zhuphilia.bsky.social
very normal “writer," current fiction mfa at rutgers newark, mostly on the other site
👤 Joined on 29 August 2023
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@27postcards.bsky.social@27postcards.bsky.social → @zhuphilia.bsky.sociali actually do think this is an issue, where random people have sort of adopted the language of expertise on various issues they don't have more than a passing understanding of. it's not limited to the left but i feel like it has an acute presentation here.
Show Postif i can identify one lingering downside of Woke 1 it's that everyone on the left now talks like an overbearing sociology major
Show PostI feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam"
Show PostI don't think writers realize how miserable we've made our own scene. it's not this bad, socially, in other fields. there's usually a common enemy, an Other to provide social bonding. with writers, the enemy is primarily each other.
Show Postbeing gracious thick skinned palatable mainstream legible to fulfill publicity obligations surely is hell, a mindfuck even when the creation you're publicizing is touted as "the most disturbing thing ever written" yet the expectation remains that u are normie and nice. very dehumanizing disorienting
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