#issues with modern society

[the-halfling-prince]

✨Lindsey Bergman✨

#Idk what scooters look like #Lindsey as a concept is low key so funny to me #Listen. Listen #Pleasant Company really went: Let's make a modern character. Like the girl of today dolls but with like her own character #Oh what's her story gonna be about? Is it going to feature modern issues? Since it won't be about historical events? #Nah she's just gonna be a menace to society #Local girl destroys elementary school pet parade; vandalizes private property; interferes with the private lives of teachers #and ruins her brother's bar mitzvah. More at 6. #my posts #my art #american girl

[rotzaprachim]

you’re thinking about how easily massive numbers of the wildly antisemitic tankies would have been pulled into the actual political tenets of (esp early to mid 20th century) armed Zionism and you’re laughing?????

#This folks is why analysis of ideology and the structures of an ideology is important #Rather than just random ass ethnic signposting #A lot of people see Zionism as something suspicious and jewy that had to do with Jews - I don’t like them #But the reality of Zionism as an initially distinctly leftist branch of political ideology that sought to liberate an oppressed people #With that tiny niggly wiggly issue of the fact people might #Already have lived on that land???? Ohhhh boy #All these cottage core back to the land the world would be better if I could reject modernity and return to the ancient ways of Farming #Society is broken it cannot be fixed the only option is to found a New Tough society that will fix all our previous problems #And we’ll get round to it in heavily armed leftist commune farming settlements #Which we will defend with violence because any violence in the name of an oppressed people is justified and our legitimacy comes from the #Rifle!!! #The only reason you see this ideology as inherently removed and bizarre is antisemitism and the only reason you see yourself removed from i #Also antisemitism!!! #You would have done numbers in ahdut ha-avoda you would have called Ben gurion abbaleh/ #Remember: a bunch of the people who got sucked into this of ideology weren’t the *rich Republican aipac Jews*!*’ your head #They were broke often very secular Jewish leftists working dead end gig economy jobs in farms and sweatshops for whom the idea of a Brave #New World with a. Brave new culture was very appealing and liberating #It offered something new to the broken. #It’s important to talk about this stuff to talk about how it can be undone #But also. The world is not divided into the Oppressed and the Unoppressed #Your political ideology does not stop you from hurting others #No political ideology even anti capitalism or leftism is innately pure- all can harm others #No ethnic and cultural identity no matter how oppressed is free from the potential to subjugate others #No identity or ideology is greater than the right of other people to live freely #Cycles of oppression and the pyramid structure of many empires result in oppressed people harming other oppressed people #Many many goyim think that they’re removed from the logic of Zionism because they aren’t Jews because it’s something wierd and jewy #But I see a lot of the most destructive logics parroted by leftists every day

[notgoingwell]

#vid recs #baggage claim #jk rowling #jkr #harry potter #social commentary #video essay #video essays #commentary #social justice #activism #social issues #oppression #transgender #society #feminism #womens rights #hp #modern politics #identity politics #Youtube

[solvicrafts]

What gets me about certain people being so fucking pissy about Bob not writing much about Eilistraee (until the last fucking trilogy where EIlistraeans featured heavily) is that

a) Bob basically built drow culture up from almost nothing, and Eilistraee came after he started writing Drizzt

b) no you guys really don't understand. I own the first 4 modules drow appeared in. There's... not much there. And it hasn't aged well.

c) and the Big One: he has a specific vision for his specific characters when it comes to the narrative he wants to explore, from sexual abuse to religious trauma, both of which are fucking complicated and for most people just switching deities isn't enough to fix that.

I have religious trauma that I still struggle with to this day and probably will for the rest of my life to some extent, and it's fundamentally different in nature from what most people would probably expect, and the thing is even though I am happily polytheistic and very enthusiastically into it, I still struggle a lot with certain things because every time I get into my religious practice I have to actively force myself into (or out of) certain things because my whole relationship to religion and spirituality is complicated and messy.

It would be easy and frankly incredibly superficial for Bob to decide to just have them all convert to half-assed Neowiccan ~woo~ drow Jesus Eilistraee to *~*save their souls*~* and call it a day

BUT HE DIDN'T DO THAT

Partly because she wasn't his creation and other authors were writing her at the time so he really couldn't, and partly because it's a shitty message to send.

Sometimes people benefit from converting to a new religion or following a new deity. Sometimes people don't.

I benefited from gradually converting to my religion, but it's come with a whole different set of complications and hasn't been a smooth journey for me.

Just going from extensive religious trauma to switching deities does not fix your problems, and for a lot of people it realistically can make them much worse.

but also

you don't have to be saved by a deity in order to have value as a person

#I fucking WAS saved by a deity and while I'm grateful it wasn't an easy ride #and in fact the way certain people in my family treated me was very emotionally abusive #to this fucking day on a journey that's taken me 19 years I STILL have issues with this whole thing #there are some people I may never speak to again because of how they treated me over this #for a Lolthite drow I could easily see them struggling with switching to a new deity especially one like Eilistraee or Vhaeraun #who are NOT seen very positively at all in the society they were raised in #and for a lot of people the fear of being found out and punished is more than enough to prevent them from seeking out a new deity #to say nothing of the already existing religious trauma that would also just as likely make someone hesitate to embrace a new religion #and speaking AS a religious person I do not at all agree with sending the message that traumatize people need to be saved by a god #or by a religious fanatic #my case is extremely unique and while it more or less worked out in the end it was frankly hellish at its worst points #and it cost me a great deal in terms of my relationships with my family and my ability to trust other people #because the way society frames belief in the Greek gods as some distant thing in time like #'haha these people were so STUPID. they believed in gods that turn into swans and stuff' #has absolutely led to a situation where paganism is only cool and okay if it's the woo crystals and sage Neowiccan aesthetic #but actually being a historically based polytheist is conflated with mental illness #and it's damn near impossible to challenge when most modern people have NO understanding of polytheism and take everything literally #as someone who has had to FIGHT just to continue EXISTING as a polytheist I am still FIRMLY against the idea that people NEED religion #in order to have value as people or to heal #yes for SOME people it works. for others it doesn't. AND THAT'S OKAY

[apollos-boyfriend]

my roommate is the strongest person alive for sitting through my like half an hour rant about greco roman mythology modernizations and the rampant misconceptions that have been spread in the recent years, partially from people unwilling to accept that no actually, these myths were Not originally feminist scripture that got rewritten by the man, they just really fucking hated women back then

#icarus speaks #FUCK OVID #ALL MY HOMIES HATE OVID !!!!! #it very quickly spiraled from me explaining the story of icarus to my gripes w literally Most Modern Retellings #and the issue of people unable to differentiate between greek and roman conceptualizations and traditions #i’m glad feminist retellings can be done!! i’m glad we can modernize and reconceptulize mythos to modern day ideologies!! #that’s what myth IS. it grows and changes in its society to mirror ideals and values #but also it’s important to recognize what ARE modern beliefs and mythos and what isn’t #sorry. i’m doing it again

[wayward-wren]

Classic Who explores ideas, New Who explores morals

classic who is like 'i see this trend, lets explore what might happen if that trend continues and let the audience figure out what it's talking about and come to their own conclusions.'

new who is like 'this trend is BAD and i'm going to PREACH A SPEECH about why it's going to RUIN EVERYTHING' and it's so much more exhausting

#wren rambles #doctor who #this brought on by me watching orphan 55 #which had SUCH a fun concept #and then absolutely FACEPLANTED with the doctor moralizing at the end #like yes doctor who has ALWAYS explored topical and political issues #but never is there a definitive I Am Telling You This Is Right message #whereas now I just had to sit here and watch 13 preaching at me? #ughghg #explore the idea but don't shove it down my throat #classic who had an episode (Ice Warriors) exploring climate change as one aspect of the story #talking about how all the plants were removed and that messed with the atmosphere etc. #but that was just a SMALL PART of the whole episode and it was never outright condemned (it was made clear it was BAD and the root problems #but that was never the BIG ISSUE the Doctor Lectured His Companions about) (not that victoria or jamie could do anything lol) #plus this feeds into my issues with 13's run (which started during 12's somewhat but less so) #where the Doctor is painted as the Narratively Right one #where when she says something that's what the narrative wants you to BELIEVE #which coming from Two and Three's run is WILD #because Two is chaotic and murderous when he thinks he's right #and he's manipulative and deceptive at times #and Three is selfish and pouty and rude #and don't get me wrong Thirteen has her issues and I lvoe them #HOWEVER. she's pretty much always RIGHT she's the Word Of God when it comes to moral things #and this more than anything is my biggest issues with Modern Who #mostly 12 and 13's eras #so i hope we move out of that somewhat in the new era but i'm not super holding up hopes (especially after star beast) #maybe one day i'll write a proper full article about it but GOSH #i don't watch this show to be preached at. I watch it for a fun/tragic scifi romp and also to see interesting ideas explored #and reflect the climate of the world and how society influences media #explore the idea of climate change turning the world into a post apocalypse! that's such a fun idea and topical!

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

I kind of want to try making mead or ambrosia 👀

Obviously not right now because I have Shit To Do; but maybe during the summer after I’ve moved

#alcohol mention #Apparently you can make mead out of honey and I love honey so of course I have to try it #I want to make more food from scratch so I can reduce my plastic consumption #because my ten-year goal is to convert to a completely anticapitalist zero-waste lifestyle #Just for me… I don’t put pressure on anyone to do the same unless they’re well-off and being ridiculous about their consumption #Except for maybe encouraging people to switch to reusable water bottles if they’re in an area where the tap water is potable #(like where I live) #or flaunting my canvas shopping bag that I got for 5 dollars at a hardware store whenever possible #Okay I guess I do push people a little bit #But it’s all reasonable things directed at people I know are physically mentally and financially able to do those things #or I’ll just casually mention microplastics and pollution in conversation as a “fun fact” #But I’m not ridiculous about it with anyone but myself #I hold myself to some weird standards that I don’t hold others to and I’m fine with it #Obviously it’s the corporations’ faults that everything is the way it is and no single person can make a huge difference #But if everyone does one thing to help the planet; then it might buy us some time to change the system #There is also the issue of supply and demand; if more people reduce plastic intake then less plastic will be produced #But again: it’s very hard to be ethical in this society. EVERYTHING enjoyable is packaged in plastic and it sucks #(ok not literally everything but consider: most candy is wrapped in plastic and clothes have plastic tags and chips are in plastic #sushi is in plastic containers and meat is in shrink wrap or styrofoam and most modern chewing gum is a byproduct of vinyl #toys are packaged in plastic etc. etc.)

[phantastragoria]

Preview for GotG #03...

#guardians of the galaxy #wednesday spoilers #tw animal death #spoilers tag if u care i doubt anyone at this point does but ah. #why are they being turned into the british :( #idc if Djurdjevic had redesigned pete for the modern age to be vaguely british THAT WAS TWO DECADES AGO.. AND IT WAS ALREADY A DUMB STRETCH #anyways this is how i lose. goodbye goodbye to the astrologers of spartax and the mystic angle i guess #not that i don't think spartoi society isn't bigoted. they absolutely are we know this. i'd like an exploration of that issue but UHM #maybe not like this cartoonish thing written by two white men. #doubt she'll actually show up but at least victoria is still queen?? small win?? PLEASE don't fuck her up too #they really perverted peter's gold antlers by giving him a dumb hat with wooden ones... get out of here. i hate u. #also idk if it's just my dumb brain or my attention span problems but every issue of this is so hard to read and comprehend is it JUST me?? #genuine question for anyone who's read this far into the tags legit is anything else by these writers. like this...

[onewomancitadel]

Not to sound like that but why do so many modern television productions seem populated by smoothskinned androids in little plastic sets. It must partly be a product of the flat lighting for 4K HD television, right? It's harder to do dynamic lighting for that especially if you don't know how a scene is going to look pre-CGI. Btw where are their sebacious filaments

#for the last time sebacious filaments are not blackheads #my issue is that if you look at the 'reject modernity'-esque posts which even circulate around on Tumblr you go to the original OP #and they're like 'anyway this is why modern society is degenerate' and then you go OOOOOOH #this isn't a commercial critique #also it's really funny when they prize white Greek marble statues because those were painted #perhaps with most relatively modern analogue to Hindu sculptures #there's this retrojection of the 'refined' Greek marble sculpture with superiority in simplicity #no it was brightly coloured #pigments were richly used #but it's where ideology meets reconstruction of history

[randomnameless]

Uh... :

Some people like adaptations that don't respect the source material ? Especially bcs they don't respect it ?

Why are they watching an adaptation of something that exists then ?

#Real life issues #Of course it's Nintendo approved it's their product #If you want something 'interesting' like talking about modern society #Why the frick are you watching Mario

[anomalouscorvid]

∞

(for this)

It doesn't solve a thing to dress it / In a pretty gown / A stone will not need you to guess if / You're still going to drown

(Illusion & Dream (Poets of the Fall))

#i think the last two times i did this one of the songs was also a poets of the fall song #which is mostly a matter of random chance probably unless the shuffle is biased (although i do have a lot of potf songs on there) #also i saw that it seems to vary whether people split the lines shown into two parts each or not (these lines are sung similarly) #but there's an audible difference between each part in both so it wouldn't make sense to split only one line in the written lyrics #also i'm noticing a lot of potf songs are very shallow-feeling `wowww modern society is sooo fucked up and evil and i won't elaborate` #with lots of emphasis on ~waking up and seeing how things actually are~. but i do notice they never go for any political stuff #just vaguely gesturing towards modern society as the cause of issues or whatever. but with nice-sounding music at least #i still like their music and they have plenty of songs that Aren't just about that but it is something i notice a lot #...and despite thinking this song is kind of also like that in parts i still have it on the playlist because i like it anyway

[nomaishuttle]

the thing most ppl dont realize is baby you know that i miss you i wanna get with you tonight but i cannot baby girl and thats the issue girl you know i miss you i just wanna kiss you but i cant right now so baby kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) ill see you later on (later on later on) kiss me thru the phone (kiss me thru the phone) see you when i get home and really thats the problem with modern society

#im not even in an ldr anymore. but i am when i listen to this song #truly and with emotion BABY YOU KNOW THAT I MISS YOU I WANNA GET WITH YOU TONIGHT BUT I CANNOT BABY GIRL AND THATS THE ISSUE!!!!!!!!!!! #even tho hes legit upstairs asleep. and i can go upstairs and kiss him thru the real life #this songs good. more musicw like this #society if music never evolved past likee 2009... #<- joke theres a lot of modern/more recent music i like #i just miss 2000s/early2010s pop...

[rotzaprachim]

gd things in the hell fic Draf that i’m v v excited to have more publicly chew on but. the comparison between a war-torn society in which soldierdom is passed along biological lines of fathers and sons, and another war-torn society in which journeyman, honoured *full fledged* soldiers train chosen apprentices. and where therefor becomes the line between a son who becomes a soldier and an apprentice who becomes a soldier?  the way reproduction is essential for war to continue, and yet violence itself is inimicable to life. how does the domestic walk into battlefield when every connection you have is through a military organisation, versus how much a civillian were you ever when your father was a soldier? 

#the long form comparison in her between nina and fedyor (most interesting totally underexplored relationship intro'd in the show #imho because... he is not her foster dad! her dad! he's her commanding officer and handler who'se six years older!!!) #and matthias and his own father #i just think. nina and matthias as both soldiers and the way their societies are so parallel. so completely opposite and so much the same #a hartz iz nisht kein meleks trone #take the water prisoner #in general i'm fascinated by writing that blurs the line between martial and domestic issues #anything that breaks the line between The BattleField and the Cozy Hearth Where My Wife Is #and i don't think modern fantasy has done that nearly enough!!!! #my writing #also in other news i heard relay by fiona apple first time today

[astrochemstry]

this is an important post and idk why i didnt think of this sooner but i am humbly asking for anyone who can, to reply or send an ask about any toxic trends/behaviour/etc. in society today, i need it for school, literally any issue is welcome

#so hah im in my schools #advocacy and community department in the council #and I very much want to address issues especially in modern society and in the internet #like trends like meanspo and shit #its somethign my country isnt able to learn about #its just toxic behaviour is so normalized here and i despise it so much #mental health #toxic behavior #FUCK i dont know what tags to put

[nerdygaymormon]

The LGBTQ community has seen controversy regarding acceptance of different groups (bisexual and transgender individuals have sometimes been marginalized by the larger community), but the term LGBT has been a positive symbol of inclusion and reflects the embrace of different identities and that we’re stronger together and need each other. While there are differences, we all face many of the same challenges from broader society.

In the 1960′s, in wider society the meaning of the word gay transitioned from ‘happy’ or ‘carefree’ to predominantly mean ‘homosexual’ as they adopted the word as was used by homosexual men, except that society also used it as an umbrella term that meant anyone who wasn’t cisgender or heterosexual. The wider queer community embraced the word ‘gay’ as a mark of pride.

The modern fight for queer rights is considered to have begun with The Stonewall Riots in 1969 and was called the Gay Liberation Movement and the Gay Rights Movement.

The acronym GLB surfaced around this time to also include Lesbian and Bisexual people who felt “gay” wasn’t inclusive of their identities. 

Early in the gay rights movement, gay men were largely the ones running the show and there was a focus on men’s issues. Lesbians were unhappy that gay men dominated the leadership and ignored their needs and the feminist fight. As a result, lesbians tended to focus their attention on the Women’s Rights Movement which was happening at the same time. This dominance by gay men was seen as yet one more example of patriarchy and sexism. 

In the 1970′s, sexism and homophobia existed in more virulent forms and those biases against lesbians also made it hard for them to find their voices within women’s liberation movements. Betty Friedan, the founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW), commented that lesbians were a “lavender menace” that threatened the political efficacy of the organization and of feminism and many women felt including lesbians was a detriment.

In the 80s and 90s, a huge portion of gay men were suffering from AIDS while the lesbian community was largely unaffected. Lesbians helped gay men with medical care and were a massive part of the activism surrounding the gay community and AIDS. This willingness to support gay men in their time of need sparked a closer, more supportive relationship between both groups, and the gay community became more receptive to feminist ideals and goals. 

Approaching the 1990′s it was clear that GLB referred to sexual identity and wasn’t inclusive of gender identity and T should be added, especially since trans activist have long been at the forefront of the community’s fight for rights and acceptance, from Stonewall onward. Some argued that T should not be added, but many gay, lesbian and bisexual people pointed out that they also transgress established gender norms and therefore the GLB acronym should include gender identities and they pushed to include T in the acronym. 

GLBT became LGBT as a way to honor the tremendous work the lesbian community did during the AIDS crisis. 

Towards the end of the 1990s and into the 2000s, movements took place to add additional letters to the acronym to recognize Intersex, Asexual, Aromantic, Agender, and others. As the acronym grew to LGBTIQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIAA, many complained this was becoming unwieldy and started using a ‘+’ to show LGBT aren’t the only identities in the community and this became more common, whether as LGBT+ or LGBTQ+. 

In the 2010′s, the process of reclaiming the word “queer” that began in the 1980′s was largely accomplished. In the 2020′s the LGBTQ+ acronym is used less often as Queer is becoming the more common term to represent the community. 

#mattxiv #queer history #lgbt #lgbtq+ #queer #long post

[skitskatdacat63]

And what if I said I agreed with Plato about philosopher kings? What if I think he was right!?

#how do i write a paper abt this and not seem like im endorcing oligarchies JSKFKFLGLGLV #idk man im disillusioned with the government rn its very difficult to argue in favor of our form of government #like how do i say. yeah i dont think this would actually work in practice #but man if it did ....it would be pretty cool 🫢 #idk sometimes i feel like in modern society im too burdened by self awareness and autonomy sjfkfkg #so when we learned about philosopher kings idk it just sounded weirdly ...nice? #like i dont think it would work out bcs people always are going to abuse the system #but god really sometimes i WOULD prefer an almost dictatorship of people who are actually competent #like the idea of philosopher kings is that they are raised to become a leader #that is their speciality. like a baker makes bread. like a fisherman catches fish. etc. #and im sry but rn in this current political climate i think i would prefer that over the grand majority of politicians 🫣 #lmao i had to argue in favor of philosopher kings in some debate #so now i like on some level endorse it bcs i had to fight for it yknow and actually made the most compelling argument #its just weird bcs theoretically systems of democracy are a lot easier to tear apart and find the issues in #but yeah LOL hope my prof doesnt get a bad idea of me from this paper 😭😭😭 #on some level im playing devils advocate? but rly i do somewhat agree w Plato #i think most political systems are unfortunately very idealistic and are always going to have issues irl #and so its very hard to argue for the system we have now that i witness constant problems from #and easier to argue abt the one i dont live under and have no experience witj #anyways. plato was right. sjkfkf #catie.rambling.txt