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Amazing read on Kony 2012, its evangelical roots and imperialistic aims, and its effects on society⌠throwback
â Yet the reaction to Kony 2012 demonstrates the political limits of social media campaigns. The deliberately simplistic narrative â the lack of context, the images of pure suffering â were a form of manipulation, the calls to act now rather than question a way of promoting an ongoing US military intervention. Of course, the children of Gaza and other locales where US allies have been unleashing horrors remain invisible for those looking to build their campaigns within the malign embrace of US foreign policy.â
Mar 11, 2025
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my friend shared this on instagram and i watched it and it made me very sad/angry but i'm rec'ing because i felt very uninformed despite trying to be the opposite
Oct 8, 2024
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Beirut, Lebanon is the newest victim of Israel airstrikes and obviously this is a fucking atrocity but I need to take a minute to reflect on the hypocrisy and inability to reflect by American conservative Christians in response to this moment, one of whom is my own mother and many being members of the megachurch in which I grew up.
Must have been the summer of 22 that a group from my parentâs church was called to serve doing missionary work in Lebanon, which, you know, is admirable from the eyes of the missionary and the faithful old chaps who fund them, until youâre manipulating impoverished Lebanese people into abandoning their faith for a free sewing lesson or dentist appointment while you use donation money to go on a tour of important Biblical sites for half the trip. Despite all this ooing and aaing about the spiritual importance of Lebanese cedars and the sites where Jesus held sermons, I bring up the recent bombing and itâs just âso sadâ but there will be no reflection on how they, as conservative American Trump voters, are supporting this destruction and genocide in the name of profits!! I genuinely donât know how to reconcile the fact that my parents have spent time volunteering to feed and clothe migrant farm workers but do not give a single fuck about the ICE raids. MAGA brainrot at itâs finest.
The unfortunate truth is that the Christian text encourages a kind of false consciousness that puts power into the hands of manipulative, pseudo-christian leaders. I canât tell you how many times growing up I heard how God appoints those in power for a reason, and that those with wealth and positions of leadership are there to carry out Godâs plan. The bible is a violent and retributive book. It applies virtue to quiet suffering. I love my parents still but this is so ingrained in them, and millions of other conservative christians, and i genuinely do not know how you argue with people who gladly believe in a literal rapture and a literal hell that their children will suffer for eternity
Apr 1, 2025
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A short opinion piece by the badbadschool on instagram.
Mar 3, 2024
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My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebodyâbe it a relative or one of my best friendsâwas to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too đ
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Iâve been thinking about how much of social media is centered around curating our self-image. When selfies first became popular, they were dismissed as vain and vapidâa critique often rooted in misogynyâbut now, the way we craft our online selves feels more like creating monuments.
We try to signal our individuality, hoping to be seen and understood, but ironically, I think this widens the gap between how others perceive us and who we really are. Instead of fostering connection, it can invite projection and misinterpretationâpreconceived notions, prefab labels, and stereotypes. Worse, individuality has become branded and commodified, reducing our identities to products for others to consume.
On most platforms, validation often comes from how well you can curate and present your imageâselfies, aesthetic branding, and lifestyle content tend to dominate. High engagement is tied to visibility, not necessarily depth or substance. But I think spaces like PI.FYI show that thereâs another way: where connection is built on shared ideas, tastes, and interests rather than surface-level content. Itâs refreshing to be part of a community that values thoughts over optics.
By sharing so few images of myself, Iâve found that it gives others room to focus on my ideas and voice. When I do share an image, it feels intentionalâsomething that contributes to the story I want to tell rather than defining it. Sharing less allows me to express who I am beyond appearance.
For women, especially, sharing less can be a radical act in a world where the default is to objectify ourselves. It resists the pressure to center appearance, focusing instead on what truly matters: our thoughts, voices, and authenticity. Iâve posted a handful of pictures of myself in 2,500 posts because I care more about showing who I am than how I look.
In trying to be seen, are we making it harder for others to truly know us? Itâs a question worth considering.
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