Essays, Lectures, and Rants : The Thoughts Of Elaine Barlow
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The entire education system is about forcing you to change how you actually see reality and understand the world around you.
Relating to … Psycho-Pass
Psycho-Pass is NOT an easy piece of media to work with. It is an angry, brutal, evisceration of Japanese culture and standards ...
The Positive Idea of “Self”
It is entirely possible to be self-absorbed and self-centered and it have nothing to do with narcissism.
Learn Appreciation
To appreciate something doesn't automatically mean you have to LIKE it ... The word LIKE implies that bias and personal transference are taking priority.
On Boundaries
Selfishness is about you putting yourself first at the EXPENSE of someone else. SelfNESS is putting yourself first so you can be your best FOR OTHERS.
Idleness As Necessity
Puritanical and capitalist brainwashing and grooming that has lead people to believe that being idle is bad. It's absolutely NOT. It's NECESSARY.
The Ovarian Lottery
I have NO patience for people who hate on those who experience luck and opportunity or benefit from privilege, or variance.
Results Focused Abusers
I believe that my journey, wisdom, and growth throughout a difficult process is more valuable than the end result. Pain is not a necessity for achievement.
Negative Selection Preference In Communication
Everything you read or process first gets filtered through your trauma, triggers, hang ups, biases, and dysregulation. It's selective processing.
On Avatar and White Nonsense
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. Racists create racist films.