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The Politics of Self-Care

To Indulge Ourselves is to Preserve Ourselves: For the Work is Never Done.

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Carl McColman
Jan 19, 2026
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In religious circles, self-indulgence is practically a dirty word. When the building you’re in is on fire, you don’t have time to take a bath or get a massage. You’ve got work to do!

And if you did, by chance, give yourself permission for a little bit of self-pampering, you can rest assured that there will be a part of you that is having none of it — and

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