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1334 || debunking the myth of post-disaster chaos
Contrary to widespread belief, there is not an increase in crime after disasters. In fact, the opposite is true. After every disaster, there is an in…
1 year, 6 months ago
1333 || hypernormalization
Hypernormalization: Pretending everything is fine, when it is obviously NOT fine. The goal is to keep us overwhelmed and confused and disengaged. Res…
1 year, 6 months ago
1332 || responding to the dystopian reality
"The constant generation of novel and fantastic apocalyptic scenarios serves to extend the horizon for the arrival of the hellish conditions containe…
1 year, 6 months ago
1331 || the dystopia is already here
The dystopia isn’t coming, it’s been here, and we’re finally starting to see it. Fictional dystopias are not imaginative horrors - they are reframed …
1 year, 6 months ago
1330 || "convenient" isn't always good
"We must never forget the joy of doing something slow and something difficult, the satisfaction of not doing what is easiest." - Tim Wu
THE SOURCE: ht…
1 year, 6 months ago
1329 || filling your cup IN community
"The burnt out don't need more alone time." - Ayesha Khan Ph.D.
"A world where we are isolated is a world where it is easier to pit us against each o…
1 year, 6 months ago
1328 || true community is inconvenient, too.
Capitalism + consumer culture has taught us that independence = success, but what if our culture is wrong? What if community's inconveniences are les…
1 year, 6 months ago
1327 || true friendship is inconvenient
"That's why it's hard to make friends when you're older," she said. "Friendship is rude."
Her friend's eyes widened. "What?"
"Think about it! When we…
1 year, 6 months ago
1326 || tyranny of the ideal woman (part two)
Jia Tolentino said "We have not “optimized” our wages, our childcare system, our political representation; we still hardly even think of parity as re…
1 year, 6 months ago
1325 || the tyranny of the ideal woman
Jia Tolentino said "Figuring out how to “get better” at being a woman is a ridiculous and often amoral project – a subset of the larger, equally ridi…
1 year, 6 months ago