In other words, I get really leery when “realism” goes from an expression type to some sort of rope around the neck and criteria for judgement in an absolute way when it comes to art.

Another thing LRP tangentially reminded me of: how ppl will say visually-driven social media pages are “fake” or “superficial” or “curated” as a pejorative if there’s any focus tied to themes or aesthetics. As if “realism” is only expressed through sloppiness, chaos or resentment for visual skills.

I am very left-wing, and the way you know this is that I am always primed to begin handing it to right-wing dictators on the slightest excuse

The problem is people confuse the pleasure of consumption—that pleasantness—with the arduous, underpaid, exploitative, highly volatile nature of production.

Ppl liking seeing, hearing, touching, feeling, experiencing art…doesn’t mean regular working artists spend everyday happy, well-fed and safe.

Literally felt the same. It’s a pathetic excuse for “news”.

Had to take it back!

Dem voters are going to spin their wheels calling for Schumer to resign while whoever would take over for him would do the exact same things he's done. The. same. things. The rot is pervasive.

So, even if Kamala Harris ran the centrist campaign of their dreams featuring police officers, Liz Cheney, no Palestinians, and a pledge to build the most lethal military in the world she did it Black-ly and woman-ly so actually it was a “far left” campaign.