States of Refusal in How to Do Nothing and Housekeeping - Ploughshares
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States of Refusal in How to Do Nothing and Housekeeping - Ploughshares
In other words, he neither assimilated to nor fully exited society; instead he lived in the midst of it, in a permanent state of refusal.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
On one level, disengagement can be understood as an effort to slip apparatuses of control wherever we encounter them. Think of this as a strike for worker empowerment. The bigger question, though, is whether we can ever really escape the toil and trouble for good. It often seems as if we are doomed to sustain the systems and structures that suspend... See more
David J Siegel • Modern Life Subjects Us to All-Consuming Demands. That’s Why We Should Reflect on What It Means to Step Away From It All
I understand the cautions against leaning into depressive episodes. I also understand how many things that people label “indicators of depression” are also 1) forms of deep rest and 2) general resistance to the idea that every day should be filled with lists of things to do , places to be , productivity to exalt. And as Refinery29 writer Sabdhbh O’
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