Art

humanities scholars see a STEM topic they don't understand and think "damn, guess i don't understand that. they must be smart" while STEM people see a humanities topic they don't understand & go "they must just be making shit up"

It’s ok to just not like something without fabricating a moral reason to fulfill your self-righteousness

The reason why "diaspora poet" has become a denigrating term is not because people are afraid of the hard hitting truths about orientalism or art. It's because these poets, in their search for identity, end up approaching their heritage through an orientalised lens themselves.

Put the arts back in schools and never let them leave again. Because now I understand how STEM only schools have not led to Innovation or critical thinking skills. Disinformation is prospering as a result

this is a symptom of a larger unwillingness to experience art without first being certain that you’ll like it. you see it in trope tags, movie trailers that spoil the whole movie, microgenres, algorithmic playlists, you get exactly what you want every time without ever exploring.

The battle to reclaim every garbage film someone loves just because they saw it as a child is a sad never-ending one. Some stuff just isn’t good …and that is okay. Not every soulless piece of studio output designed to sell tacos and soundtrack CDs is some unrecognized genius.