Today in The Medium Newsletter, Anna Dorn shares stories by academics influenced by philosopher #HannahArendt: The Radical Politics of Joy by #philosophy professor Roger Berkowitz, and Speaking in Dark Times by sociologist Elisabeth Becker-Topkara.

Other featured stories discuss #DrugPricing in the U.S., #ProstateCancer testing (in the wake of the diagnosis of former president #JoeBiden), and the recent burning of the #NottowayPlantation in Louisiana.

https://blog.medium.com/joy-is-the-radical-belief-that-the-world-is-worthy-of-love-f81faa24e590

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So.

The "Annabelle" doll* was moved to New Orleans as a part of a tour the owners are sending it in, even though the Warrens stated to never, under any circumstances, move her out of the room she was stored in.

The day after she arrived in New Orleans, Nottoway Plantation house burned to the ground**.

The next day there was a prison break from a New Orleans jail involving 11 incarcerated people***.

Last night a fire broke out in the French Quarter, starting at the house of Marie Laveau.

Now, I'm not saying that I believe in haunted dolls... but I'm also not NOT saying that I believe in haunted dolls.

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* not the movie prop, the actual Raggedy-Anne doll the movies are "based on".

** good. fuck them.

*** good. abolish prisons.

#annabelle #nottowayplantation #NewOrleans #NewOrleansLA #witch #pagan #spirituality #magic #MarieLaveau #film #movie

Black womanist scholar @allyfromnola examines reactions to the recent burning of the #NottowayPlantation in Louisiana: https://momentum.medium.com/why-many-celebrate-the-burning-of-largest-southern-plantation-8ddcbefff3bb

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we love to see it

weird af seeing people defending that plantation like i of all people get appreciating neat historical architecture and how many people were employed there who aren't as of today but given who built that architecture and how many people worked there without employ like….. the numbers kinda win here bros

if my family was forced to build a castle for some rich bastards and abused in the worst ways possible to keep that castle running for hundreds of years and then when they were no longer stuck there the owners kept making millions off that legacy of abuse and forced labour and in such a disrespectful way, celebrating that legacy, i'd very much feel entitled to do the same.

good on those girls for lighting the way

aw heck i can't do multi pic uploads. threading