Part 1: This Smartspeaker Will Read Stories to Your Kid in a Deepfaked Copy of Your Own Voice (Gizmodo, May 2022) I grew up on shame and sugared corn cereal Shame is the fear that something we’ve done, Or failed to do, Has rendered our self unworthy Of love & belonging
Part 2: A Climate Change Activist Smeared Cake on the Mona Lisa (Buzzfeed News, May 2022) You and me are out here, Devoting our now, to building, justifying, coveting MEANING and PURPOSE For why we are YOU, ME, HERE, NOW
Part 3: This Hacker Group Forces People to do “Good” to get their Data Back (Gizmodo, May 2022) When daddy (god, society, pres. obama) praises “good” and punishes “bad,” Good becomes Love Bad becomes Shame I do bad, therefore I am bad, therefore I deserve to suffer Shame kills compassion, I do bad - I am Bad - I deserve to suffer is also: They do bad - they are bad - they deserve to suffer Tony the Tiger says on his box that you have permission to evaluate yourself w/ Respect and Compassion and If I do bad - I’ve done something that doesn’t align w/ my values, but I can do grrrrrrreeeeaaaaatt next time
Part 4: Plastic Recycling Doesn’t work & Will Never Work (The Atlantic, May 2022) Coca-cola designed bottles that keep their caps intact No more decapitated Soda Pops floating in the ocean, Fully-Dressed sugar bladders ONLY Big Cola wants 2 be responsible for fixing human problems only because, Instead of fixing human problems, they can pass the ownership for human problems onto YOU and ME In part, by WIELDING SHAME We, the polar bear soda ppl, can make un-lose-able bottle tops, (ofc we wouldnt’ve had to if you fuckers could just keep track of those fossil fuel nuggets) Its innovation that excites – follow us on Twitter.com
Part 5: [Shameless] Kim Kardashian eats McDonalds and Pumps her Own Gas (Hola Magazine, May 2022) Shame (esp. shame weaponized by others to control us) Festers in isolation Belonging heals isolation Belonging requires being seen and accepted as a whole person. Kim K’s Breakfast hashbrowns and Ethanol Gasoline empower a WHOLE person Kim K is — awkward, unkempt, impatient, afraid - Kim K is worthy of love. Shameless Kim K belongs to herself, Shameless Kim K belongs to us.
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