#the american dream is a lie

[evadneares]

Viet Thanh Nguyen

"The gap between imagining an emotion and feeling it is the distance between empathy and experience. The divide both writer and reader face as empathy brings them closers to others but cannot make them into those others. Empathy cannot turn a son into his father and mother, even if the son is also a father" (page 50-51).

[poetryonaroll]

Drug Paved Streets

Ghetto streets paved with drugs and guns, Funded by the same government Who kills off our young boys and men or puts them in jail then throws away the key Money makes the world go round Guns can’t shoot themselves Your government is the real criminals Arrest them Destruction Perfectly placed in those neighborhoods To destroy the people, the youths They don’t have a future; they live and die By…

[bethanydelleman]

I think The Great Gatsby is the only tragedy that I both love and haven't attempted to fix, either in my mind or through fan fiction. The reason for this is probably because it's impossible to make Jay Gatsby and Daisy a happy couple, no matter what you do with the canon characters. Unlike say, Romeo & Juliet or Mansfield Park, there is no point where something can go right and plausibly end well.

It is fundamental to Daisy's character, and part of the reason that Gatsby fell in love with her, that she is rich and to his that he was born poor. If you fix Gatsby getting stuck at Oxford after the war, either Daisy still marries wealth (and is just a bit more sad about it) or she does marry Gatsby and ends up discontent. At best, they'd achieve middle class (because he wouldn't take the same huge risks married), which she would hate, and while she would have love, it wouldn't be enough.

If Myrtle isn't hit by the car, Gatsby isn't shot in the pool, but that was the most merciful thing that could have happened to him. Daisy was not going to endure the public humiliation of a high profile divorce. Her return to Tom was inevitable (something Nick knew but Gatsby denied). Gatsby dies still able to believe that he'll have a future with Daisy. That's the best he's ever going to get.

Daisy was always an unachievable dream to Gatsby. A girl like her was never going to wait for him to become wealthy. She would never be content with him poor. Tragedy was guaranteed the moment he fell in love. You can't fix it.

[transmascpetewentz]

"even if you don't agree with a war you have to respect the people that fought and died for our flag" actually i'm not interested in that performatively nationalist bullshit. american soldiers are people too. if they are so strong and amazing and brave and not made of glass, then they should be subject to criticism for their actions just like every other person. unfortunately for the american empire, we have the right to free speech here and that includes criticizing soldiers for their actions.

[introspectivememories]

NICO: WE SHARED THE LIFT THIS MORNING! I WAS GOING TO THE POOL TRAMPOLINE WITH MY TWO DAUGHTERS AND HE WAS GOING TO THE RACETRACK. PINKHAM: VERY DIFFERENT LIVES YOU'RE CURRENTLY LEADING.

[shinmothra13returns]

Trump Finds a Way to Make Hurricane Helene About Immigrants, Dabbles in ...

Why is this absolute fool trying to get elected. He'll make things worse than before if he becomes president again.

[trippercrazy]

Jared Leto from Thirty Seconds to Mars

[ceruleanharley]

the first time europe and rest of the world was laughing at you but now we're horrified. because we WE know how it ends we've literally seen this film before

[variousqueerthings]

the fun of having put out the "bj's moustache is gay culture" post while also headcanoning first and foremost that whatever bj is, it's not actually gay but something way funnier and more fucked up

[wizardnuke]

on my hands and knees begging classic western authors to use anything other than heavy handed christian symbolism. to be clear i understand the cultural significance i have just written about the symbolism of a characters initials being JC twice in as many weeks. please do something else i'm bored.

[anherosixtynine]

ThE aMeRiCaN dReAm 🤪

[hardyorange]

my students who are struggling in my math class are also the ones struggling with not just media literacy but literacy in general

considering the material you were given, what questions are being asked about the material, and how you might approach the material to justify reaching a particular conclusion are all steps in solving math problems AND in being critical of media

maybe, as adults, we could finally stop pitting school subjects against each other, and instead recognize that the devaluation of any one subject ultimately serves as justification for underfunding or eliminating public education as a whole?

Having media literacy is more important than being good at math prove me wrong

[shinmothra13returns]

Corporations don't care

Government always lies

Rat Race will destroy you

Getting a job is a waste of time

Billionaires are the death of us

The school system is rigged and outdated

Democrats and Republicans are wolves in sheep's clothing

We are nothing more than expendable slaves to the rich and powerful

There is no middle class

War is a waste of time and life

But in the end, is there any hope of changing any of this at all for a better future than this worthless excuse of nations on earth or is it too late.

We can change this world without the endless lies and false promises.

[monorayjak]

3 Small Things: Day 74

I got to see a friend. That’s it. Today is not a day I can honestly be happy about. Today is a day I’ve been begging to wake up from – to have it all be a bad dream. Today is a day I’ve had to know my friends are considering killing themselves on mass. Today is a day I have seen students and teachers alike at my college crying over. Today is a day I’ve begun making plans to leave this country.…

[queenwille]

✨ confession time ✨

i had a dream where i started seeing my very cute married coworker after he came and said he left his wife :|

okay okay, but on my defense apart from being really cute we fight 99% of the time like in an american teen romcom annnnd he says i remind him of his wife all the time. he even called me with her pet name and babe once by mistake. :||

how can men be so toxic and attractive at the same time?????

(((btw, don’t worry i’m not going to steal him from his wife lmao tho if i may add im not sure they should have married - long story for a diff post)))

[patchoulimodelo]

i dont want to give mhy credit for anything but i wonder if with how every other sentence in the penacony arc is some form of literary allusion i do have to wonder if the americana planet being based around a perfect sweet dream that is ultimately a lie was intentional commentary