JaeNov 17, 2022
Maria Popova
“There are a whole lot of ways to be perfect, and not one of them is attained through punishment.”

Ursula K. Le Guin on the art of growing older and what beauty really means beneath the veneer https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/10/21/ursula-le-guin-dogs-cats-dancers-beauty/
Ursula K. Le Guin on Growing Older and What Beauty Really Means

“There are a whole lot of ways to be perfect, and not one of them is attained through punishment.”

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Nov 17, 2022 at 3:24amWeb
Show threadNick Taylor-CollinsNov 17, 2022
@mariapopova Anything quoting Le Guin cheers up a Thursday
Show threadJohn KelldenNov 17, 2022

@neilhimself Le Guin also has a great take on technology

http://www.ursulakleguinarchive.com/Note-Technology.html

Ursula K. Le Guin: A Rant About "Technology"

Show threaddeerbardNov 17, 2022

@mariapopova
Hah, I know this photo from thumbnail picture very well, I studied it :D
https://jankrycinski.com/projects/r9PRx2?album_id=1254473

Thank you for the article, saving it for later to read.

Jan Kryciński - Ursula K. Le Guin

Definitely one of the most important writers I've read in my life.

Show threadMsuttonNov 17, 2022
@mariapopova @neilhimself hurrah, hurrah you are here
Show threadJesseNov 17, 2022
@mariapopova Lefthand of Darkness is one of my all time favorite books! 🖤🤘
Show threadmoongoldNov 17, 2022
@mariapopova Thank you for that. Brilliant read.
Show threadKittyDorklingNov 17, 2022
@mariapopova Wonderful stuff: "For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young. It has to do with bones."
Show threadCogito Ergo ResistNov 17, 2022
@mariapopova kinda makes me wonder if the RWNJ pedos are also into B&D which is why they want to bring school-based corporal punishment back. Quite frankly, any teacher worthy of that job would not beat on a child.
Show threadJon L DavisNov 17, 2022
@mariapopova
Show threadBiscuitGeezerNov 17, 2022

@mariapopova

Absolutely lovely! Thanks for posting.

Show threadgnyrftaNov 17, 2022
@mariapopova Thank you. Every time I read something Ursula wrote I remember why she's so great, and then when people ask I can never explain or really totally remember even.
Show threadRamona GriggNov 18, 2022
@mariapopova I’m so glad you’re here!
Show threadRabbi Jill ZimmermanNov 18, 2022
@RamonaGrigg @mariapopova Ramona thank you for telling me! So happy you’re both here
Show threadRamona GriggNov 18, 2022
@rabbijill @mariapopova
Somehow it feels friendlier now!
Show threadRabbi Jill ZimmermanNov 18, 2022
@RamonaGrigg @mariapopova i agree!
Show threadJames BouleyNov 18, 2022
@mariapopova Ursula K LeGuin in her novel “The Left Hand of Darkness” discussed pain in many ways. In a society where men are both male & female who reproduce as their particular unitary expressive in any given time, there are particular forms of pain & rejection, actually
who raises the kids, which role becomes your dominant. Importantly this world is a world of Ice ruled by Kings who have absolute rule & with the ministers in particular are ruthlessly deposed at a rulers whim
Show threadMark McGuireNov 18, 2022

@mariapopova

So, putting youth offenders into boot camps for 12 months isn't a good idea?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/479033/week-in-politics-national-gets-tough-on-young-offenders-but-policy-faces-strong-opposition

#NZPolitics #ChristopherLuxon #NationalNZ