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if you can read across the grain, morality is almost moot

Isn’t half the fun in trying to read texts in ways that weren’t intended? I think reading “morally questionable” work is worth it just to excavate the fault lines of ideology. What logics underpin our world?

@cilantro

May 10, 2024

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against purity: living ethically in compromised times

by Alexis Shotwell A non-fiction rec for U! How might we change systems that we are already complicit in and compromised by? Grapples with settler colonialism, pollution, and climate change in ways that do not make me feel hopeless. Where my interest in SF (science fiction, speculative fiction, speculative futures) began.

@cilantro

Jun 5, 2024

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atlas shrugged (anything ayn rand)

someone already put colleen hoover which is perfect for the question, so this is my second thought! i already studied a diverse array of political theory/philosophy in college and i’m sorry but there’s no way i’m going to read a libertarian book in my precious free time

@marxinista

Aug 12, 2024

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Allowing things to have their season

Gazpacho only in the late summer, persimmons only in the winter, etc. just because we can import anything from anywhere anytime doesn’t mean we should. Nothing is special if you can have it whenever you want it.

@sofe

May 22, 2024

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Referring to activities as “playing”

Whenever my housemate Cody and I have to do home improvement we say “let’s play hammer and saw”. i love playing hammer

@sofe

Feb 8, 2024

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giving your ears and brain a break

no podcasts no music no earbuds… sometimes it’s nice to not listen to anything and just let yourself be raw in the world for a bit

@sofe

Jan 31, 2024