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During these times that can feel so hopeless and disempowering, Milstein encourages us to collectively dream of the futures we can build together.
So much of what keeps us stuck is a lack of imagination: there is only a two-party system, only a patriarchy, only capitalism. Anything other than what already exists is discredited as utopian at best and dangerous at worst. But what if there was an alternative to our current atomized way of living? What if, instead, we (re)build rich and vibrant communities where we could not only survive but thrive? Try Anarchism for Life helps us to ask those very questions, so we can see where they may lead us.
Another world is possible
Nov 30, 2024
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Nov 23, 2024
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- seconding the recommendation to grieve! ❤️🩹 i think it in someways can be worsened being in a society that is largely undergoing mass denial around things like rising authoritarianism, that the pandemic is still happening, militarized police, economic/social inequality, etc… so i think taking a moment to feel and acknowledge the validity of your feelings is valuable because society at large is just avoiding acknowledging any of this stuff, partly bc the government doesn’t want us to
my other recommendations are:
- don’t doomscroll! ❌ idk if i think tuning out completely can be entirely helpful because it might reverse psychology into worrying about what news you’re missing out on. so i recommend being more mindful of when/where you‘re viewing news. for example, i try not to scroll twitter past 9/10 at night and set my phone settings to not let me lol. so before bed and when i first wake up i’m not immediately looking at the news! i recommend this
- readddd! 📖 i saw some other ppl recommend it and honestly it has helped me a lot. maybe look into things like speculative fiction too, but a book i will recommend is let this radicalize you by kelly hayes and mariame kaba. the book is intended for new organizers but i think it can apply to anyone just curious about organizing or people who organize. personally i have been more serious about organizing for a year and a half, and reading the book this year really helped me feel less hopeless. the idea that we keep us safe (which sucks but also empowers us to think outside of govt structures that fail us) and that we always have the freedom of our imagination to envision a new world… ✨ the book is really good. i also recommend adrienne maree brown’s work, specifically her book emergent strategy and also her podcast and instagram. she’s really great.
Jun 29, 2024
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With the current political climate, there are a multitude of comparisons to written speculative futures, such as Octavia Butler's Parables of the Sower, which depict dystopian society from tyranny. While there is much to compare with today and Butler's vision of the future, we all still have the power to resist through changing the past and present for better futures. Imagination is a powerful tool that we all can harness. While we often think of large scale imagination, we can also imagine in smaller, tangible ways where we can make things a reality in the near future. Utopian thinking is one way to bring back the idea of imagining small worlds for ourself into reality. Harkening back to the time when you put posters on a bedroom wall to represent a reality, what would exist on that wall today? What words or images would you collage together for imagining a small utopia that you want to exist in reality? How can you, yourself, make that happen?
Jan 23, 2025
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“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”
— Fred Rogers
3d ago
I haven’t been on Twitter for years and hardly touch FB, but I had been an active user on Instagram since 2012. I really like taking and sharing photos, and that had always been a fun place to do it.
No more.
With the changes the content moderation changes they’re making, leaving LGBTQ+ folks vulnerable to be targeted; their rolling back of DEI programs; their willing participation in far-right rhetoric and politics; it’s all too much and I’m out.
As if Meta’s platform hadn’t already been increasingly enshittified, this was the final straw to announce how much worse it will get.
And you know what? It feels freeing. Better to leave it behind and find new platforms to connect with people.
Jan 22, 2025
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The guy got my attention with, “Hey, I like your shoes.” Just like that, he had me. We talked about where I bought the shoes and how I used to work in the shoe industry. He used to work in the beer industry but had recently become independently wealthy because of an investment opportunity he started with a few of his friends.
”You get to be your own boss,” he told me. Your boot could be on your own neck. We’re back to the topic of shoes.
He told me it’s a small investment to get started but things are really taking off and I could get in on the ground floor. I could quit my job. Work for myself. Had I ever considered doing something like that?
“No,” I said with a shrug. I walked away with my jar of peanut butter. I can’t remember if it was creamy or crunchy. Probably crunchy.
Nice guy!
Feb 25, 2025