Ngare Kariuki
@ngarek.bsky.social
🇰🇪 human. alien. transforming good narratives into narratives for good.
What if Steve Jobs' mother aborted 'him' instead of giving him up for adoption? This is a common rhetorical attack line in debates about abortion. This is how I answer that question when aimed at me.
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What if my mother had aborted me?
What if a pregnant teen from Mount Kenya region chose to have an abortion some three decades ago? That answer belongs solely to her.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What if Steve Jobs' mother aborted 'him' instead of giving him up for adoption? This is a common rhetorical attack line in debates about abortion. This is how I answer that question when aimed at me.
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When was the last time you heard a male podcaster inviting a female scholar to be the sole guest on an episode, dedicating the entire time to her research and ideas? NEW POST
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#RadicalFriendship #EncounterNarratives
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#RadicalFriendship #EncounterNarratives
Why we need to start 'carrying one another'
The fight for social justice (and the stories we tell) is not just about securing our own rights; it’s about creating a world where every person's rights are intrinsically linked to our own well-being
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September 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
When was the last time you heard a male podcaster inviting a female scholar to be the sole guest on an episode, dedicating the entire time to her research and ideas? NEW POST
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#RadicalFriendship #EncounterNarratives
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#RadicalFriendship #EncounterNarratives
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Where’s the Emmy for acting like everything's fine.
September 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Where’s the Emmy for acting like everything's fine.
COMMENT: Anti-Gay debates in Uganda lack an informed scientific dimension www.independent.co.ug/comment-anti...
COMMENT: Anti-Gay debates in Uganda lack an informed scientific dimension
Homosexuality is Normal: Revisiting Anti-Gay Debates in Uganda COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | Over the years, Uganda has witnessed intense and contentious debates about homosexuality. There is no...
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September 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
COMMENT: Anti-Gay debates in Uganda lack an informed scientific dimension www.independent.co.ug/comment-anti...
Challenge accepted (?)
August 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Challenge accepted (?)
Recently, during the anti-LGBTQ Family Values Conference in Nairobi, Greg Slater of Family Watch International casually quipped that sexual rights are "fictitious rights". NEW POST 👇🏾
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Are some human rights more “special” than others?
Why we should always remind ourselves (and not just our detractors) that the pursuit of inclusion isn't about demanding "special privileges." It's about dismantling "special discriminations".
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July 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Recently, during the anti-LGBTQ Family Values Conference in Nairobi, Greg Slater of Family Watch International casually quipped that sexual rights are "fictitious rights". NEW POST 👇🏾
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Smarter does not mean more moral or ethical... People with higher cognitive ability have weaker moral foundations, new study finds www.psypost.org/people-with-...
People with higher cognitive ability have weaker moral foundations, new study finds
A large study has found that individuals with greater cognitive ability are less likely to endorse moral values such as compassion, fairness, loyalty, and purity. The results point to a consistent neg...
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July 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Smarter does not mean more moral or ethical... People with higher cognitive ability have weaker moral foundations, new study finds www.psypost.org/people-with-...
NEW POST: Trump is the proof we need that human rights have never been a "western agenda" but a human agenda
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Love is not a 'Western value': Framing social justice in the age of Trump
Trump's America is rolling back generations of human rights gains and leading the charge into authoritarianism. How do we leverage this moment to tell better stories about a more just world?
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June 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
NEW POST: Trump is the proof we need that human rights have never been a "western agenda" but a human agenda
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This week's post focuses on this increasingly popular "family protection" language: How anti-rights groups weaponize it, and how we may (en)counter it with the more helpful and dignifying narrative of safeguarding the rights of all human beings.
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Unmasking (and countering) the anti-gender "family protection" propaganda
Three narrative approaches to countering the dangerous "family protection" anti-LGBTQ narrative in our social justice discourses.
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May 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This week's post focuses on this increasingly popular "family protection" language: How anti-rights groups weaponize it, and how we may (en)counter it with the more helpful and dignifying narrative of safeguarding the rights of all human beings.
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If the Holocaust was greatest argument against the existence of a "loving, benevolent" God, then what do we say about Gaza -- that the memory of a Holocaust could be used to excuse doing nothing to stop the genocide of an entire people while being live-streamed in HD?
#FreePalestine #SavePalestine
#FreePalestine #SavePalestine
May 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
If the Holocaust was greatest argument against the existence of a "loving, benevolent" God, then what do we say about Gaza -- that the memory of a Holocaust could be used to excuse doing nothing to stop the genocide of an entire people while being live-streamed in HD?
#FreePalestine #SavePalestine
#FreePalestine #SavePalestine
Here are three pathways to crafting social justice narratives that embody and promote the dignity of all people, even those who oppose our work.
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#EncounterNarratives #SharedValues #NarrativeChange #LoveIsLove
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#EncounterNarratives #SharedValues #NarrativeChange #LoveIsLove
The power of humanizing our opponents in social justice narratives
Three pathways to crafting social justice narratives that embody and promote the dignity of all people, even those who oppose our work.
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April 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Here are three pathways to crafting social justice narratives that embody and promote the dignity of all people, even those who oppose our work.
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#EncounterNarratives #SharedValues #NarrativeChange #LoveIsLove
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#EncounterNarratives #SharedValues #NarrativeChange #LoveIsLove
This Easter, I reflect on one of Jesus' most difficult commands -- love your enemies -- and why our failure to do this often renders our "opposition mitigation" ineffective. open.substack.com/pub/aliencit...
Is our justice big enough? Humanizing “the enemy” in our social justice narratives [Part 1]
We're masters at crafting compelling narratives for the marginalized. But how often do we extend that same humanizing lens to those who oppose our social justice work?
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April 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This Easter, I reflect on one of Jesus' most difficult commands -- love your enemies -- and why our failure to do this often renders our "opposition mitigation" ineffective. open.substack.com/pub/aliencit...
Reposted by Ngare Kariuki
Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
April 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
🚨 The Kenya Red Cross raises part of its humanitarian funds through ownership of the Boma Hotel. But the hotel is hosting an anti-LGBT+ conference in May 2025.
We demand that Red Cross rejects the event now. #loveislove a.allout.org/s/vGKRn/ @redcrosscanada.bsky.social @redcrossny.bsky.social
We demand that Red Cross rejects the event now. #loveislove a.allout.org/s/vGKRn/ @redcrosscanada.bsky.social @redcrossny.bsky.social
Tell Red Cross Kenya NOT to Give Hate a Platform!
Kenya Red Cross is linked to Boma Hotel, which is set to host an anti-LGBT+ and anti-rights conference. This goes against its humanitarian mission. Sign now to demand they cancel the event!
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April 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨 The Kenya Red Cross raises part of its humanitarian funds through ownership of the Boma Hotel. But the hotel is hosting an anti-LGBT+ conference in May 2025.
We demand that Red Cross rejects the event now. #loveislove a.allout.org/s/vGKRn/ @redcrosscanada.bsky.social @redcrossny.bsky.social
We demand that Red Cross rejects the event now. #loveislove a.allout.org/s/vGKRn/ @redcrosscanada.bsky.social @redcrossny.bsky.social
The genocide in Gaza is the greatest crime of this century. It will come back to haunt Israel. It will come back to haunt us. It will usher to our doorsteps the evil we have perpetrated on the Palestinians. #FreePalestine
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Israel is About to Empty Gaza
The Israeli government, backed by the Trump administration, is laying the groundwork for the full expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, a move that has the potential to ignite a regional conflagration.
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April 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The genocide in Gaza is the greatest crime of this century. It will come back to haunt Israel. It will come back to haunt us. It will usher to our doorsteps the evil we have perpetrated on the Palestinians. #FreePalestine
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NEW POST: What stories will future AI users encounter when they prompt for ideas about social justice and human rights? Here are six simple ways we can influence those AI answers today. open.substack.com/pub/aliencit...
The robot’s reading list: 6 ways we can shape the stories AI will tell tomorrow
What stories will future internet users encounter when they ask AI for ideas about social justice and human rights? Here are six simple ways we can influence those answers today.
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April 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NEW POST: What stories will future AI users encounter when they prompt for ideas about social justice and human rights? Here are six simple ways we can influence those AI answers today. open.substack.com/pub/aliencit...
I'd rather die out than cave in to oppression. #ResistAuthoritarianism
April 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I'd rather die out than cave in to oppression. #ResistAuthoritarianism
NEW POST: Broken, bruised, but still standing. The family is a testament to the fact that humans always find ways to connect and love, even in the face of unimaginable cruelty.
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Your family's fine, actually: Why 'protecting' it is a scam
Why the family is inherently resilient and how the 'protect the family' narrative is primarily used to manufacture and promote fear and exclusion.
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March 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
NEW POST: Broken, bruised, but still standing. The family is a testament to the fact that humans always find ways to connect and love, even in the face of unimaginable cruelty.
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In Shakespearean times, women were not even permitted to play women in plays! Public acting by women was considered "indecent and inappropriate"...
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Ngare Kariuki on LinkedIn: Weaving worlds: 3 narrative threads pulled from Africa Media Festival 2025
In Shakespearean times, women were not even permitted to play women in plays! Public acting by women was considered "indecent and inappropriate".
Centuries…
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March 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
In Shakespearean times, women were not even permitted to play women in plays! Public acting by women was considered "indecent and inappropriate"...
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No “stop work order” can stop the heartbeat of hope that courses through our lives through storied experiences, unless we let it. No foreign funding freeze can defund our native narratives of community and resilience…
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3 opportunities to safeguard our narrative priorities amidst Trump's chaos
From a narrative strategy perspective, the current changes in the U.S. have given us a rare opportunity to clarify our commitment to defending and promoting human dignity.
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February 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
No “stop work order” can stop the heartbeat of hope that courses through our lives through storied experiences, unless we let it. No foreign funding freeze can defund our native narratives of community and resilience…
NEW POST: aliencitizenmedia.substack.com/p/3-opportun...
NEW POST: aliencitizenmedia.substack.com/p/3-opportun...
...and the fight, or the quest for goodness, is one of the good things.
February 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
...and the fight, or the quest for goodness, is one of the good things.
NEW POST! We want to impact the world but don’t want to be impacted.
As social change agents, we're quick to highlight how we won hearts and minds, and slow to talk about the time our own hearts needed wooing.
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As social change agents, we're quick to highlight how we won hearts and minds, and slow to talk about the time our own hearts needed wooing.
Read my challenge in this week’s #AlienCitizenShip open.substack.com/pub/aliencit...
Change agents as objects of change: A challenge to storytellers
We want to impact the world but don’t want to be impacted. Social change agents are quick to highlight how we won hearts and minds, and slow to talk about the time our own hearts needed wooing.
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February 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
NEW POST! We want to impact the world but don’t want to be impacted.
As social change agents, we're quick to highlight how we won hearts and minds, and slow to talk about the time our own hearts needed wooing.
Read my challenge in this week’s #AlienCitizenShip open.substack.com/pub/aliencit...
As social change agents, we're quick to highlight how we won hearts and minds, and slow to talk about the time our own hearts needed wooing.
Read my challenge in this week’s #AlienCitizenShip open.substack.com/pub/aliencit...
We must watch always watch ourselves in our activism, lest we be fascist in our fight against fascism.
January 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We must watch always watch ourselves in our activism, lest we be fascist in our fight against fascism.
Your light is in your shadow. Don't be afraid to look there. ✨
January 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Your light is in your shadow. Don't be afraid to look there. ✨
NEW POST!
Should storytellers leave X, or do we have a responsibility to not only stay, but also actively engage in the platform for good... no matter how bad it gets? aliencitizenmedia.substack.com/p/case-of-th...
Should storytellers leave X, or do we have a responsibility to not only stay, but also actively engage in the platform for good... no matter how bad it gets? aliencitizenmedia.substack.com/p/case-of-th...
Case of the eX: 5 reasons why storytellers may rethink leaving Twitter (X)
Should storytellers leave X, or do we have a responsibility to not only stay, but also actively engage in the platform no matter how bad it gets?
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January 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
NEW POST!
Should storytellers leave X, or do we have a responsibility to not only stay, but also actively engage in the platform for good... no matter how bad it gets? aliencitizenmedia.substack.com/p/case-of-th...
Should storytellers leave X, or do we have a responsibility to not only stay, but also actively engage in the platform for good... no matter how bad it gets? aliencitizenmedia.substack.com/p/case-of-th...