I feel this is by no means a solitary opinion.
Please pay attention to the DARVO of āthese immigrants are bad and scaryāā> ātherefore we have to go into their communities and terrorize them and rough them upā
This was a really great and practical reminder. I'm also sad that admitting to past mistakes is a risky and vulnerable thing when it shouldn't be. Thank you, Molly, for being wrong in ways that you could look back on and make instructive. I'm made better by the thought you've put into this.
One of these days I am going to want HARD DATA on the impact this move made because I think it's going to shock everyone, lmao. And I think you're 100% right about the AI gaffe being a big part of it. I'm honestly hoping that part of her post makes even bigger waves than the endorsement.
Jenna and I had a long, winding conversation about this over laundry last night and concluded something similar. Something gets seriously lost when we dismiss "degrees" of sin, different "kinds" of irresponsibility. We lose our imaginations for what help, repentance, and problem-solving look like.
Just kicking the thought around. But Iām also trying to leave more comments and send more emails to people I admire, rather than just tagging them in posts. 5/5
... given how saturated our online spaces are, is there a line on the horizon over which privacy and even reclusivity becomes sexy again? To be the kind of creator who can only be reached by snail-mail and who takes the time to respond in kind? 4/5
If it works it works, and people love being able to connect with those who bring something beautiful and meaningful into their lives. This is good. Itās just also commodified, which is less good. What Iām wondering this morning is ... 3/
Because Iām not sure the all-access, all-the-time expectations of the creator economy really add up to authenticity; we just expect ourselves (and others) to be constantly āvisibleā in some way, if we are doing creative work. Which, leading language aside, is (probably) not some great evil. 2/