Kiln Me Softly

like this is so fucked up. it doesnt immediately read as an advertisement, conceptually it executes the levels of irony and deconstruction that usually make for successful memes in this genre or whatever. its almost subverting itself, but ultimately it still succeeds as an advertisement. it makes me sick. for every misfire of corporations trying to relate (pepsi protest commercial), theres another company getting better at it

i really think that you’re blowing this out of proportion and having very little faith in people’s ability to decide what they want for themselves. it’s just not that deep.

(hey also if you want dozens of terrifying examples of what I mean, just type ‘brand identity schema’ into Google like I just did and take a gander at all those scholarly articles discussing how best to acquire consumers, like we’re a fucking commodity)

install ublock origin. on mobile, block every promoted tweet you see. don’t let them convince you that this shit is normal.

Pay attention to little bizarre happenings like these, they betray the rest of the iceberg

How does time influence the lifestyle we choose? When I was in college, the dominant class activists constantly challenged me to choose between the messaging of climate justice or my mental health and being seen as less than. Time poverty is defined as the chronic feeling of having too many things to do and not enough time to do them and it is increasing in society. The common thread is that both time and financial poverty intersect and shape how people act. Many economically disadvantaged communities of color that are systematically oppressed by the laws and policies implemented by governments are the same ones with the least access to opportunities. Now, even if we follow a time structure, we have to think of the system of adults processes: such as if you live in a low-income neighborhood that has a dense population, you lose time going back home because of traffic, compared to a rich community that doesn’t have as many people in their community. Our jobs are not created equal. We know for a fact that many working-class people are often the most brutalized in facing injustices compared to those in higher-end salary jobs. Yes, all jobs are toxic, but for many people who have intensive jobs, this also affects their ability to take care of themselves. Our health is being robbed for many of us and it is not fair. I share with you all the lack of patience I have developed over my childhood years for waiting for public buses, especially in Los Angeles. A friend in college once shamed me for asking if we could Uber back to campus as I did not want to wait for the bus and they instantly shamed me and told me that they thought I was an environmentalist. I explained how my frustrations come from having to wait hours in the heat growing up as a child to get back from school due to the lack of resources in my city and how I want to reclaim my time. The biggest issue is that there is often this glorification of green lifestyles from the dominant class wanting to be perfect rather than breaking down the nuances we live in today in choosing our lifestyles. Before we try to ask others, why aren’t you flight-free, ad-free, vegan, zero-waste, chemical-free, car-free, or whatever lifestyle you choose, perhaps we should also add nuance to these conversations. Yes, these lifestyles are not exclusive to wealthy people, but we must also add that two truths can co-exist. The mentality of, “if I can do it, you can too” can’t be a blanket statement used to ignore socioeconomic inequality and oppression. We have to push for more nuanced conversations and conclude that perhaps there isn’t a set answer but rather an active conversation we should be having in the environmental movement. Dismantling perfectionism is essential in liberating ourselves from an expectation of time poverty. -queerbrownvegan

once again thinking about this guys "birdhouse" bc his hoa banned antennas but not "birdhouses"

bug boys

three apes looking at a bug

Nargile (water pipe), turn of the century Turkey

Then I looked at the report and the authors are all economics professors.

Mark Powell

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had to get that off my chest… 

THANK YOU!!! THESE ARE INDICTMENTS OF OUR COUNTRY!!! NOT INSPIRATION!! 

out of all the explanations, two gay husbands making a gay art piece was defiantly not on my list