It’s all fun until the rabbit has the gun

[markvomit]

[huariqueje]

Open Invitation. - Antonia Tyz Peeples , 2013.

American , b. 1957 -

Oil on linen , 36 x 48 in.

[sufjansjoy]

listening to music in my room

[depsidase]

[kosmogrl]

[magneatio]

came across this image on pinterest and straight up almost burst into tears…. vibes for JUNE

[l0vleylizzie]

[girlcodedhamlet]

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

[tekknonotice]

Fair and valid point for sure but atleast in my case is I refer to nowadays I mean like the past 10 years. I have actively seen the decline in media literacy in my life time. I have a masters degree in media studies and I’m only 30 years old, and I deeply fear for how quickly and easily people have become unable to navigate propaganda and information within my life time already.

There’s a lot of nuance to this discussion and I don’t think it is a bad thing to point out the truth of our current reality which is people are getting stupider. More ignorant. More complacent. In the 40s there was not an entire separate digital world for people to exist in. What we are experiencing now is in some ways unique and technology is advancing the decline of critical analysis and GENERAL literacy.

[gay--dog]

i wish shapes were like bugs and you could just get like a circle infestation in your house or something. fuck ive got bed triangles fuuuck. this could solve everything

[pinkguavaprincess]

Tomorrow

[anak1n]

no rest for me and im not even that wicked ?

[obsessed4020]

[enoki00]

[witchrealms]

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[pornochrist]

[ripempezardexerox]

[ortut]

Piotr Turek - Wibracje III, 2014