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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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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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Naomi
@naomiii
*2024 i meant to say, he does have a new novel out which I need to check out - just saw in the bookstore last week.
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brileigh
@brileigh
💞 thank you for these suggestions!! not familiar with these names, will definitely look them up
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