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+.Dd March 31, 2022
+.Dt COMPASSION 7
+.Os "Causal Agency"
+.
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm Compassion
+.Nd better world fiction
+.
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+Recently I watched the film
+.Em Margarita With a Straw .
+I'm not sure how to feel
+about some aspects of it,
+but it tries to do a lot,
+and I was still thinking about it
+a couple days later.
+.
+.Pp
+What really sticks out about it,
+to me,
+is that it is
+better world fiction,
+for lack of a better term.
+It's a film about two characters
+with disabilities,
+but it doesn't play into tropes.
+There's no big dramatic scene
+where a character gets treated unfairly.
+It doesn't really happen.
+In the world of the movie,
+most people are accepting,
+patient
+and compassionate.
+That's not to say
+there is no conflict.
+The film is just telling a different story.
+.
+.Pp
+The story takes place
+in a better world.
+Or maybe it takes place
+in a world that exists
+within our own,
+hidden between the worse parts.
+It's wonderfully subversive.
+Because I went into the film
+expecting at least one deeply upsetting
+scene of discrimination.
+What else would you expect
+of a story like this one,
+right?
+But instead of being upset,
+I was warmed.
+It was so nice to see
+the characters work through
+their own problems
+surrounded by simple kindness.
+And when it was over,
+I was left wanting
+to move our world
+closer to that one.
+.
+.Pp
+That's what I love about this kind of fiction.
+It's why I love the books of Becky Chambers so much.
+They give me hope,
+and guidance.
+I count the
+.Em Murderbot Diaries
+series in this as well,
+which shows a sort of bad world,
+and an alternative.
+I think it's so important
+to see the good that exists
+and the good that could exist.
+Rather than something to fight against,
+these stories show something to fight for.
+A more compassionate world.
+.
+.Pp
+I know,
+one person can't change the world.
+But they can change their own world,
+and the worlds of those around them.
+And slowly,
+good things can spread.
+I'll strive to be
+more patient,
+more understanding,
+more compassionate,
+and I hope you will too.
+.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An june Aq Mt june@causal.agency
+.
+.Pp
+I can't help but worry,
+when I write something like this,
+that someone I know will read it
+and think that I'm lying
+because I've hurt them.
+If that's the case,
+I am sorry,
+and I promise
+I am trying to do better.
diff --git a/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile b/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile
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@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ TXTS += 032-albums-2021.txt
 TXTS += 033-jorts.txt
 TXTS += 034-voices.txt
 TXTS += 035-addendum-2021.txt
+TXTS += 036-compassion.txt
 
 all: colb ${TXTS}