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“The value of art lies in its power to inspire, not in its price tag.”
— Unknown
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“When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money.”
— Oscar Wilde
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“They speak of poverty, yet their art finds its home among the wealthy.”
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Why would you listen to an influencer who gave up on their own dream?
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The dopamine, the deceitful dopamine, gives them a false sense of value.
— Soroosh Shahrivar
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You are what you hate. What you hate says a lot about who you are and what you value.
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The response in the body when we dislike someone
In order to understand what happens in your body when you dislike someone, you can start by trying to understand #fear. As Robert Sapolsky writes in “Why Your Brain Hates Other People,” when we see someone who even looks different from us, “there is preferential activation of the amygdala,” which means the brain region associated with fear and aggression flares up. This visceral, emotional reaction can spark a long-term pattern of dislike when it’s validated by action: if you perceive that someone has hurt you, your fear of them becomes rational.
Our negative feelings toward someone get stronger as bad experiences with them pile up, and these negative thoughts trigger the fight-or-flight response in our bodies. As AJ Marsden, assistant professor of Psychology at Beacon College in Leesburg, Florida, puts it, “our fight-or-flight response is our bodies way of dealing with a stressor.”
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Stressors that trigger fight-or-flight need not be life or death, though, says Marsden: “Sadly, our body cannot tell the difference between an actual stressor (being chased by someone with a knife) and a perceived stressor (having work with someone you hate).” This is why seeing posts from your high school bully can make you feel the anxiety of being bullied all over again: your fearful associations with disliking the person trigger your own need to protect yourself.
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Source: headspace.com
Art Series: The Middle Finger #Organic T-Shirt.
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“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.”
– Kurt Cobain
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CPB says it is shutting down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump
“The demise of the corporation, known as CPB, is a direct result of President Donald Trump’s targeting of public media, which he has repeatedly said is spreading political and cultural views antithetical to those the United States should be espousing. The closure is expected to have a profound impact on the journalistic and cultural landscape — in particular, public radio and TV stations in small communities across the United States. CPB helps fund both PBS and NPR.”
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Scum
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: a low, vile, or worthless person or group of people
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“And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
— Matthew 15:14, King James Bible
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What Happens In The Brain When We Dislike Somebody – Headspace
“In order to understand what happens in your body when you dislike someone, you can start by trying to understand fear. As Robert Sapolsky writes in “Why Your Brain Hates Other People,” when we see someone who even looks different from us, “there is preferential activation of the amygdala,” which means the brain region associated with fear and aggression flares up. This visceral, emotional reaction can spark a long-term pattern of dislike when it’s validated by action: if you perceive that someone has hurt you, your fear of them becomes rational. Our negative feelings toward someone get stronger as bad experiences with them pile up, and these negative thoughts trigger the fight-or-flight response in our bodies.”
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California Laws Protecting Immigrants’ Civil Rights
“Over the last several years, California has taken significant strides to protect immigrants, passing a broad range of laws to expand and uphold the civil and labor rights of immigrants, to equalize access to higher education, and to define the role local law enforcement agencies may play in the enforcement of federal immigration law. In its brief, “California Blueprint: Two Decades of Pro-Immigrant Transformation,” the California Immigrant Policy Center highlights the broad range of state laws enacted since 1996.”