@fatfabfeminist it’s really not that social media is just a content generating machine so the people just need content to make and it’s more appealable when you connect the thing to a celebrity because they have a level of credibility for some reason in society
The economic story that Orientalism fits on top of is kind of obvious, what he gives is an account of the canon that economic situation produced, which remains hegemonic and available for US imperialism to draw upon in a very different economic environment
@hnj3pd they may be young but i think the point remains that a better understanding of the world provides much perspective while limiting your focus on the individual self
@vdysseys obviously it’s not a conscious take on gaza nolan is a liberal it’s just his assessment of the world in current times a “war is bad” statement without any analysis of power
@mjdoll2632@mao_0k well yes because women are most often having sex with men and if we cannot change men or masculinity there will naturally be less room for sex positivity on the part of women
I wouldn’t say feminism should be sex-negative. The problem is that it is afraid to be political. Many feminists don’t want their intimate lives with men politicised beyond ‘low-hanging fruit’ like household chores.
For e.g when you analyse casual sex culture, it becomes clear that while women’s sexual views have become more laissez-faire, men’s attitudes towards sex have not necessarily progressed. Men can retain violent views of women and still participate freely in casual sex. If you Point this out, and the response is: who cares, as long as the woman wants the sex
every advance made by a global south state weakens the oppressive imperial order and moves us closer to mitigating the ecological catastrophe, averting the fascist liquidation of millions if not billions of "surplus" racialised humans
iran is at the forefront of the struggle
Every time I talk to someone about China I inevitably end up having to slip in something like "well yeah they're responsible for the welfare of a fifth of humanity" and it always makes people pause for a moment.
Honestly, artists are at the frontlines of the American war against intelligence.
Decades of "Don't expect any thematic or rational consistency, pointing out plotholes is nerd shit, just vibe!" has ruined culture as a safe, low-stakes space in which to train critical thinking.
this is what liberal politics does to your brain. you start treating genocide like it’s the opening act instead of the highest possible political failure.
After they bombed 100 Venezuelans to death, after they caused the equivalent of 3 Great Depressions by sanctions, after they kidnapped the president, the CIA finally admits that there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the Venezuelan government ever committed election fraud.
Marxism¹ explains it easily. Most Americans are (a) proletarian/oppressed vis-à-vis the US ruling class but (b) part of the ruling class vis-à-vis the rest of the world.
The more imperialism develops, the more the (b) relation defines them.
¹A philosophy unknown to US Marxists.