This sounds great! It reminds me of someone on a panel at... Worldcon, maybe? Nine Worlds? Talking six years or so ago, about their interest in self-help books and how the whole term and concept is built around this neoliberal, anti-systemic-solutions approach. It'd never occurred to me before.
none of us can remake society all by ourselves, at the end of the day we still have to live in this fucked-up world our ancestors bequeathed to us, and the Nagoskis also want to impart some skills to make that a little bit easier. But it’s refreshing to have these skills presented in a way that says clearly, the reason this is necessary is not because you’re lacking, it’s because society sucks.
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Date: 2020-08-28 12:06 am (UTC)none of us can remake society all by ourselves, at the end of the day we still have to live in this fucked-up world our ancestors bequeathed to us, and the Nagoskis also want to impart some skills to make that a little bit easier. But it’s refreshing to have these skills presented in a way that says clearly, the reason this is necessary is not because you’re lacking, it’s because society sucks.
That does sound helpful!