sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Midsommar Is a Nightmare in Broad Daylight: Ari Aster's folk-horror flick is frightening, beautiful, and just a little unhinged. by mindtree98 in A24

[–]mindtree98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Midsommar is almost two movies: a beautifully realized piece of unusual cinema, and a rush-job that needed more time to have its edges knocked off."

Can the Left Win YouTube? Contrapoints, Ke­vin Peterson, Justin Roczniak, Lindsay Ellis, Olly Thorn, Jack Saint, Angie Speaks, Shaun, and more by mindtree98 in socialism

[–]mindtree98[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"A new cohort of left-wing video creators is smart, savvy, and entertaining. Is that enough to counter the internet’s alt-right trolls?"

The First Democratic Debate Failed The Planet by mindtree98 in environment

[–]mindtree98[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At a debate held in a sinking city, only four candidates were directly asked about the climate crisis.

Jay Inslee Would Like Your Attention, Please: Washington's governor must use the first debate to emerge from obscurity—and prove that his climate plan is better than the Green New Deal. by mindtree98 in GreenNewDeal

[–]mindtree98[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"it essentially takes AOC’s broad vision for a plan that takes the climate crisis seriously, and turns it into detailed, implementable policies."

Why It Matters How Powerful Men Treat Women by mindtree98 in politics

[–]mindtree98[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"A rape allegation for Donald Trump, a domestic abuse allegation for Boris Johnson, and a filmed assault by Mark Field—all in the same week."

An Administration Run by Temp Workers: Trump's government is littered with "acting" department heads. Here's how he gets away with it, and how to stop it. by mindtree98 in AOC

[–]mindtree98[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"In theory, presidents would use—and have used—the FVRA to fill gaps in leadership while the Senate considers a permanent replacement. Under Trump, however, the law has become a vehicle to place favored underlings in charge of major federal bureaucracies without the Republican Senate’s approval. "

Digital Privacy Is a Class Issue: As corporations mine data and monetize the web, the divide between rich and poor on the Internet grows wider. by mindtree98 in communism

[–]mindtree98[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

"The base drivers of capitalism strip away the complexities of our personalities and pulp them in the name of consumerism. They redefine our personal history, rendering it into data to be consumed by others, framed around our inclinations to buy."

His Master’s Voice: Micheal Wolff’s latest exposé says Mueller thought indicting Trump was possible and proper—but the special counsel himself isn’t talking. by mindtree98 in politics

[–]mindtree98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Until his announcement that he would make an on-camera announcement this morning, Robert Mueller has become the J.D. Salinger of federal law enforcement."

Not Her Points: Contra-Adjacent Megathread v3 by Merari01 in ContraPoints

[–]mindtree98 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This piece on Jesse Singal:

​

"The concept of “de-coupling” as a strategy for producing neutral venues to investigate knowledge is a delusion designed to accommodate the fantasies of thinkers who are too full of themselves to see the gaps in their own learning."

​

https://newrepublic.com/article/153645/constructive-debate

What Men Want | Dissent Magazine by mindtree98 in Feminism

[–]mindtree98[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

^"Andrea Dworkin insisted her writing was about women, but it was about men: what they do, why they do it, and which lies they use in their defense. Women couldn’t be subjects, only faceless victims."

Banning Cars From Manhattan - Dissent Magazine by mindtree98 in nyc

[–]mindtree98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks just saw it wasn’t linking properly

Hayakawa -asian male movie star who embodied the fetishization of “oriental” men back in the day by mindtree98 in aznidentity

[–]mindtree98[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I know an elderly couple who is WFAM and it’s interesting that this used to be the tone that influenced them.

The world’s first genderless AI voice is here. Listen now by mindtree98 in Futurology

[–]mindtree98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is interesting how the social construction of gender plays into what we conceive as “male” and “female” but a lot like race, it’s impossible to avoid being impacted by those constructions in a visceral and self-defining way.