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Friday Discussion Thread: Media that Inspires You to Resist

Friday Discussion Thread: Media that Inspires You to Resist

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Gravity Falls even has a villian that is a literal panopticon!!! You all know I am obsessed with panopticons, right????

Hello everyone . . .

Well, if you are reading this that means you are alive! Congratulations on making it through one hellish week of non-stop terrible news. It’s been . . . really not fun to be a non-binary person who has researched fascism for several years. I am working hard on the ol’ mental health but I am back to having both the Trump shits and the Trump tension headaches. FUN!

I am slowly working on an essay about kids movies/media and how they can help us resist authoritarianism (A Bug’s Life is truly the best example of this and I could wax poetic about it for HOURS) but I’m curious to hear from others: what kind of media are you watching this week, and how is it helping you be prepared to resist?

Srsly this is one of the most radical movies Disney ever made

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