Anna MuchinReading @Joanwestenberg, @Daojoan
can’t but think of Thelma Young Lutunatabua’s words: ‘Cynism seems, often, to be a by-product of toxic masculinity - the indifferent rebel / lover who turns his back on the world is uplifted as the epitaph of cool’
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/we-dont-need-more-cynics-we-need-more-builders/
We Don't Need More Cynics. We Need More Builders.
Cynicism is the cheap seats. It’s the fast food of intellectual positions. Anyone can point at something and say it’s broken, corrupt, or destined to fail. The real challenge? Building something better. The cynic sees a proposal for change and immediately lists why it won’t work. They’