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Jul 23, 2023 • 34 tweets • 6 min read
1/ I've had a night to sleep on it, so let's talk more about the Barbie movie
Overall I walked away from it feeling pretty "meh" and like it was clumsy and confused despite having some fun moments
Spoilers in thread 🧵
2/ This was a movie that seemed like it _wanted_ to be really highbrow with insightful social commentary and like it was inviting critique
If it wasn't supposed to be artsy it would have opened with an upbeat music party instead of a dramatic 2001 space odyssey call back
Oct 31, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Class resentment and warfare is arguably the least discussed and incredibly salient factor in the modern American political and social situation
Every time I see a charged political story, it's interesting to step back and view it through a class lens rather than as presented
Social media in particular makes class issues and differences more visible than ever before and likely drives a lot of resentment, but we don't have language to grapple with this directly or easily because America isn't comfortable grappling with class concepts
