I'm still thinking a lot about emotions and their role in social movements, but transcribing an interview recently got me thinking about the role of emotions in burn-out, and how awareness of our own and others' emotional needs as activists can prevent us overloading. In the process I stumbled across a great post about the need for radical self-care so thought I would share:
http://abortiongang.org/2013/03/radical-self-care/