You’re exhausting dude. Some people for their only mental well being don’t like being bombarded with genocide talk every single minute. What do you want them to do exactly? If they donate money that’s not enough right? Do you want them to go over there and fight? How about give up all of their money? What the fuck are you doing other than posting shit that does nothing?
Oh, I'm sorry, is it exhausting for you to READ about genocide on a social media site, where we curate our own experiences entirely and there isn't an actual algorithm to guide you towards the topic you care about personally? (maybe you should look in the mirror and ask yourself why you get so exhausted by genocide and why it doesn't trigger your anger and humanity but that's another discussion)
Wonder what it must be like for the 2.2 million (or used to be 2.2 million, it's significantly less now) living through getting bombed and murdered on a daily basis by an extremist religious state.
I'm so sorry for all that you have to go through but good news buddy!!
You are able to detach from this "exhausting" topic by simply unfollowing and/or blocking me
Unfortunately, Palestinians aren't able to that, so even when you do, they will still be ethnically cleansed by a zionist fascist state supported by the United States (a superpower of the world who also has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council).
Hope you have a great time looking at insignificant superficial things while humans get slaughtered on an hourly basis!!!! 🥰
I rarely read academic articles just because I’m interested in the topic (I'm usually editing them because they hired me to), but today I did read such a one. You can read it here.*
The authors essentially say: In imagining futures in fiction, we need more examples of positive outcomes—where humankind has successfully dismantled capitalism, patriarchy, colonialism, etc.—not just visions of dystopias where we’re all f**ked. They don’t quite say it that way, but that is my very professional summary.
And I completely agree! The countless stories of apocalyptic sci-fi have done sufficient work of warning us all about the path we’re on, thank you very much, but we also need some helpful visions of better places we could end up, so we can start designing how to get there.
*Proper citation:
Houlden, S., Veletsianos, G. Impossible Dreaming: On Speculative Education Fiction and Hopeful Learning Futures. Postdigit Sci Educ 5, 605–622 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-022-00348-7
Have we come all this way, I wondered, only to be dismantled by our own technologie, to be betrayed by political connivance or the impersonal avarice of a corporation?
Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” speaks to the social struggles being experienced by American youth at the time. The song referenced a lack of social progress during the time period, speaking out against the prevalent racism and calling for people to fight back. While originally created for Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing, its message has stood true to the test of time and continues to ring true for all aspects of social change.
imagine during the third book where percy gets his final recommendation letter. he is approached by a god or goddess who asks him to reconcile past relationships. because to move forward, you can't let the things of the past hold you back. so percy gets closure with the side characters from the pjo og series. clarisse, nico, thalia, and rachel. and it just gets progressively more intimate until he has to confront one final person: the ghost of luke castellan.
One important thing to know about me is that I'll watch a dystopian apocalypse movie, then watch the first 20 minutes of Taylor Swifts Reputation Tour, and then go straight into watching V for Vendetta
That is my favorite way to spend an evening
And I think that says more about me than anything I could ever tell you
TFW someone you thought was neat uses “transandrodorks” to refer to transmasc people…. Gotta give them props for a new one, though, it’s more original than “theyfab”.