Some of us have always known there is another way to live—

Deep in the bones of us
In the whispers and screams

Where relationship is not ownership
Where identity defies box and binary
dancing as the wilds of our ancestors dreaming
Where consent is never transaction
but the very architecture embodied
in every step, every word, every deed, every breath

A kind of worshiping unclaimed by institution

Honest.

Freeing.

A reverent way of life
Where hierarchy gives way to an unfolding horizon

Where the wisdoms of BIPoC,
women, queer, and genderfluid lives
are not centered as gesture
but because they are the ground—
the ones who’ve long pulled life beyond cages built of fear

In this place, we tend to the subtle

We meet the sacred shadow with accountability
Invite ourselves beyond shame’s reach
We listen to the growing tides within us
Unbuild what was never ours
in the re~embering of what sustains
We meet emocean with grace
Allow grief its space-

There is no arrival here.

Only the living breathing practice of becoming-

Together

My Name is Genesis Ripley
This is The Technologies of Consent:
A Consensual Futurism Podcast

Come as you are
Stay as you wish

About Genesis Ripley

Genesis Ripley (they/them) is a poet, life and word artist exploring liberated living, identity, and Consensual Futurism. Through The Technologies of Consent, Genesis invites others into reverent relationships with themselves, their communities, and the living world, cultivating practices rooted in accountability, grace, and freedom beyond hierarchy.