117 Contribute

Today’s word is Contribute - and wow, does it unravel fast. Kimberly and Cara dig into how “contribution” gets weaponized: in communities, workplaces, relationships, neurodivergent spaces, and society at large. What starts as a linguistic rabbit hole becomes a bold conversation about power, control, age, consent, resilience, ableism, and who actually gets to decide what counts as “enough.” Along the way, they explore crone energy, brain development, arbitrary age rules, systems that need dismantling (or at least serious weeding), and why real contribution requires choice. Also included: intentional communities, permaculture metaphors, burning things down (figuratively), and - unexpectedly but inevitably - an educational deep dive into poop. Thoughtful, spicy, hilarious, and unfiltered, this episode asks a radical question: what would contribution look like if we were actually allowed to choose it?