From 4132317b2ba8e75a79d07619e51a47b89f51bf6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: June McEnroe Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:01:10 -0400 Subject: Publish "Compassion" --- www/text.causal.agency/036-compassion.7 | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ www/text.causal.agency/Makefile | 1 + 2 files changed, 106 insertions(+) create mode 100644 www/text.causal.agency/036-compassion.7 diff --git a/www/text.causal.agency/036-compassion.7 b/www/text.causal.agency/036-compassion.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9d0d887d --- /dev/null +++ b/www/text.causal.agency/036-compassion.7 @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +.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 index 0bae868f..31f500f7 100644 --- a/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile +++ b/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile @@ -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} -- cgit 1.4.1