I have tried so hard to make myself write small things and literally the moment I commit to doing some my brain is like HERE IS THE BIG THING YOU HAVE BEEN WRESTLING WITH FOR LO THESE TWO LONG YEARS
American class denial x TV produces the weirdest vibes, all these fans of THE dominant pop cultural force in fiction (SF&F) running defense bc it’s ⬇️class coded + aspiring ⬆️class people who never quite thought about why we literally branded shows “prestige TV,” it makes my brain jump down a well.
Okay who’s written the not-fan-coded essay about how Andor S1’s prison break draws a direct line between the carceral state and the full flowering of genocide and fascism in S2? One that doesn’t rattle off a litany of SW names and details to establish fan cred.
The $$$ effort to crush Mamdani’s candidacy is now kinda openly an effort to crush young voters into cynicism, apathy, and inaction. An establishment absolutely devoted to burning its own future at every level.
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I learned the most incredible thing about sea sponges in art history yesterday and if you think I will not find a way to get it into this blog post about social networks you are hopefully wrong I am working on it I mean who knows
