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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 13h

ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · Jun 28

Came across the term "petro-masculinity":

"In these spaces, fossil fuels can serve as potent conservative symbols that represent masculinity, autonomy, and self-sufficiency, even when they are not real economic interests for most of the public."

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Petro-masculinity and the politics of climate refusal

Writer in Residence Cara Daggett explores how 'climate refusal' is being created by new violent forms of petro-masculinity.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 13h

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · Jun 28

Came across the term "petro-masculinity":

"In these spaces, fossil fuels can serve as potent conservative symbols that represent masculinity, autonomy, and self-sufficiency, even when they are not real economic interests for most of the public."

autonomy.work/portfolio/pe...

Petro-masculinity and the politics of climate refusal

Writer in Residence Cara Daggett explores how 'climate refusal' is being created by new violent forms of petro-masculinity.

autonomy.work

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 1d

Which leads to the question, How do we say enough?

No Kings 2 this Saturday is a start, but that needs to translate into some next steps.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 1d

Also, let's do our best to ramp up misery in the rest of the world so more people are desperate enough to toil for those wages.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 2d

"You say lazy, I say efficient" is one of my personal aphorisms.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 2d

"It's becoming quite difficult to hide one's money."
Yes, clearly a sign of the impending apocalypse.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 4d

"Just focus on the church" = "bring back the Latin mass"

ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 4d

"Your job is to look out the window and see if it's raining."

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 4d

A certain demographic counters: Neil Diamond is very hot.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 5d

Maybe they should have asked ChatGPT...

ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 6d

Nope, other way around

ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 6d

"Pray I do not alter it any further."

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 7d

I found it easier to sleep sitting up after the gallbladder came out, but I just use a stack of pillows. Since you don't want to roll, having the constraint of a chair would be safer.

ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 7d

The point of the Rapture is not to go to heaven; being saved gets that done.

The point is that everyone else sees you go to heaven, especially all the losers who don't get to go. If you can't bask in your specialness, is there even a point to heaven?

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 7d

Gonna be wild if she's the one who surmounts the Being Female electoral obstacle.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 8d

Look up "petromasculinity." It is, as usual, all about the aesthetics.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like there's a political metaphor here, but it's Sunday afternoon and I'm too lazy to dig it out.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 8d

All those press releases from GOP representatives rejoicing that SCOTUS removed regulatory authority from unelected bureaucrats and returned that power to Congress, and then they just hand over the power of the purse to an unelected bureaucrat.

ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 8d

Hating on Mexico but using Cinco de Mayo as an excuse to get drunk

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 9d

My AI friend has lots of feelings, and they're just like mine! So there!

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 9d

Well, I'm guessing you had some training, and I'm not sure that's a priority for this administration.

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ChelseaNH @chelseanh.bsky.social · 9d