fredchong.bsky.social
Korean-American writer, producer, and performer. He/Him/His. CPTSD and trauma survivor. Joy Rebel.
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If anything, media criticism in the U.S. becomes anti-PR for those institutions, just more attention and weight given to their brands.
Some of us are already reporting, giving news, creating editorials. If this is you, just be the better media. Be what people need.
Claim your power.
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I usually don’t channel fictional white guy energy, but this gif about sums up where my soul is at right now.
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I have my writing. I have all the gifts I need. I just hope everyone else can find their gifts, too.
Please let the folks who need it find some hope and some light in the coming days.
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I want something impossible, but it isn’t to be.
I’ve gone through denial, anger, bargaining, sadness and acceptance. I’m grateful for it, even as sadness keeps coming back. But I move to acceptance.
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… and the men pushing us to disaster are smiling and getting rich while they do it as if sitting on a mountain of gold is going to help them survive a wildfire.
Today was the wrong day. Everyone deserved a better one - even the people who think they won today and don’t realize it yet.
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Today the conversation is dread, anticipation of abuse, fear, all reasonable, and all the wrong conversation. Not because anyone talking is wrong, but because the world feels tilted off its orbit, out of control …
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We should be talking about civil rights, about the way forward, about the legacy of MLK and the civil rights movement, arguing about why we don’t talk enough about Stokely Carmichael and Ella Baker and so many people - but that’s not the conversation today.
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… but I’ll still feel it for days. Like, whatever the hypervigilant shock to my system is that hurts, I know it’ll stop tomorrow but I also know it won’t for the people around me.
I just wish I could take it away from so many people.
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I’m not discounting how bad it feels - when any of us are in pain it’s not a contest - but when I feel like this, I know so many people are feeling worse. Always.
And I want to wave a magic wand and fix it. Because for me, this feeling will subside …
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I’m shaking with rage, I freaked out my neighbors by screaming out my window.
I have empathy for what they both went through as kids.
Suffering as a kid isn’t license to become a monster when you grow up.
If anything, it should teach you to try and bring light to the world, not sadism.
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Using these skills again has opened up my mind to all kinds of things I know that make life easier, all stuff I learned on the job.
Like, c-fold and z-fold paper towels are just better. Same thing with cost-effective pro cleaning supplies.
It's better to use those learnings as much as you can.
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Too many people confuse responsibility with scapegoating and will give adoration, money and their souls to the people who name and blame the scapegoats. They want people crushed like grapes.
I fundamentally reject this lunacy I’ve seen my entire life, and embrace the sanity of folks like you.
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I did a lot of work over the last five months to finalize my therapy. I'm lucky that I could do that.
It's a small thing. But being able to watch The Bear, to be able to let it evoke feelings and memories, is a sign I changed.
The Bear is now forever part of my recovery.
And I'm grateful for it.
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I started over during the holiday, and then watched all three seasons.
My family wasn't as violent or loud as Carmy Berzatto's. But his behavior was familiar to me. And his mom. His sister, Sugar, reminds me of me.
Then it hit me.
I wasn't emotionally ready for that show when it premiered.
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I WILL 1000% TAKE YOU UP ON THIS YOU ARE BLESSINGS OF BLESSINGS
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I’m saving up money to get my MFA, and just hope I got the goods and the funds when it’s time to apply. This post is dreamfuel, thank you for it!