#social commentary

[the-kiss-of-wet-asphalt]

Oh they're bitter lmao. They took down the review haha

hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".

I had to go and delete it myself this morning.

[whereserpentswalk]

When I was very young and had just started thinking about the implications of trans people existing for the first time, I was contemplating their existence while playing Pokémon, and realized that somewhere out there there was a trans person playing Pokémon and enjoying themselves. And I know it's a silly thing to look back on, because I was like ten, but I think it was the first time I thought of trans people as full human beings for the first time, understanding that there was a trans person somewhere enjoying something that I was enjoying.

I don't think every 'ally' we have as a community is there yet. Like, there are people who understand how we suffer, how we are hurt or can be hurt, but they don't yet understand that we can just exist as enjoy things the same way they enjoy things.

Whatever group you're talking about you have to understand that somewhere out there one of them is playing a video game, or listening to music, or petting a cat, or standing on a line experiencing boredom, or wondering if we're alone in the universe, or witnessing a cool bug. You have to understand people's personhood goes beyond the experiences shaped by the groups that they're in.

[sunbeamedskies]

I know it's hard to do so when you've dedicated so much time to leftist movements and found a community that's helped you and some others thrive, but you HAVE to criticize the left when it is failing groups of people. And it is 100000000% failing Jews.

Almost every single non-Jewish activist who usually posts about tragedies when they happen to numerous other marginalized groups has remained silent about the recent news about the Bibas family. Most have been entirely silent about October 7th. Even this post will likely be reblogged/liked by 95% Jews.

All your Jewish friends could have been born Israeli. It's entirely dependent on where their ancestors fled to. Half of the world's ENTIRE Jewish population lives in Israel. And you- no matter what group you belong to- could have been born Israeli. You might be in denial about it, but it's true. Anyone of us could have been born anywhere.

I roll my eyes when "I'd totally punch a nazi!" activists complain about Elon Musk maybe doing a nazi salute, yet never post about what Jews have been mourning for over a year now. Their words are empty. Elon is easy to criticize because he is a douchebag who is rightfully hated by the left. You risk no real social consequences for your posts about him. You are not a social justice advocate- you are a coward.

But what kind of world are we living in where anyone in any movement claiming to be about "justice" feels they are risking social consequences for posting about Jews who were murdered due to being Jews? Fearing your "comrades" scolding you for posting against antisemitism? They have some big antisemitism problems to deal with. Are you willing to confront them about it?

Fearing social consequences for speaking up about suffering Palestinians and suffering Israelis are two sides of the same coin of extremism. I always wonder if my posts really get through to anyone, or if I'm mostly screaming into the void. Will this post affect you? Or will you just go "ah that's kinda sad idk" and move on?

It's time to have some tough conversations with people you might be afraid to get into them with. Are you going to be a true ally to Jews or not? Are you going to fix your activist spaces to be ones centered around the principles of justice and equality? Or are you going to ignore it and claim you're not antisemitic? Because Jews have seen where indifference and denial leads to before. Spoiler alert: it's horrific.

[shyjusticewarrior]

At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.

[biggestdumbestduck]

If you are so “incompetent” as a grown adult women (who is able bodied) that you cannot hang a picture or shovel a driveway by yourself, you are doing that on purpose. Yes it might be difficult, yes you might have to look up instructions, yes you might do it wrong the first time, and sure you might even need a little help but you should be able to do it.

You are not a ~🌸girl🌸~ you’re a grown woman. An adult. Infantilizing yourself to get others to do tasks for you is no better than men who weaponize their incompetence.

Dumbing yourself down in anyway is a dangerous game. Sure, in the short term there may be benefits but in the long term there are never any rewards. The men who view you as less than already have a bad view of women and these ideas are continuing to reinforce that.

Calling jobs “blue jobs” or “pink jobs” and acting stupid on main just reinforces the idea that women are not meant to be in the same places as men. Women are silly, incompetent, and incapable. Even men with a neutral view of women see things like this and are impacted.

When women post things like this online their target audience is other women, women who probably see this as a silly little joke. But just because that��s your target doesn’t mean it’s the only people it’s getting pushed out to. Men, more often than not, also get pushed “women’s only” content. They don’t see these things as jokes. They believe this is how women actually feel.

If we, as women want to get ahead we cannot dumb ourselves down just for the sake of haha funny content. Just because it’s a trend doesn’t mean you have to follow it.

saw this very [ben affleck depressed smoking image] comment and thought why does blue job / pink job sound like an established concept so I looked it up.....

what's next?? having a bank account is a blue job 💙🏦☺️ not being legally recognised as a person in your own right is a pink job 🩷🥰💅

[screaming-in-the-corner]

Something you need to remember is that journalistic photographers are still artists at heart. When you are providing a source of information that is to be seen as "the truth" you are going to frame things to look a certain way.

You will publish the ones that look like what you want. The framing of Luigi Mangione's transportation is incredibly evocative of paintings of Jesus being arrested. It also (not so) coincidentally is often the framing of a hero being captured for the greater good.

This is ON PURPOSE. Do not discredit the artist by calling it a mistake. This was on purpose. The artist supports him and is framing him as a hero.

No matter how much corporate news may attempt to drown out the support for Mangione, artists always have the ear of the people. A picture is worth a thousand words, isn't it?

[triaelf9]

I'm sure some people online could spend their time better

[sleepy-bebby]

[jkl-fff]

"Nonviolence isn't a virtue. It's a social contract."

His laughter faltered, giving way to confusion. "... What?"

"Nonviolence isn't a virtue in and of itself. It isn't inherently good or moral, I don't practice it no matter what so I'll go to heaven or whatever even if other people are violent against me," I explained with a shrug. "Nonviolence is a social contract. People agree not to be violent so society can function, so everyone can live their lives equally in peace."

"Exactly!" And he laughed--almost giggled--gleefully again. "So you can't kill me, otherwise you'll be breaking it! So I win!"

"You've already broken it. You killed tens of thousands. By your own rejection of it, it doesn't cover you anymore. Do you understand?" Cocking my gun, I pointed it squarely at him. "There is no social contract between you and society anymore."

"But if you--"

I pulled the trigger. And I pulled it again and again until there were no more bullets to fire.

Did I enjoy killing him?

No.

Yes.

Emotions are complicated things. But I don't regret killing him, and I won't lose sleep over it. This wasn't murder; this was defensive intervention, like stopping an attempted murder by killing the attacker isn't murder. Like execution isn't murder.

You have trapped your villain to where they can no longer escape, no long hurt people. You go to kill him when he starts to laugh. "Hehehe, you won't kill me, if you do you'll be as bad as me." You look at him confused, he has kill tens of thousands, how will kill one make you and him the same.

[wickedwitchofthesouth]

Do you think people have shit to say about mutants taking part in the Olympics? Are there mutant beauty influences who are campaigning for larger shade ranges from makeup companies, e.i, not just human skin tones?? Do you think there are some fashion trends that mutants start just to make life easier for them selves and at first all the humans called it ugly and then culturally appropriated it and rebranded it with some gentrified name? Do you think mutants get barred from entering churches or temples? Do you think 98% of mutants have faced violence at the hands of a human at some point in their lives?

Do you think?! Do you think? Do you think?!? because I do. all the time all I do is think

[miamaimania]

Favela and Cityscape by Bruno Barbey

[bleujay420]

Kendrick’s halftime show was so insanely good

If you didn’t see it, he rapped about a revolution, had all his dancers dress as the colors of the American flag, and had Samuel L. Jackson, a black man, dressed as Uncle Sam saying it was “too much” and “too ghetto”

I ❤️ social commentary

[no-squ4sh-4-b4by]

Kanye West and Bianca Censori's appearance on the red carpet was something out of a nightmare. If you haven't seen the clip, go look it up.

It starts with them posing, then they face each other and start to talk. Their conversation is not audible, but you can see Bianca shaking her head no and readjusting her large fur coat to cover herself. After three or four words are exchanged, she turns away from the camera and starts taking off her coat slowly. Revealing her naked shoulders, then her back, then her buttocks. She turns around to finally show off the dress she's wearing, a tight, see-through piece of nylon (designed by Kanye himself, according to a post he made on his Instagram) that leaves her breasts, genitals and ass exposed. She's essentially naked. During this whole scene, Kanye is just facing the cameras with sunglasses on, neutral expression on his face.

Now, I'm not shocked by nudity. Censori is definitely not the first celebrity to walk the red carpet wearing a very revealing outfit (and she won't be the last). What disgusts me is the scene they built around the outfit.

First, the little conversation they have. You can clearly see Bianca shaking her head no and tightening her coat around her before being made to undress. There's two possibilities here:

A) Either this wasn't rehearsed, so we essentially witnessed Bianca being pressured into undressing herself in front of dozens of cameras or;

B) It was rehearsed (the most likely option, in my opinion). But then why? Why act out this discomfort before the reveal?

Some could argue they were talking about something totally unrelated, but I very much doubt it. It's their big moment on the red carpet, in front of cameras, it's not the time to talk about the groceries.

What I think is happening is that they (but most likely Kanye) voluntarily chose to paint a scene of a woman being forced to undress herself in front of thousands for the amusement of her husband. It's essentially a brag, a show of force for Kanye. He's saying: "Look at my wife and what she'll do for me. Look what I can make her do. "

The last thing I haven't mentioned, and the scariest, is Censori's facial expression through it all. Neutral expression, no smile. Her eyebrows are trimmed downwards in a way where she looks slightly worried. And her stare is totally vacant. I've seen people say she looks drugged, dissociated, downright "stupid."

I think this is the main difference between Bianca's look and others who have worn skimpy outfits in front of the cameras. Whether it be Lady Gaga, Kendall Jenner, or Madonna, they all share something: confidence. A sultry look, a cheeky smirk, hell, at least a smile! Something to show that they feel desirable, that they're in control. That they choose to show us their bodies.

Whereas Bianca looks dead inside as she's posing.

After standing in front of the cameras for a little while, Kanye takes her hand and leads her away.

The whole sequence (no matter how much Bianca has consented to it) feels like a humiliation ritual. Kayne, standing there fully dressed, pressing his wife to expose her body to the entire world before parading her around. A gross display of chauvinist male domination on the body of a woman. Like, I don't know how else to say it, but it looks like he's walking around with his sex doll, still partially in her plastic wrapping.

Why are we seeing this? What is the point? I can't help but relate this to Elon's n*zi salute. It feels like we're witnessing more and more rich and powerful men pushing the boundaries of what is socially acceptable, trying to see how far they can go. How much of their toxic, repressive views they can share before we come for them.

My heart goes out to Bianca, I hope she's safe and happy in her marriage.

[whereserpentswalk]

"Creatives deserve to be paid" and "We desperately need community spaces for creatives that aren't focused on trying to make money or advance careers where we're allowed to make connections and experiment" are two statements that can and should coexist.

[digitalismmm]

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