Sensitivity is the spark that will change the world.
Welcome to Fictive Kin Equity Lab!
If you’re an empathetic, curious, and passionate soul who is done with being shamed because you’re “too sensitive" to injustice, then this is the place for you.
Our purpose is to help you leverage your sensitivity as a social justice superpower, so that you can change the world.
What’s in a name?
FICTIVE KIN
Our Founder is an unapologetic word nerd who occasionally likes to mess around with their meanings. So:
“Fictive Kin” is a reminder that humans make sense of the world by creating stories, or “fictions”, that we then become very emotionally attached to.
And many of our society’s most enduring fictions have been inherited from a (colonial) worldview that is at odds with the goals of equity.
But when we remember that these exclusionary fictions are, you know, fiction, then we can use this knowledge to disrupt their influence and reduce their power.
EQUITY LAB
Our digital community learning space for highly sensitive people.
In community, we learn how to take everything we’ve ever been shamed for:
our sensitivity to injustice;
our “unrealistic” idealism;
our penchant for asking critical, “difficult” questions;
our desire to do something to make the world a better place, 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 our community is that it truly lives up to its purpose.”
— Jessica A., Fictive Kin Community Member
