About this episode

Julia explores the complexities of financial responsibility in collaboration with Elena, addressing privilege and the need for open agreements.

Is it my job to make sure a collaborator is financially comfortable? This week, I got a verbal smackdown about my privilege. Instead of fighting (how dare you) or giving in (fine I’ll just pay for everything), I explore with Elena our responsibility to others when we’re entangled. In week 11 of confronting complicity in capitalism, we come upon the reality that changing how we do money is a relational practice, not just an individual one. What happens when money is unspoken? When needs are not met? When the reality changes and agreements aren’t working any more? This week, I face tension with a collaborator about a shared project: Responsibility. What is my responsibility to someone I collaborate with? It’s not my job to pay their rent and make sure they’re comfortable… It’s not nothing… What’s the middle ground? Agreements. This thing we agreed to isn’t working any more. One phase has ended, another is beginning. What does it mean to re-shape agreements? I’m different, you’re different, let’s review. Openness. Not jumping to conclusions, assuming that I have to fix it all. But something isn’t working. What is possible? Spoken and unspoken. With money, some things we discussed…

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