anokarina:
“This is how a community of knowledge can become dangerous.” ―Sloman & Fernbach ☁️ 💦
anokarina:
“In makeover culture, looking good doesn’t just equate to feeling good. More profoundly, embodying physical beauty testifies to the fact that one is good; it becomes a means of realising one’s potential and of being true to one’s authentic self.”
anokarina:
“When did the sixth extinction begin, and who is responsible for it?” ―Ashley Dawson 🌊
anokarina:
“Replacing “progress” with “innovation” skirts the question of whether a novelty is an improvement: the world may not be getting better and better but our devices are getting newer and newer.” —Jill Lepore
anokarina:
“Instead of a particular color, then, perhaps humanity is gray: We are endless shades of each other.” —Kyle Chayka 🌊 🌅
anokarina:
“The all-too-often-forgotten African-American cabaret singer named “Baby” Esther truly gave birth to Betty Boop, yet rarely receives credit for it; her story, in many ways, tells a larger tale about America itself.” ―Gabrielle Bellot 💦