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Twerb Jebbins's avatar

Life gets a lot easier when you realize you simply don't have to give a shit about what publications like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, or NPR think. They're a little like vampires in that you have to invite them into your home in order for them to do anything to you. They derive most of their power from dictating who is and isn't one of the good ones, you deny them this and they have nothing.

Another big part of the punk ethos was saying a big fuck you to the mainstream music press, and it was there for a reason. The most cynical part of this whole mess is that these publications don't really give a shit about social justice politics, it's just how you gain clout in popular culture these days. These issues will be put out on the curb next to the trash the minute it is no longer convenient too.

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Erin E.'s avatar

SJWs lost me when I was thinking to myself “okay, I get it now. So what should I do?” and I kept hearing “wanting to do something or fix things is white supremacist.” That’s when I realized the only thing I’m meant to do is feel bad and continually “do the work” of not having ideas or thoughts or questions.

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