A Rough Idea: The progressive movement needs to learn how to have fun

This time, let's add music.

Apr 01, 2026

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I hear a lot about joy and fun as necessary forms of resistance, but I don’t always think we mean it. The most enthusiastic proponents often seem to be privileged white people who are using these slogans to justify their own continued inaction. Getting coffee with friends because joy is a form of resistance!

Picture of a white woman in a hat and blue denim dress sitting on steps with the headline 'Joy is an act of resistance!' says white woman who engages in no other forms of resistance'

Among activist friends, joy is an abstract concept. It sounds good, but just like all the concepts we intellectualise, we struggle to put it into practise. Me too.

When I talk about what I do with The Green Fix events, I feel awkward, like it’s wrong to call it a form of climate activism. “We do… uh… drinks. And… speed dating,” I say, wondering how I can possibly be taken seriously after that.

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