"A man free of patriarchy is a man who has found not only every woman's humanity, but one who has at last discovered his own. The actual path to liberation for lonely men is feminism—because pursuing an identity based on dominating others is self-isolating."
Today I wrote about the Male Loneliness Epidemic, and the ways that a cult(ure) of abuse leads so many to seek paths of healing solely on behalf of abusers, and doing so not by building paths of universal liberation, but by repairing paths of domination. https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/
Today I wrote about the racist accommodation to the racist response to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show; the moral hazard of extending good faith to those who act in bad faith; and how alienating white bigots is actually part of the solution, not a part of the problem. https://www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-game/
Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. https://www.the-reframe.com/the-shovel-next-time/
Trump: here's my nobel Reporter: *nods* Trump: had to sand the name off Reporter: *nods* Trump: big prize, the nobel, maybe the biggest Reporter: *nods* Trump: it's isn't "noble" a lot of people don't know that Reporter: *nods* Trump: and it won't fit up your ass
Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.
As a conservative Christian college student, it’s my firm religious belief that the correct answer to every question—in this test or any other, whether multiple-choice, essay, or oral examination—is C, and if you don’t give me full credit then you are taking away my freedom of religion and secret police should take you away to protect free speech.
I wrote about attending No Kings, opposing visions of America, what hating those visions says about those who hate them, the importance being earnest, and the necessity of finding the next step.
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes .... Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated."
you guys don't mock the president. my own grandfather was murdered when an escalator stopped, launching him 700 feet through a hotel lobby and into the open mouth of a waiting anaconda
"To a supremacist society, most of us are acceptable losses. Charlie Kirk is not. To a supremacist society, guns are allowed to kill most of us, and the pundits can debate later how sad our deaths were.
Today I wrote about a general tendency to accept atrocious premises, and the need to reject fascism's false choices in order to find expansive and imaginative paths forward.
Breaking the premise, embracing the obstacles, pursuing everything.
In the final analysis, a billion monkeys chained to a billion typewriters may indeed produce Hamlet, but anyone who would chain a billion monkeys to a billion typewriters isn't going to appreciate or recognize Hamlet when it finally emerges.
Underappreciated truth for "pragmatic" armchair strategists to consider: Republicans win despite holding unpopular positions BECAUSE they employ political purity tests.
Coherent ideology wins because people understand it. That's the part to copy, not the fucking bigotry and hate.
A.R. Moxon (he/him) is author of the novel THE REVISIONARIES and the essay book VERY FINE PEOPLE. His newsletter is The Reframe: www.the-reframe.com He can climb trees, but chooses not to, recognizing that trees do not attempt to climb him. This is where he toots.