alanmattli.bsky.social
Film critic for Filmbulletin. By-lines in Maximum Cinema, Swissinfo, Filmexplorer, MUBI Notebook, and Filmmaker Magazine. American literature and culture post-doc. Loves cats. Will rate your Werner Herzog impression. Any pronouns.
👤 Joined on 14 January 2025
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@alanmattli.bsky.socialthe idea that empathy is dangerous has been permeating right-wing spaces for a while, but it's not an actual element of their ideology as much as it's a defense mechanism against confronting the reality of their cruelty
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Show PostEvery article has the same premise: Young people are characterizing their normal, happy childhoods as abusive and going "no contact" with their parents over minor disagreements. Every article also, late in the text, blithely acknowledges that this premise is false. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/h...
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