When It Feels Like We Are Going Backwards

There is something deeply unsettling about watching the world around us change and then, suddenly, watching parts of it seem to change back again. The last few weeks have brought up that familiar feeling that perhaps we are not moving forwards after all. It is a difficult feeling to put into words because it is the accumulation of things, the constant reminders that our lives, our identities and our right to exist comfortably in the world are still being debated by people who do not know us.