Apocalypse Chic
Soft- and radical-reform spaces can be interpreted as placing modernity on life support—regardless of the costs or consequences—while beyond-reform spaces move modernity into palliative care.
Vanessa Machado De Oliveira • Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity's Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism
the politics of inevitability: there’s a palpable feeling of resignation and a paucity of imagination when it comes to what care could look like.
Anne Helen Petersen • Forced to Care
Meg began by acknowledging the central place of hope in our lives and culture. “The idea that history moves forward, the idea of progress, is one of the building blocks of Western civilization. Part of the bedrock we stand on. But we made it all up. We think our technology will save us, but it actually traps us. Our activism is fueled by similar no
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