Just gonna repost this article about online activism by @ellajglover because I keep coming back to it. Go read the whole thing—but some key quotes n thoughts in the thread -> i-d.vice.com/amp/en_uk/arti…
“The pressure to juggle an infinite amount of injustices in our minds, while also worrying about our own lives and livelihoods, Daze says, is problematic.“
“[People ask,] ‘why isn't anyone talking about this?' as though all of us have the emotional capacity to hold the world and all the problems in the world, on our shoulders.”
“Not all activism lives online and prioritising online activism over on-the-ground work could be counterproductive.”
“Another problem with social media in general is that it has a flattening effect… Nuance is often lost, and so is the understanding that activism is multi-dimensional; holistic.”
And more to read about the internet, performative posting, plus some upsides to online activism.
My biggest takeaway: drowning in headlines, taking on the weight of the world, reacting to high shock/low stakes “activism” online is not solving any problems, and probably has us doing less real work.
Getting educated is important, but gathering with !people! and working on the couple issues you care about most matters a lot more than keeping a mental tally of all the pain in the world.
That shit consumes you. I’ve been there.
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