#theoneswhowalkawayfromomelas — Public Fediverse posts

I just realized that our world is "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"—except that ALL of us who aren't rich are the child.

https://files.libcom.org/files/ursula-k-le-guin-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas.pdf

#inequality #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas

@RiaResists @chris I’d been waiting for the second season of Andor to come out on dvd and then cancel. Now I’m thinking Disney won’t release it for December and I should join #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas
While streaming is not our main home entertainment expense, we are reexamining the sports conduit because it’s been slowly dwindling access to international news channels and increasing oligarch propaganda.
#CancelDisneyPlus

#𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 5: 𝑸 & 𝑨 -

Listeners offer their questions from narrator trust to activism to teaching controversy. I rant--or respond--back.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-part-5-qa/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #leguin #theoneswhowalkawayfromomelas #unreliablenarrator #mainidea #theme #fantasy #tropes #contradiction #hypocrisy #activism #uncertainty #controversy #teaching #classroom #strategies #discussion #assessment #authenticassessment

#𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 5: 𝑸 & 𝑨 -

Listeners offer their questions from narrator trust to activism to teaching controversy. I rant--or respond--back.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-part-5-qa/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #leguin #theoneswhowalkawayfromomelas #unreliablenarrator #mainidea #theme #fantasy #tropes #contradiction #hypocrisy #activism #uncertainty #controversy #teaching #classroom #strategies #discussion #assessment #authenticassessment

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: "𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 3: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒃𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒉" -

Sure, the Omelas dilemma is tough, but at least we have our narrator as ally, right? Right? Perhaps the real horror in Omelas has less to do with the child at its center.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-3-the-readers-labyrinth

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #ursulakleguin #theoneswhowalkawayfromomelas #dilemma #morality #readers #complicity #psychology #alienationeffect

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 2: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 -

Is this Omelas story really about that suffering child? Or is it more about how we wall its suffering out, then invite it back in? The second of several parts.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-2-architectures-of-happiness/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #ursulakleguin #theoneswhowalkawayfromomelas #dilemma #psychology #rationalization #culturecriticism #socialcomplicity

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 1: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 -

At last we settle in to think about Le Guin’s "Omelas" story and set aside some common approaches to it. The first of several parts.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-1-the-hideous-bargain/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #ursulakleguin #theoneswhowalkawayfromomelas #renegirard #scapegoat #archetypes #dilemma

7.2: Ariel & Christina Discuss: Why Must Utopia Be Cruel?

In this episode, Ariel and Christina try to get to the bottom of why our fictional visions of utopia are so negative. They often involve mindless acquiescence to an authoritarian nanny state, the oppression and labor of an underclass, or both. It’s as if we can’t imagine a situation in which we all voluntarily treat each other (reasonably) decently and life can be good for everyone. We discuss the literary origins of utopia, how it has evolved (or not) as a concept, and Ariel gives a few examples of sci-fi futures that are about as close to her style of solarpunk utopia as can be. Ultimately, the topic of utopia raises more questions than answers.

https://youtu.be/WR8yg2cOcMk?si=AwMMgH2MNFHmO8Ct

#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #Season7 #Episode #PodcastEpisode #YouTube #utopia #SirThomasMore #SaintThomasMore #ThomasMore #Dystopia #Protopia #WakandaForever #BlackPanther #Indigenous Futurisms #Afrofuturism #Utopias #Anti-Utopia #LiteraryHistory #Cruelty #Despair #Hope #UntopiaParadox #Omelas #TheOnesWhoStayAndFight #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas

7.2: Ariel & Christina Discuss: Why Must Utopia Be Cruel?

In this episode, Ariel and Christina try to get to the bottom of why our fictional visions of utopia are so negative. They often involve mindless acquiescence to an authoritarian nanny state, the oppression and labor of an underclass, or both. It’s as if we can’t imagine a situation in which we all voluntarily treat each other (reasonably) decently and life can be good for everyone. We discuss the literary origins of utopia, how it has evolved (or not) as a concept, and Ariel gives a few examples of sci-fi futures that are about as close to her style of solarpunk utopia as can be. Ultimately, the topic of utopia raises more questions than answers.

https://youtu.be/WR8yg2cOcMk?si=AwMMgH2MNFHmO8Ct

#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #Season7 #Episode #PodcastEpisode #YouTube #utopia #SirThomasMore #SaintThomasMore #ThomasMore #Dystopia #Protopia #WakandaForever #BlackPanther #Indigenous Futurisms #Afrofuturism #Utopias #Anti-Utopia #LiteraryHistory #Cruelty #Despair #Hope #UntopiaParadox #Omelas #TheOnesWhoStayAndFight #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas

7.2: Ariel & Christina Discuss: Why Must Utopia Be Cruel?

In this episode, Ariel and Christina try to get to the bottom of why our fictional visions of utopia are so negative. They often involve mindless acquiescence to an authoritarian nanny state, the oppression and labor of an underclass, or both. It’s as if we can’t imagine a situation in which we all voluntarily treat each other (reasonably) decently and life can be good for everyone. We discuss the literary origins of utopia, how it has evolved (or not) as a concept, and Ariel gives a few examples of sci-fi futures that are about as close to her style of solarpunk utopia as can be. Ultimately, the topic of utopia raises more questions than answers.

https://youtu.be/WR8yg2cOcMk?si=AwMMgH2MNFHmO8Ct

#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #Season7 #Episode #PodcastEpisode #YouTube #utopia #SirThomasMore #SaintThomasMore #ThomasMore #Dystopia #Protopia #WakandaForever #BlackPanther #Indigenous Futurisms #Afrofuturism #Utopias #Anti-Utopia #LiteraryHistory #Cruelty #Despair #Hope #UntopiaParadox #Omelas #TheOnesWhoStayAndFight #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas

7.2: Ariel & Christina Discuss: Why Must Utopia Be Cruel?

In this episode, Ariel and Christina try to get to the bottom of why our fictional visions of utopia are so negative. They often involve mindless acquiescence to an authoritarian nanny state, the oppression and labor of an underclass, or both. It’s as if we can’t imagine a situation in which we all voluntarily treat each other (reasonably) decently and life can be good for everyone. We discuss the literary origins of utopia, how it has evolved (or not) as a concept, and Ariel gives a few examples of sci-fi futures that are about as close to her style of solarpunk utopia as can be. Ultimately, the topic of utopia raises more questions than answers.

https://youtu.be/WR8yg2cOcMk?si=AwMMgH2MNFHmO8Ct

#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #Season7 #Episode #PodcastEpisode #YouTube #utopia #SirThomasMore #SaintThomasMore #ThomasMore #Dystopia #Protopia #WakandaForever #BlackPanther #Indigenous Futurisms #Afrofuturism #Utopias #Anti-Utopia #LiteraryHistory #Cruelty #Despair #Hope #UntopiaParadox #Omelas #TheOnesWhoStayAndFight #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas

7.2: Ariel & Christina Discuss: Why Must Utopia Be Cruel?

In this episode, Ariel and Christina try to get to the bottom of why our fictional visions of utopia are so negative. They often involve mindless acquiescence to an authoritarian nanny state, the oppression and labor of an underclass, or both. It’s as if we can’t imagine a situation in which we all voluntarily treat each other (reasonably) decently and life can be good for everyone. We discuss the literary origins of utopia, how it has evolved (or not) as a concept, and Ariel gives a few examples of sci-fi futures that are about as close to her style of solarpunk utopia as can be. Ultimately, the topic of utopia raises more questions than answers.

https://youtu.be/WR8yg2cOcMk?si=AwMMgH2MNFHmO8Ct

#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #Season7 #Episode #PodcastEpisode #YouTube #utopia #SirThomasMore #SaintThomasMore #ThomasMore #Dystopia #Protopia #WakandaForever #BlackPanther #Indigenous Futurisms #Afrofuturism #Utopias #Anti-Utopia #LiteraryHistory #Cruelty #Despair #Hope #UntopiaParadox #Omelas #TheOnesWhoStayAndFight #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas

@lowqualityfacts
Plot twist: the cellar is in Omelas...
#UrsulaLeguin #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas
#HemsworthBros

@GottaLaff I have met so many young people from Florida relocating here in Washington state that I can’t help being but attribute their reasons to the fascist governments they leave behind. (They don’t mention the weather.) They’re quiet about it as I welcome them here. I don’t meet many from Texas, but I hear from medical relatives that practitioners are leaving. #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas #WomensHealth #AbortionMeds #KenPaxton #TexasIsNotTheUS

In some societies, this officer would be a hero.
#TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/headlines/cia_officer_on_trial_for_leaking_us_documents_detailing_israels_plans_to_attack_iran

@davidpnice yes, I agree about being against wall to wall DT, too. It’s how they attract advertisers. #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas