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OUR MANIFESTO
The love extremist manifesto
We believe the planet and every soul on it deserves love. This is our true nature. Hate, violence, greed and fear are shadows, they are false antidotes to a lack of love. These shadows must be accepted, understood and de-escalated with care for our survival.
The Love Extremist project is a cultural confrontation that supports new definitions of love in practice that embrace collective art, mutual aid, abolition, healthy conflict, death, dis-ease, rebirth, healing and planetary stewardship.
As Love Extremists we recognize hate, violence, fear, destruction, division and greed as part of the universal system and seek to approach these shadows, that exist within all of us, with love, curiosity, forgiveness, patience and strong boundaries.
We are committed to healing ourselves, our relationships, our communities and our planet through embodied art, conscious conversation, honest, accountable conflict resolution and personal storytelling that brings us closer together in community.
Join us around the fire as we heal with love.
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what’s love?
What does love mean to you? Is it something you choose or something that chooses you? Is it conditional or open for all? Is it sunshine and rainbows, chocolates and flowers? Or is it being real and sharing difficult news? Could it be all of that?
Being a Love Extremist is about choosing love every day, love for one-self, for our human community and for the world we live in. It’s about honoring where we come from, where we are in this moment, and the potential for what we can be.
Most of all, being a Love Extremist is about bringing love beyond your inner circle with curiosity, creativity and care. If that resonates with you - join us
what do you do?
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We FACILITATE MEDIA, EXPERIENCES AND CONVERSATIONS
Newsletter: The Love Extremist newsletter shares updates about the project, upcoming gatherings, events and new content releases. Join us by Subscribing to the Newsletter Here
Podcast: Love Extremist Radio is an interview based podcast that explores different definitions of love from a diversity of perspectives. Ethan Lipsitz, founder of the Love Extremist project, created the podcast as a way to discover how love shows up in a myriad of ways and share practical tips for living a more intentionally loving life. Subscribe to Love Extremist Radio on iTunes
Video: Love Extremist TV is a video series where we explore a range of love related topics. Most videos are short blasts that challenge how we relate to love and where we can expand our capacity to love in new ways. We also partner with existing media networks and corporations to develop content that aligns with the Love Extremist project. Subscribe to Love Extremist TV on YouTube
Clubhouse: The Love Extremist Club hosts audio salons about various forms of love in action on Clubhouse throughout the week. Join The Love Extremists Club on Clubhouse
We gather to talk about what’s important
The Love Extremist Living Room is a virtual community space where we gather to discuss topics that matter to us. The Living Room is a space for facilitated salon conversations where all guests are invited to contribute their personal stories, questions and thoughts and the facilitator engages the group with their lived experience around love or a love adjacent topic.
The Living Room is currently popping up on Clubhouse in the Love Extremists club.
We HOST DIGITAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON LOVE, MORTALITY AND PURPOSE
Camp Death and The 2021 Death Rituals were our first two programs where we brought Love Extremists together to explore themes of mortality, purpose, facing death and redefining our path forward. Learn more about Camp Death here.
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we sell artifacts that spread love
This project began with a simple heart pin and these pins remain a key component of our movement. When you buy pins you get multiple, we hope you give some away and spark conversations about what it means to be a Love Extremist.