Miquiel BanksShame often arises not from personal failure but from corrupted narratives that misframe systemic problems as individual flaws, and liberation comes through recognizing these distorted stories rather than attempting self-improvement.
Miquiel BanksMisaligned systems generate personal shame by hiding their structural failures behind narratives of individual inadequacy, causing people to blame themselves for being unable to thrive in environments fundamentally incompatible with human nature.
Miquiel BanksHip hop is a cultural system that preserves history, encodes experience, and ensures cultural survival through dance, language, music, and art—where creation and documentation are inseparable.
Miquiel BanksMB writes to slow down and contextualize cultural moments, preserving meaning by examining ideas deeply before they vanish—treating writing as an intentional interruption that transforms thinking into lasting understanding.