if you want to feel hopeful and unified with other humans
Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keene - if you want to feel the opposite of hope about the nature of humans - very interesting and important to learn about how the greed of the Sackler family, doctors, legislators and more contributed to the opioid crisis
Outline - Rachel Cusk - basically just a story of a woman having conversations with people about the human condition
Nov 27, 2024
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lovely commentary that makes you stop and think about the importance of the unimportant‼❤️
Jan 14, 2025
Britt Wray is an accessible writer who touches upon a lot of topics that evoke climate anxiety — and how to deal with it. While writing it, she’s grappling with her own desire to bring kids into the world while knowing just how bad things have gotten. I was definitely avoidant of climate news before reading this, and now I feel like I have decent coping strategies and a renewed love for our planet.
Contemporary Western culture may not stand alone in its glaring alienation from nature, but many of us living in it are certainly unaware of the effects of this alienation. We have grown to become what the mythologist and psychologist Sharon Blackie calls "disenchanted." When we no longer see every bird, tree, or ladybug as worthy of our interest and engagement, we lose some of our own vibrancy as a living thing on this Earth. The prevailing view that says humans are at the top of the chain, in a superior category all our own, is emphatically unenchanted.
And so, what the radical danger of this ecological moment calls on us to do is to muster whatever forces we can to close the chasm or separation. Stopping to notice the beauty and intelligence of creatures beyond one's small human constellation brings sincere, profound connection.
Jul 30, 2024
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natalie haynes stands up for the classics
things fell apart (jon ronson)
bookclub (bbc)
the last archive
Jul 22, 2024
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kind of cheesy but it reminds me of who im being mean to
Nov 24, 2024
I made this card for my best friend’s birthday and I’m very proud of it - I drew things that remind me of her like her cats and her fav movie as well as photos of some of my fav memories together - it took so long because there were so many tiny pieces of paper to cut out but I just put on a movie and in the background and had fun crafting which was actually very relaxing
Jan 12, 2025
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i am a stickler for being on time and by being on time i mean being 10 minutes early - i find it so disrespectful when people are consistently late because it just shows that they don’t respect my time and i don’t get the excuse that it’s just part of their personality bc if they really cared they would make an effort to change
anyway this was brought on by the fact that i missed my very expensive train bc my friends were late
Feb 15, 2025