loves to play around with words and their meanings.
In her mind, “fictive kin” has two meanings:
all humans share the trait of creating narratives (or “fictions”) for ourselves to help make sense of the world; and
this shared trait makes us “kin”.
If we’re kin, then we should all get to live in a world where everyone is treated with dignity, respect, and care.
The best people lead this work are those of us who feel “too much”.
EQUITY LAB
This is Fictive Kin’s dedicated - and protected - online community learning space.
It's designed to function like a virtual laboratory, where members learn how to take everything we’ve been shamed for:
our sensitivity to injustice;
our “unrealistic” idealism;
our penchant for asking critical, so-called “difficult” questions, etc.
… and turn them into powerful gifts that we can use to help create a more inclusive, just, and humane world.
WHAT MEMBERS SAY:
“What I believe is so magical about [the Fictive Kin community] is that it truly lives up to its purpose.”
— Jessica A., Fictive Kin Community Member