Solarpunk Presents Podcast<p>7.2: Ariel & Christina Discuss: Why Must Utopia Be Cruel?</p><p>In this episode, Ariel and Christina try to get to the bottom of why our fictional visions of utopia are so negative. They often involve mindless acquiescence to an authoritarian nanny state, the oppression and labor of an underclass, or both. It’s as if we can’t imagine a situation in which we all voluntarily treat each other (reasonably) decently and life can be good for everyone. We discuss the literary origins of utopia, how it has evolved (or not) as a concept, and Ariel gives a few examples of sci-fi futures that are about as close to her style of solarpunk utopia as can be. Ultimately, the topic of utopia raises more questions than answers.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/WR8yg2cOcMk?si=AwMMgH2MNFHmO8Ct" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/WR8yg2cOcMk?si=AwMMgH</span><span class="invisible">2MNFHmO8Ct</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SolarpunkPresentsPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarpunkPresentsPodcast</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Season7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Season7</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Episode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Episode</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PodcastEpisode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PodcastEpisode</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/utopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>utopia</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SirThomasMore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SirThomasMore</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SaintThomasMore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaintThomasMore</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ThomasMore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThomasMore</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Protopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protopia</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WakandaForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WakandaForever</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BlackPanther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackPanther</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> Futurisms <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Afrofuturism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrofuturism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Utopias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utopias</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Anti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anti</span></a>-Utopia <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LiteraryHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryHistory</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Despair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Despair</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hope</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UntopiaParadox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UntopiaParadox</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Omelas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Omelas</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TheOnesWhoStayAndFight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheOnesWhoStayAndFight</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas</span></a></p>
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Matt Dobbins<p><strong>A Clemens Clap Back</strong></p><p>A very complex person who made considerable observations on humanity was Samuel Clemens. His commentary and short stories, one of which he published as the diary of Eve, pushed the limits of censorship at the time. This statement to the press after his congressional testimony on copyright in 1906 is very fascinating. He was asked about images of Eve used in his book and the banning of this work by a library.</p><p>“The whole episode has rather amused me. I have no feeling of vindictiveness over the stand of the librarians there—I am only amused. You see, they did not object to my book; they objected to Lester Ralph’s pictures. I wrote the book; I did not make the pictures. I admire the pictures, and I heartily approve them, but I did not make them.</p><p>It seems curious to me—some of the incidents in this case. It appears that the pictures in Eve’s Diary were first discovered by a lady librarian. When she made the dreadful find, being very careful, she jumped at no hasty conclusions—not she—she examined the horrid things in detail. It took her some time to examine them all, but she did her hateful duty! I don’t blame her for this careful examination; the time she spent was, I am sure, enjoyable, for I found considerable fascination in them myself.</p><p>Then she took the book to another librarian, a male this time, and he, also, took a long time to examine the unclothed ladies. He must have found something of the same sort of fascination in them that I found. Now, if the pictures were so good as to occupy their attention so long, it seems to me that they were a little selfish not to permit the rest of the city a chance instead of shutting the volume out.”</p><p><span></span></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/1906/" target="_blank">#1906</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/artistic-freedom/" target="_blank">#artisticFreedom</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/banned-books/" target="_blank">#bannedBooks</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/banned-literature/" target="_blank">#bannedLiterature</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/censorship/" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/congressional-testimony/" target="_blank">#congressionalTestimony</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/copyright-law/" target="_blank">#copyrightLaw</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/eves-diary/" target="_blank">#EveSDiary</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/free-speech/" target="_blank">#freeSpeech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/historical-commentary/" target="_blank">#historicalCommentary</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/humor/" target="_blank">#Humor</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/lester-ralph/" target="_blank">#LesterRalph</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/librarian-controversy/" target="_blank">#librarianControversy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/literary-history/" target="_blank">#literaryHistory</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/mark-twain/" target="_blank">#MarkTwain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/mark-twain-quotes/" target="_blank">#MarkTwainQuotes</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/public-library/" target="_blank">#publicLibrary</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/samuel-clemens/" target="_blank">#SamuelClemens</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/satire/" target="_blank">#satire</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/societal-norms/" target="_blank">#societalNorms</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mattdobbins.com/tag/u-s-copyright-reform/" target="_blank">#USCopyrightReform</a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p>400-Year-Old <a href="https://c.im/tags/EnglishManor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnglishManor</span></a> Boasts Connections to <a href="https://c.im/tags/QueenCamilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>QueenCamilla</span></a> & <a href="https://c.im/tags/VirginiaWoolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VirginiaWoolf</span></a> <br />Concentrate on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteraryHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteraryHistory</span></a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteraryRealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteraryRealEstate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Architecture</span></a> #1657<br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/VitaSackvilleWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VitaSackvilleWest</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Books</span></a></p><p>"Back then, being the king’s mistress was fine; being a lesbian not so much." :bl44: </p><p><a href="https://www.dirt.com/gallery/more-dirt/real-estate-listings/english-manor-house-possington-house-uk-camilla-virginia-woolf-1203636908/possingworth_hi_res_12/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dirt.com/gallery/more-dirt/rea</span><span class="invisible">l-estate-listings/english-manor-house-possington-house-uk-camilla-virginia-woolf-1203636908/possingworth_hi_res_12/</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p>Last night I dreamt I went to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Manderley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Manderley</span></a> again…</p><p>The first lines of <a href="https://c.im/tags/DaphneDuMaurier" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DaphneDuMaurier</span></a>’s classic <a href="https://c.im/tags/GothicNovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GothicNovel</span></a> “<a href="https://c.im/tags/Rebecca" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rebecca</span></a>” refers to the coastal estate in southern England owned by aristocrat Maxim de Winter. While Manderley was fictional, <a href="https://c.im/tags/GlenthorneHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GlenthorneHouse</span></a>, on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/NorthDevon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NorthDevon</span></a> - <a href="https://c.im/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Somerset</span></a> coast, is certainly reminiscent of the romantic manor and boasts some literary cred of its own.<br />A good portion of the renowned wartime novel “<a href="https://c.im/tags/TheEnglishPatient" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheEnglishPatient</span></a>” (later made into a nine-time Oscar-winning movie of the same name), and other <a href="https://c.im/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>novels</span></a>, were penned at Glenthorne by Sir Christopher’s brother <a href="https://c.im/tags/MichaelOndaatje" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MichaelOndaatje</span></a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteraryRealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteraryRealEstate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Realestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Realestate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Architecture</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteraryHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteraryHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Novelists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Novelists</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.dirt.com/gallery/more-dirt/real-estate-listings/england-glenthorne-house-coastal-manor-ontdaaje-1203634676/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dirt.com/gallery/more-dirt/rea</span><span class="invisible">l-estate-listings/england-glenthorne-house-coastal-manor-ontdaaje-1203634676/</span></a></p>
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