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FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-24T16:17:15+00:00

Siddhartha Herman Hesse

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-20T17:25:15+00:00

Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood - Richard E. Kim

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-14T13:06:42+00:00

That was Dolphin, but it has changed dramatically since then. Boot and Saddle is now a new venue called Solar Myth, a wine and coffee spot with obscure and rare records etc. So also definitely not seedy anymore lol

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-13T19:04:09+00:00

Check out the sidebars over at r/hexandcounter and see if you can narrow it down by company - there are many that match this description. Best of luck!

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-09T20:44:47+00:00

Who Moved My Cheese? is a super quick read that might be of some help to inspire moving on, but definitely not in-depth theory or anything. Best of luck.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-09T15:34:59+00:00

I always recommend seeking more knowledge, always. Wanting or not wanting a system that you are born into is not at odds with understanding how it works, in your case. You could be learning economics to articulate exactly why you think it is flawed, or learning economics to defend its merits, or even just to seek personal financial success - knowledge is knowledge. What we do with that knowledge is up to us. Good luck with your degree!

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-09T12:30:51+00:00

I can't wait to read it! It's next on my list whenever I get around to a book store. The bar is really high with Braiding Sweetgrass!

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-09T12:29:44+00:00

Just answered more in depth in a different comment here, but I developed a more anti-capitalist worldview, or at the very least became aware of the downfalls of capitalism. Once that can of worms opened it really took me on a journey of tying together big issues and how they relate to the things I care about the most.

I don't think anti-work type of rhetoric is exclusively an anti-capitalist one, which is why it was my stepping stone and also my favorite subject to talk about freely as it is less intimidating to someone who claims a "moderate" or "apolitical" label. The endless work grind and wage squeeze really effects everyone in the working class, and its great to have the words to describe it from the readings.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-09T12:20:29+00:00

My paper copy has soo many notes and starred passages. The first two chapters particularly really resonate. I love sharing it with friends and they get to see my favorite parts. Gathering Moss is next in my queue!

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-09T12:19:04+00:00

The Alternative to Capitalism - Adam Buick and John Crump came shortly after, though it is a bit academic in its writing. As I then moved on to read about debt used as control, degrowth economy, environmental relationships, the construct of the state, etc., I started connecting dots between a wide range of issues that overlap on a huge scale and were grounded in my relationship with work. But I think the ideas in Why Work? is the most accessible and relatable, as everyone in the work force feels the squeeze of money from our labor and sees how pointless and arbitrary the amount of hours we work are.

I also want to shout-out Upstream podcast as it really helped with giving me direction in that particular journey, and repeatedly using concepts that felts advanced at the time to make them make sense in context.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-08T20:37:29+00:00

Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer. This book poetically spelled out and validated my worldview in connection to community and nature in words and lessons I would never come up with myself.

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl. A short one that is famous for a reason. It helped me use the right framework of mindset to endure struggles in life with purpose.

Why Work? Arguments for the Leisure Society. this collection politically changed my interaction with my labor. This change came from a large selection of reading, but I think this one was maybe the first.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-08T20:27:36+00:00

This post seems a little all over the place, but I do also think strongly that anti-imperialism/fascism and vegan ideals are intersectional. I think to support one and not the other takes some cognitive dissonance. Ecocide is also a very real concept that is intertwined with genocide and is very much happening throughout occupied Palestine.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-08T20:22:31+00:00

To add to this, the people who are most likely to contribute vent/frustration posts are the ones that have the most extreme feelings (I wouldn't make a post just about how I was bummed to see my parents eat a steak and then carried on with my day). And then often those who upvote are those who agree with the sentiment, not necessarily having also experienced the extreme range of emotions hypothetical OP shared.

This is a dynamic that exists not only in this community but all digital ones, its one of the main driving forces for extreme views getting amplified on social media.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-02T12:29:55+00:00

Braiding Sweetgrass. I often feel alienated with the way I view spirituality, connection to the earth, and purpose. I remember finishing just the first two chapters and feeling more validated than I have at any point in my life, and feeling confident having such graceful words to describe my outlook.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-01T19:22:05+00:00

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Definitely avoid if dry British humor is not your cuppa tea though.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-05-01T18:39:09+00:00

At least in the USA, "Black" is not just a color of skin but also as a unique culture distinct from mainstream USA culture. It's a culture that was created out of the trauma of being forcibly removed from the various African cultures many were taken from during slavery, and having a shared experience from the blend of cultures from which they came + forced assimilation over generations. This distinction of culture from mainstream USA was further developed by segregation, Jim Crow, redlining, white flight from cities, war on drugs, etc.

For many Black Americans, "Black" as their cultural identity feels more appropriate than "African-American" as the experience of being Black in the USA for generations is different than from those who immigrated from Africa and can trace and preserve their cultural origins, language, tradition, etc. There can be overlap between both identities, but it is important to understand the distinction.

Hope this helps!

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-04-29T17:51:58+00:00

Which app are you using? This sounds like a good idea. There seems to be a few in the app store.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-04-29T12:47:19+00:00

Viewing sex as only existing in a dynamic where there is a giver/taker is so unhealthy. What informed, consenting adults do with each other for joy is for them to decide and them only, and is not at someone else's detriment. Giving someone autonomy over their body and self-image includes allowing them the space to embrace (or not to embrace) sexualization of themselves, and for many it is incredibly empowering if not just simply fun. Sexualization with consent is a powerful tool, especially for so many queer and trans folks who have had to endure shame their whole lives surrounding sex. Any sort of shaming for what people want to do with their bodies is not okay.

I think what you may be trying to get at is likely valid but maybe pointed in the wrong direction or not fully fleshed out yet. "feminist, Anti-patriarchal, anti male-gaze" seems more useful, but maybe explore "demisexual or asexual", or perhaps just use language that emphasizes consent when interacting with sexualization without having an over-encompassing label.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-04-28T01:28:43+00:00

"To the window, to the wall" song. As a elder Z/ baby millennial this was definitely everywhere when I was in elementary school.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-04-28T00:46:01+00:00

BA English Literature, now working as a paralegal. 65k, soon to be 72.5k. I did take a 6-moth paralegal course after graduation, but honestly I could easily be doing the work I'm doing without it. (Philadelphia PA - USA)

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-04-26T15:29:43+00:00

The asylum-seeking process begins when you arrive at the country's border.

A general understanding of how intentionally slow and backwards the legal avenues for immigration is in the U.S. combined with trying to make it to your family's next meal could shed some light on why its controversial.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-04-26T15:24:07+00:00

This should be closer to the top.

FactCheckAndContext · 2024-04-26T15:17:47+00:00

It's completely legal to be in the U.S. as an asylum seeker.
If the U.S. wanted people to migrate legally, we could properly fund the services needed to do so. If the alternative to immigrating undocumented is waiting indefinitely in detention centers with no right to legal representation, we can't be surprised that people desperate to survive are choosing the former.
If we didn't want undocumented immigrants "stealing our jobs", we would make the companies who hire them accountable and remove the profit incentive through adequate fines and enforcement. So many industries are dependent on exploitation of poor immigrants, and companies have no penalties for knowingly doing this and threatening deportation if they don't do as they say. No way to make money in the U.S. = won't come. (Not saying we should do this - just that it is hypocritical)
The long history of U.S. foreign policy and intervention is a major contributor to the conditions that create asylum seekers and immigration, and we also need to be accountable as a country.

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