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I've met a couple of people in my life for whom the phrase 'I hate all men' has become their entire personality, and it honestly irks me. Now, I don't want any of this to be misinterpreted as me excusing the harmful actions and systems that men have created and perpetuated, but as someone who tries to invest time in understanding and finding actions that encourage community—especially in the times we're in—having a genuine hatred toward all men is a bored, tired, and honestly an unproductive mentality when focusing on community building. That said, seeing as this way of thinking is becoming more popular (from what I've seen on other platforms), I am simply suggesting that you approach the 'us vs. them' message that comes with 'I hate all men' with a little criticism.
(Would also love some critiques on my thoughts ! Please, any feedback is welcome and encouraged.)
Mar 2, 2025
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May 30, 2024
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It’s easy to just hate and equally easy to bail but if you force yourself to exert your haterism as momentum to hold yourself to a higher standard. why not challenge yourself to do it a little better every time you pick it up. even if you’re being a little spiteful or catty.
Apr 2, 2024
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I read a one star review of wicked on the letterboxd app on my iPhone that changed my life a little bit. I’ve been taken aback by the ferocity with which I’ve been hating things recently. I feel frustration and anger seeing an advertisement. I am a graphic design major who up to a recent point was content and expecting to follow the pipeline towards creative advertising. I have not yet accepted that We Live In A Society. I am unsure whether this is something everyone must learn, whether it’s something important I’ve missed, or whether I have spent so much time online being a contrarian that it is now just a facet of my personality. I think Chappell Roan is a poser hack. I like to harp about celebrities that I don’t know or enjoy seeing.
I think Chappell Roan is a poser hack! I think she’s playing the gay community, not in a malicious way, but in the way where Chappell Roan as a character was not created by the girl who plays her, it was created by her wide team of incredibly talented and interesting artists and a Pinterest mood board, and we are lifting the girl who plays her up to mythical status. She is a fledgeling star who has been taken in by artists, who will hopefully show her to research and reference. She is a fabulous singer, but I don’t see her as an artist.
The one-star Wicked review made one Large and Good point. The author, who I will have to go back and find as I accidentally cropped his name out of the screenshot, says, “I tend to feel that a piece of entertainment is only worth hating if it actively makes the world a shittier place and/or represents evil of some kind that can’t afford to go unchecked, and as much as I hated sitting through Wicked, at the end of the day there’s no part of me that thinks this film meets that criteria... If I can reverse-engineer a rationale from my reflexive decision not to review it, I think it’s because I feel like we need to be more pointed and emphatic about the things we hate, not less.“
Yeah, yeah, okay. I won’t try to justify my disdain for Chappell Roan with these guidelines. If I was reaching, I’d say she represents the degradation of authenticity. What the fuck do any of us know about authenticity? I changed my mind because of a Letterboxd review. I went into the theater expecting to hate Wicked as much as Twitter hated it. Every day I think about a meme I saw on my Instagram explore page. Nothing of me is original! I don’t know what this means. I‘ll have more to say later I think.
Dec 23, 2024
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Mar 13, 2025
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I’m watching it be fleshed out in real time, seeing every kind of mishap or glitch. I love it, it’s changing with me.
Mar 31, 2025
One of the best influences a friend had on me is to make a Pinterest board of my own photos. Unlike apps like Instagram, a personal board allows you to fully fill it with yourself unabashedly. Mine works as a digital diary of everywhere I’ve been or seen. But, you could fill it with recipes, outfits, photography, anything. In time you will have created a collage reflective of yourself.
Feb 18, 2025