Robert Doisneau. Mannequin factory
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sometimes i feel like people are practicing some kind of trickle-up progressivism, where they think if you can purify individual communities, if you can target the most visible symptoms of systemic inequality, that will make said inequality disappear, and, uh, it will not. I’m not saying you can’t criticize the small things, I’m just saying, like, identifying the actual source of a problem is important and we should probably…like…do that.
trickle-up progressivism
That’s such a perfect way to put it that I’m almost mad at how perfect it is. Like… that’s it, isn’t it? That’s the whole thing–and the enraging, self-sabotaging futility of the whole thing–in a nutshell.
I REWATCHED CASTLEVANIA LIKE A PUNK AND THIS WAS QUICK BUT I HAD TO GET IT OUTA MYSYST EM ntglewg
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listen i also hate those dumbass political cartoons about kids and their phones but at the same time you’re a fool if you flat out deny there are negative aspects to the way we communicate in the social media age
facebook and instagram strategically time your notifications after you post something to make you waste time scrolling. those two platforms also come to mind as being particularly performative (“look at this beautiful picture-ready thing i’m doing today”) although any social media encourages that. snapchat’s streak feature, as well as those stupid emojis next to people’s names, exist solely to suck you into using the app every day. twitter and instagram display your follower count, and facebook displays how many friends you have. tumblr cultivates a culture of oversharing, and although you can have one-on-one conversations on here, most “communication” takes the form of shouting from a soapbox. all of these things are related to the problem of privacy online, which many of us simply assume doesn’t exist and should therefore be tossed aside so that we can dissect and manufacture every detail of our selves and desires online. you can’t honestly tell me these things are of no concern for the way we understand ourselves and others, and our relationships to the world.
it would be great if more poltical cartoons criticized the predatory, exploitative ways that social media corporations attempted to dehumanize us and commodify our need for connection and intimacy. but of course the crusty, unfunny, obnoxiously out-of-touch dudes making political cartoons would rather draw a teenager dressed like it’s still 2001 giving a heil hitler salute to pikachu and call it a day than actually make an effort to understand why so many kids are a) so fucking miserable and b) so thoroughly wired into a combative digital hellscape that offers a not-particularly-healthy distraction from their combative realworld hellscape.
i love sitting on a sofa with one leg crossed over the other and my arms spread out across the headboard behind me like a young, reckless, 1920s gentleman of ambiguous sexuality, with more money than i know what to do with and an intense weariness of the shallow, hedonistic lifestyle enjoyed by my companions
My god this is the cyberpunk dystopia the 80s warned us of
Cities so tight on security there are cameras everywhere.
Police killing people indiscriminately for their own joy.
Giant walls being build across vast deserts. The rich living in their towers of glass.
The poor on the streets with nothing.
Internet in glasses.
Corporate powers rule the White House.
Wild roving gangs killing the “outsiders”
Legit resistence networks run by punks.
Religious groups have their own police forces.
The net is being pressured to exclude the poor.
Both fictional and literal representations of America are fash.
Marketing brands are quite literally called “OBEY”.
Corporate interests literally cut across sacred lands and pollute and destroy everything they touch.
Hackers have become freedom fighters. Masked “anonymous” groups attempt to rip out criminals yet become the enemy of the state.
Marketing is big bright and neon and meant to move your attention somewhere profitable
The government said “fuck the planet” and now green energy is looked down on and discouraged. Corporations are treated as people. Weapons have more rights than citizens.But at least we got the nifty cyberpunk music now too
computers fit into your pockets, you have to be rich, or at least more than comfortable to afford doctors of any variety, we can print new limbs out but generally don’t in favor of commodity, the government is literally listening in on our conversations and we *still* don’t have flying cars.
so yep. definitely cyberpunk dystopian future.
Florence and the Machine at last night’s Spotify event in Brooklyn. As Florence began to sing Sky Full of Song a literal storm began to hit, she never faltered and embraced the storm.
Watching this was an ethereal experience
this queen literally summoned a storm during her performance when will your fave ever control the weather with such accuracy
Florence Welch is just one of those people that /are/ magic like if homegirl pulled up to an interview saying she met with faeries when she was a child and they’re what inspired her to pursue music i would NEVER second guess I’d just assume that they gifted her with a talent for magic because she gave them a breadcrumb or smth
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