Caroline Contillo, Author at Autostraddle

Caroline Contillo

Caroline Contillo is a writer, community manager, and meditation teacher who lives in Queens, NY with her wife and an excessive number of books and plants. She tweets about climate justice, meditation practices and pop culture as spacecrone. Her movie/TV reviews can be found at spacecrone.com.

Pauline Oliveros is seated with eyes closed in a meditative pose on an outcropping of large, smooth rocks in a grainy black & white photo that looks like it was taken decades ago, when Oliveros was a young woman. The symbol of a perfect circle with a small dot in the center is superimposed over the photo.

politics + activism

Staying Sane While Staying Connected with Pauline Oliveros’s Queer Lineage of Deep Listening

Experimental composer Pauline Oliveros approached her identity as a musician not as a solitary genius but as a collaborator and facilitator. Her Deep Listening practices emphasize the connection between healing…

Caroline Contillo —

Nov 2, 2020

health

Future Present: Change Happens When We Are Embodied

I knew we all wanted justice, ease and wellbeing, and that our anger was a manifestation of our love for each other. But I also watched as my own fight…

Caroline Contillo —

Aug 13, 2020

politics + activism

Resources and Tools for Climate Change Resilience

Climate change poses an unprecedented threat. But individuals and groups have been doing work to respond. Here’s a guide to helpful practices, attitudes and communities.

Caroline Contillo —

Sep 25, 2017