Freedom

 In a world where sadness unfelt, as Danny Pellegrino put it, in his novel How Do I Un-Remember This?,” we can see that processing “unfelt (sadness)” is almost a taboo. In more ways than we know, the world around us tend to say we can and should take a couple of days to process said grief. But when it comes to anything exceeding those couple of days, we see that we are questioned for our actions pertaining to that grief, and thus, become stigmatized for feeling too sad, or “emotional.” Just saying we need to do better is not enough. Our community is dealing with things like poverty; inequitable levels of society that their counterparts have put them in; and even notable items like food inequality and scarceness. I go back to a time when my grandmother had passed from COVID-19, and my boss said something like, “of course you should be with your family,” upon learning of said news of her passing. However, once I got there, she was already gone of course, but I felt an enormous amount...

 What is behind the messages we receive on a day to day basis? Right now I am sitting at a McDonalds, reviewing the messages they have advertised, such as: " limited time 'tis the Shamrock season" This is one of many messages I see daily that remind me of Capitalism. I know it's a overrated thought, but really the content of Capitalism runs deep. Anti-capitalism propaganda, such as what you I see on Instagram for Pro-Palestine content, is agreeable. Boycotting places, such as, where I am sitting now, is something I probably am struggling to do. However controversial it sounds, we need to do it. Boycotting is the way we make our voices heard. The messages received on a daily basis reminding us in order to fit in, we must conform by spending our well-earned money on capitalistic expenses, such as Valentines Day decorum, gifts, and more. Why does our society push this agenda so much, what is the underlying reason for all this "gifting" and celebration of holida...