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brileigh
@brileigh
something I’ve been struggling to put into words lately is how disconnected I feel to the media around us in movies, books, etc. like everytime I go to a contemporary book store, all I pick up is novels involving various tragedies of abuse, r@pe, death, poverty, struggling artist etc. and I’m not *trying* to find them, it’s just everywhere It just gets to a certain point where I don’t want to re-traumatize myself of all the stuff I’ve already experienced in life and still go through?? It’s not like I need escapist euphoria either but it seems reflective of how people want to feel or are being conditioned to feel and I just feel disconnected lately I also wonder if this is something that is representative of a democratic victim identity mindset? Like I genuinely wonder how someone who is far right has felt over the last 4+ years when it comes to finding media they consume. not necessarily saying this is a bad thing either, I think these stories are important in their own way
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kbc
@kbc
Here are some suggestions. Little note: small things like these is based on contemporary Irish history. Recently turned into a movie and people said it’s super powerful. It talks about a taboo topic (mother child homes run by nouns)
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marlo
@marlo
i would like escapist euphoria please haha. as a kid i was so messed up by all the super sad movies. so much parent death, etc. then as a teen it felt like all the most popular media was glorifying narcissism… characters constantly lying and scamming their “friends” and cheating on each other because it’s “funny”. and all the violence. so weird. i don’t care if it’s “unrealistic,” i want happier options
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Naomi
@naomiii
Try some Ronan hession - Leonard and Hungry Paul, one of my fave of 2025. Also benjamin myers' books, full of beauty, and warmth. And then if you can find Mariana Leky's What you can see from here, you got another antidote to the trauma-bathing :)) Thanks to the smaller bookshops and the library I discovered quite a few books that don't hinge on this negative/sad loop.
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polymutex
@polymutex.eth
The world lacks a shared optimistic vision for the future. I think it's a huge part in why there exists a collective societal malaise. IMO the best movie that has done this in recent years is The Wandering Earth 2. It shows all nations acting together towards fixing a planet-wide problem with technology.
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