#WeAreDisplaced

[isolationship-journal]

Q2, YouthUnmuted: What is "choice" and how would we be living our lives now if we had changed anything in the past?

A2, Maddie: To me, choice is power. The power to write your own story. It’s taking a chance sometimes, too. I’m a firm believer in the idea that everything happens for reason, so I think that changing one thing could completely alter where you are today. Little decisions can be connected to big ones; in the moment, you have no idea how they are connected. I use college as an example because when I made the choice to come here, I unknowingly made the choice to meet all my now best friends and have all these amazing experiences. If I chose a different school, then I never would have met these people or fallen in love with this town.

Submission by Maddie R, 20, of San Luis Obispo, California, USA for We Have Questions on Isolationship-Journal in answer to Question 2: "What is "choice" and how would we be living our lives now if we had changed anything in the past?" asked by young adult artists from YouthUnmuted. Q2 is inspired by their accessible, audiovisual podcast, Now You Hear Us, which examines life in refugee camps and host communities from the perspective of young people. Learn more about the We Have Questions creative project, YouthUnmuted, and this question's topic at isolationship-journal.tumblr.com

[litcelebrasian]

Nobel Peace Price Winner #MalalaYousafzai shares her story of displacement, as well as those of refugee girls around the world, in We Are Displaced 📷 co-host Wendy #LitCelebrAsian #asianlit #nobelpeaceprice #malala #malalayousafzai #nonfiction #diversebookbloggers #wearedisplaced #RefugeeWeek2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BywylA8gfUX/?igshid=1f5i4p56olo2i

[thewhimsybookworm]

Book 38 of 2019. Spent my Monday with this incredible book, I read it pretty much in one sitting, it's just that good. Enlightening stories about displaced girls and women that will make you stop and catch your breath and give a million thanks for a home and safety and peace. So good. So very good. I am glad I started my week with these voices and these stories. I want my #femmemarch reads to include more of such diverse and important voices. . . . #whimsybookworm2019reads #femmemarchfest #nonfiction #wearedisplaced #malalayousafzai #vscocam #vscoindia #bookstagramfeature #booksandbags #booksandbackpacks #Monday #readersofig #igreads #culturetripbooks #bookishfeatures #bibliophile #bookreview #bookrecommendation #ebooks #Kindle #unitedbookstagram #booksofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu4IZVLH9SI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8jdghtcmrpux

[cupofteajones]

Books of 2019: We are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai. Malala has done it again. Everyone needs to read these powerful stories. You think you know everything about the refugee crisis, you are wrong. This book will open your eyes to a new perspective. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 #books #bookstagram #yabooks #nonfiction #wearedisplaced #malalayousafzai #malala #refugees #refugeecrisis #bookreview #booksof2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BtbsbRqn9Rg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=glzoim6yq6nk

[arvijo26]

Tweeted

My new book #WeAreDisplaced is a collection of stories from refugee girls around the world - harrowing journeys, lost loved ones and longing for home. It shows readers the real lives behind the statistics, news reports & rhetoric we hear every day. https://t.co/PVhd5MZhNh pic.twitter.com/O7tvAZcxzx

— Malala (@Malala) January 8, 2019

[webpaki]

Katrina is all praises for Malala’s new book

Katrina is all praises for Malala’s new book

Known for her spectacular acting, the gorgeous, Katrina Kaif has been winning ample hearts for all the right reasons. The prima donna has recently taken to Instagram to appreciate the pride of our nation, Malala Yousafzai for her recent book, ‘We are Displaced’.

My new book #WeAreDisplacedis a collection of stories from refugee girls around the world – harrowing journeys, lost loved ones and…

[atifparvaiz000]

Katrina is all praises for Malala’s new book

Katrina is all praises for Malala’s new book

Known for her spectacular acting, the gorgeous, Katrina Kaif has been winning ample hearts for all the right reasons. The prima donna has recently taken to Instagram to appreciate the pride of our nation, Malala Yousafzai for her recent book, ‘We are Displaced’.

My new book #WeAreDisplacedis a collection of stories from refugee girls around the world – harrowing journeys, lost loved ones and…

[thephotostoryofmylife]

#malala #wearedisplaced was the highlight at #hachette’s #showcase18 today (what an inspiration!) but I have an affinity with #childrenslaureate Lauren Child @milkmonitorme who talked passionately about what inspires her, including looking out of her window at the goings on outside, and finding art in the road markings outside our offices. I took the same pictures! I really need to get my thoughts down for my children’s book! 📚 — view on Instagram http://ift.tt/2tHvjaY

[isolationship-journal]

Q2, YouthUnmuted: What is "choice" and how would we be living our lives now if we had changed anything in the past?

A2, Chia: I like to think of choice as the ensemble of possibilities presented on a table by my brain. Making a choice not only considers the present, but everything after that. Okay, I decide I want to study law. By choosing what type of career I want to pursue, I eliminate everything else. My brain also thinks, Is this choice the easiest way? What do I win and lose by choosing this option? What is best for me right now? What is something that will help me in advance? Some choices aren’t really choices, only manipulative strategies to make a person do something. Your parents could say, clean your room or forget about receiving your allowance. It’s your choice. Is it? Some even argue that choice is all an illusion. That we are driven by forces beyond our own conscious mind. Behavioral genetics influence your decisions, and your upbringing and environment do too. You can’t control what genes were passed down to you, or how you were raised, so does choice really cease to exist? As a practical person, the first thing that comes to mind when changing the past would be to have bought more stocks and invested in more companies. I realize that it's a selfish decision, because I would be significantly better-off after this alteration. But just me. Maybe I would choose to make a slightly stronger impact on the past, like making sure Hitler never rose to power. Preventing World War I. There are endless options, and endless ways to ensure it. ----------------------------- Sources I browsed while pondering these questions: https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2018/11/22/does-choice-exist/#comment-anchor https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-control/201609/you-have-no-choice#:~:text=To%20many%20people%20it%20is,the%20least%20choice%20of%20all. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/science/22tier.html

Submission by Chia L, 14, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA for We Have Questions on Isolationship-Journal in answer to Question 2: "What is "choice" and how would we be living our lives now if we had changed anything in the past?" asked by young adult artists from YouthUnmuted. Q2 is inspired by their accessible, audiovisual podcast, Now You Hear Us, which examines life in refugee camps and host communities from the perspective of young people. Learn more about the We Have Questions creative project, YouthUnmuted, and this question's topic at isolationship-journal.tumblr.com

[isolationship-journal]

Q2, YouthUnmuted: What is "choice" and how would we be living our lives now if we had changed anything in the past?

A2, Kate: The first time I read this question I was instantly reminded of Robert Frost's "Road Not Taken." The common interpretation of this poem is a very packaged idea about individualism that translates today into a classic Americana propaganda. But the truer interpretation of Frost's words has as one commentator put it "a wolf in sheep's clothing effect" where the narrator knows that the two paths were equal but comforts himself with the deception that one was less traveled and that walking that path is what led him to where he was. To me this speaks a lot to how we think about choice. Is there really ever one point where you can look back on something and pinpoint it as the moment where everything changed? Or do we look back on those chosen moments as a way to comfort and fortify ourselves when we are facing the idea that we have no control over what happens to us? Choice is about having the freedom to make a decision, but if no such freedom exists, then there can be no choice. So when we lack that freedom, or do not see that we have it, we go back and we construct an idea of how our lives have gone as a source of comfort, whether those ideas are real or not. The paths in Frost's poem were equally worn, but the narrator felt lost and out of control because he had no idea what would happen, so he constructs a false idea of his own reality to soothe himself about his own insecurities. We don't want to stop and ruminate over how our lives could be different if we had chosen something else because it is uncomfortable and often portrays oneself in an unkind light. So we tell ourselves that it's okay, that that one random decision is what led us to who we are today. But in reality, did we ever really have a choice in the matter?

  Submission by Kate B, 15, of North Carolina, USA for We Have Questions on Isolationship-Journal in answer to Question 2: "What is "choice" and how would we be living our lives now if we had changed anything in the past?" asked by young adult artists from YouthUnmuted. Q2 is inspired by their accessible, audiovisual podcast, Now You Hear Us, which examines life in refugee camps and host communities from the perspective of young people. Learn more about the We Have Questions creative project, YouthUnmuted, and this question's topic at isolationship-journal.tumblr.com