I appreciate you adding a wider social context to this discourse! i do wonder about the idea that we don’t read anymore -- I just read something from the American library association that said gen z and millennials are using libraries at higher rates than older generations that surprised me
also I just fell down a little rabbit hole on that viral ballet dancer video, bc as soon as she said “secular music” I was like wait a minuteee -- that’s a major evangelical Christian red flag. a lot of her other videos reference an “agenda” against children, saving the kids by the blood of Jesus, etc. which sort of reframes her whole point to me. Really surprised something like that went so viral but maybe I am just siloed in my little leftist gay TikTok bubble lmao
Omg the most wholesome thing in the world is that sweet kid who wanted pop tarts, an album and a crunchyroll sub for xmas!!! Kid knows what they want and who they are!!! Especially your analogy of sh*t rolling downhill, I never want to see the effects of my bad behaviour reflected in youth — that analogy could really snap ppl out of survival mode. Side note: my fave podcast Who? Weekly made a meme of Emerald Fennell by calling her the “Promising young ‘Promising Young Woman’ woman” and it sends me into fits every time I think of it
I also think sheet cakes taste better/have better ratios than tall cakes!!!
I appreciate you adding a wider social context to this discourse! i do wonder about the idea that we don’t read anymore -- I just read something from the American library association that said gen z and millennials are using libraries at higher rates than older generations that surprised me
https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/11/new-ala-report-gen-z-millennials-are-visiting-library-prefer-print-books
also I just fell down a little rabbit hole on that viral ballet dancer video, bc as soon as she said “secular music” I was like wait a minuteee -- that’s a major evangelical Christian red flag. a lot of her other videos reference an “agenda” against children, saving the kids by the blood of Jesus, etc. which sort of reframes her whole point to me. Really surprised something like that went so viral but maybe I am just siloed in my little leftist gay TikTok bubble lmao
All this math (girl, millennial...) but no reading :(
Omg the most wholesome thing in the world is that sweet kid who wanted pop tarts, an album and a crunchyroll sub for xmas!!! Kid knows what they want and who they are!!! Especially your analogy of sh*t rolling downhill, I never want to see the effects of my bad behaviour reflected in youth — that analogy could really snap ppl out of survival mode. Side note: my fave podcast Who? Weekly made a meme of Emerald Fennell by calling her the “Promising young ‘Promising Young Woman’ woman” and it sends me into fits every time I think of it