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A big part of the reason the world is in its current predicament, is that a lot of US white people *on the left* still can't acknowledge how corrosive and harmful the DEI pushback was and still is. They also can't acknowledge that the anti-Black pushback started before Trump came into office. They can't acknowledge their part in it.
Again, white people *on the left* laughed when Elon fired almost all the Twitter employees and ended all the Black ERGs. Up until 2024, People were still asking me "Why don't you like Elon?🤡"
There was no outcry when all the DEI and inclusion professionals were pushed out of tech and higher education. Black journalists being fired caused no widespread panic. There was a lot of "I don't talk politics!"
But then DOGE did the same to scientists in general, and now there was panic. Kimmel getting fired raised more outcry than every Black journalist firing combined.
Saying that 300,000 Black women were fired in this anti-DEI pushback, has no real impact on them. They can't feel that empathy for Black folk. Being anti-woke is "just an opinion."
Now I see daily jokes about "Woke is back!" No. Woke never left. I've been Black this whole time. The 300,000 Black women fired have been Black this whole time. The Black journalists pushed out of their jobs have been Black this whole time.
The vast majority of people who will be impacted by trans bans in sports will be little girls with short hair or arms that are "too muscular."
It will also mean that when a woman is good at her sport the disgusting grumbling and whispering about "may she is he" gets taken more seriously.
This happened with Paula Radcliffe for running marathons too fast. If it helps you to think of a white cis woman being the victim of this.
Of course little black girls will take the brunt of this. As ever.
It occurred to me this morning that it has now been over a decade in which we have all been forced to hear something about Donald Trump every fucking day - often many times a day.
There are people in journalism who have no experience of a world in which we actually covered many different topics in a day.
I feel like I've been mentally force fed McDonalds for ten years non-stop.
I would like it to be over before I die, please.
But I've also now read what Weir's book Artemis is like, so I'm taking it off my list.
There are quite a number of people associated with this film that I like. And it's already getting Oscar buzz. But regardless, I won't be seeing the film, and I will be rooting against it for any nominations that it gets. 3/3
And I've chosen not to support the film because of the author, which really isn't a big deal because it's not like I was excited to go.
I'd not seen The Martian, another film that is based on one of Weir's books. And I actually remembered that I had another of Weir's books, Artemis, on my list of books to get, though I have to admit that was mostly because I became enamoured of the name Artemis after seeing and reading Ready Player One. 2/3
First, let me clarify the obvious - these are my opinions and how I'm choosing to do what I do. Everyone should do whatever they want.
I've not been particularly interested in Project Hail Mary, though I've heard good things about it, and it's doing quite well at the box office. I would have considered seeing it at some point. But then I heard about the viewpoints of Andy Weir, the author of the book that the film is based on. 1/3
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116290338892571761
🤦🏿♂️Actually, nevermind.
Why is everything like this?
The author supposedly went on an anti-woke, right-wing podcast to promote the movie while trashing other books and movies that do have a "woke" message or that have inclusive representation? But... why?
Why was that necessary?
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