#once we recogonize our flaws

[kvtnisseverdeen]

suzanne collins when she writes about overconsumption and capitalism in the capitol while the districts are starving meanwhile in our world we literally have met gala's, fast fashion, and funding for wars all while people are starving to death

suzanne collins when she writes about how reality tv shows and the media distracted the capital citizens from the hunger games/political violence while we're witnessing the same thing happen in real time with palestine and the media and not to mention how the hunger games movies themselves become memes

suzanne collins when she writes about how the katniss and peeta love story was a distraction from the political violence in panem at the hands of the capitol meanwhile the hunger games movie released and people focused on the katniss/peeta/gale love triangle, how to get the katniss braid, and "which district are you?" quizzes instead of focusing on the politics/violence of it

suzanne collins writing about how snow used his charm and charsima to get ahead while people are putting political figures on pedestals like making thirst trap tiktoks of volodymyr zelenskyy and barack obama when both have done some awful things but people won't look past their "looks and charm"

#the list goes on and on #suzanne collins made POINTS about the world we live in #and we all ignored it #im also not expempt for this as i've also done some of these things #we're not all perfect but im trying to be #once we recogonize our flaws #we should fix them #suzanne collins #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #text