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Had a conversation with Occipital about drugs earlier and it reminded me of this essay, check it out :)
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Okay, this is finally up.
Not a men vs women thing, not a lecture. A lot of us live in a bubble, tech, creative, liberal spaces, where things look fine for women, but there's a mindset that follows us out of it and into our own heads. I wrote a piece to show what it's actually like to move through the world as a woman, so you feel it instead of being argued at. Including what the "man-hater" is really reacting to, because it isn't hate, even when it sounds like it.
Please read the whole thing, it's one picture, and the pieces only add up together. Half of it out of context reads wrong.
If you've ever been confused why women say it's still not okay when it looks fine to you, this is the walk-through.
https://frostysiren.substack.com/p/on-being-seen?r=8ulkmq
And if it resonates, share it with anyone you think it might reach, women who'll feel seen, and men who genuinely want to understand
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For a documentary made almost 40 years ago, I can't put it in words how beautifully well done this is , just captures 70s-80s Ethiopia's context in music, culture and political history perfectly
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What are the lock-in apps/aids/tips you use? They could be time-trackers, focus session aids....
You can DM me at @not_eldana or comment it here :)
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Anybody know any co-working spaces near Lebu? With space for meetings bihon demo it'd be super nice.
DM @not_eldana or comment, thanks in advance ;)
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On business models
How much of your success is determined by you having a corporate/rich people element than the general, consumer-based model? Three things I noticed that made me see this as a pattern: - Think about ride services. Nowadays, I can't help but think the majority of their profits come from the minor percentage of their customers that spend the most money. I don't think your measly 2k per month (while substantial) compares to some people's 100k per month. And I keep wondering, how much of their profit margins are underutilized because they don't (as far as my knowledge goes) offer corporate packages, monthly/annual packages, and/or drivers as a service? - The art industry, specifically, the western music industry. Have you noticed how much symbolism, care, craft, and artistry goes into seemingly simple lyrics and music videos? I keep wondering, with the level of care some of these works go through, who the real audience is. I don't think the majority of fans, especially regarding artists that dabble much more into the artistry than getting their literal message across, are there for the artistic experience. The best example I can give here is BTS, which ok, won't obviously be classified as western. One of the reasons I keep going back to the songs of RM, BTS's leader and my favorite artist, is because of the rabbit hole his lyrics and artistry takes me to. And I think this influence of his heavily applies to BTS, because under the heavy calculation that happens in the kpop industry to make songs viral, there's an entirely different world of care, genuine artistry, and philosophy that goes on. It makes me wonder whether this is the reason they're successful, which in turn, makes me wonder, is this success tied to the general mass or to the specific people willing to go deeper, to dig into Jungian psychology, and to look into kpop's history and korean art? - The third, and perhaps the best example I have, is social media. Sure, seemingly, the users are the business model, but really? As we all know, the majority, if not all, of the income of social media companies comes from corporate/influential deals and ads. Which makes one wonder, how much of those corporate and advertisement deals influence user experience than actual concern for the user? And again, who are the true customers here truly? And does what make or break the success of a social media app lie on how much it plays the corporate/business game, or the user game? As an incoming product person, I do have a good answer for this. But I'm thinking the general question, who do we define as the real customers and what are their interests, still holds up. If you have essays, articles, or research papers regarding this, let me know ;)#TheBlogSeries #Sleepforwho
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I'll leave with one of the speeches/essays I keep going back to since reading it when I was super young.
We should all be feminists.
For all the work left to do, I'm very very grateful for what's been paved so far and for the women that keep showing us the way. I believe the way we honour them is by using the privileges they fought so hard for, which is what I plan on doing anyway :)
Night :)
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Women I've been reading up on/following recently that I think are absolute divas.
- Toni Morrison
- Susan Sontag
- Kanessa Muluneh
I love a loud bold woman. I love an intelligent woman. And I love an unapologetically herself, independent woman. I might not agree or like everything they say or are, but damn, are they absolute divas.
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By the way, have I told y'all that one of my friends is now a journalist?
First vid on YouTube :))
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How much more guidance do you wish you'd have had, and how much of it do you think should be left for women to figure out?
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If you're a woman, how much would you say you've been educated about your body and womanhood?
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So would you like to see what it actually looks for us? Would you want to read it with an open mind? (An actual open mind pls)
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Hey guys. So as a Woman, that really avoids "men vs women" kinda conversations cause they're sooo pointless, I'm trying a different approach for the genuine, open minded and immediately triggered lemayhonu sewoch.
A lot of us live in a good pocket, tech, creative circles, liberal spaces, where things can honestly look fine for women. We pick our friends, our rooms, the people we keep close, and inside that it's easy to think it's mostly solved. But there are mindsets that follow each of us everywhere. Even me, and many women.
For men that don't have our experience demo it's easier for that mindset to slip in as something that's okay. From this "safe bubble" sinweta demo the world (including other women) are there to put us down in many ways.
So I wrote a piece as a picture, not a lecture, so you could actually feel what it's like to move through the world as a woman, inside the bubble and out of it. Including what the so-called 'man-hater' is really reacting to, because it isn't hate, even when it sounds like it.
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I was thinking about how we define success the other day, and I felt deeply bothered by defining it in terms of material wealth or conventional output. I wanted to define it as "living the type of life you want for yourself", which basically means designing a life that feels true to you and then living it.
Came across this quote this morning by Toni Morrison and honestly, it settled with me better than what I've been told success is.
'No! I haven't succeeded at anything,' she says. 'I have written good, and sometimes great books. But, for me, success is not a public thing. It's a private thing. It's when you have fewer and fewer regrets.'- Toni Morrison: original article Fewer regrets. Fewer true regrets.
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I was thinking about how we define success the other day, and I felt deeply bothered by defining it in terms of material wealth or conventional output. I wanted to define it as "living the type of life you want for yourself", which basically means designing a life that feels true to you and then living it.
Came across this quote this morning by Toni Morrison and honestly, it settled with me better than what I've been told success is.
'No! I haven't succeeded at anything,' she says. 'I have written good, and sometimes great books. But, for me, success is not a public thing. It's a private thing. It's when you have fewer and fewer regrets.'- Toni Morrison: original article Fewer regrets. Fewer true regrets.
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July Recap:
- Started interning under Lu. Never thought I'd wake up excited for an hour-long commute each way, but here we are.
- Got to read a TONNN of essays, Susan Sontag's "Against Interpretation" being a favourite so far.
- Got to write a bit more too, not as much as I wanted but still, progress.
- Pushed on three projects: one main, two sub. Lost my momentum while I was out being super sick, trying to build that back up.
- Spent good time with my friends, I'm very grateful :))
August Plans:
- Continue with Lu :)
- Build the writing habit I wanted to establish and push on that one essay I got in the backlog.
- Read a heck of a lot more: finish Sontag's collection of essays and two other books.
- Push on the three projects. I don't expect perfect progress across all three fronts, but I can see how I can build back the momentum I had at the beginning of July.
- Better and more curated time spent with the people I value :)
See you at the end of it :)
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![The following text is a dream as I remember it to the best of my ability. [To Dream is To Be Confronted] Me and my mother are](https://cdn.tlmtr.io/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fn2.tlmtr.cc%2Fp%2F_0jMDvRvrjUXUrnfnaY0D4teElYbpyu-ZWhuJgLSQNb8%3Fty%3Dx&w=256&q=75)
The following text is a dream as I remember it to the best of my ability.
[To Dream is To Be Confronted]
Me and my mother are the only survivors from our family, from our neighborhood, from our lives. It’s been like this for a while. We rarely go out. Our meals are a haphazard assortment of rats and insects. They’re abundant where death is. But the rats have learned to avoid our hut, and the insects we can stomach no longer.
