Re: Consuming Media Is Not Activism
Jun. 15th, 2021 07:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynling> I've found myself reading a lot of work that's not written in English during the past two years.
Despite the stories I write, I am not interested in Evil Sexymen in real life.
But damn if I haven't found myself in an intense relationship with Amazon Dot Com, which uses its massive wealth and power to ship me books from around the world for a fraction of the cost of buying from a local indie bookstore.
It's actually one of my dirtiest secrets that I'm not a fan of small bookstores, and don't even get me started about libraries. I know how bad this sounds, but listen. Anyone who treats you like trash because you can speak and read languages other than English can go fuck themselves.
And anyway, I use the money I save on not paying some pretentious hipster's rent to buy zines and chapbooks and Kindle singles, many of which are much more interesting than professionally published books to begin with.
I just think that, if Amazon works for Dr. Chuck Tingle, then it works for me.
ETA: I should add that this does not apply to comic book stores. I love comic book stores, mainly because they stock zines and small-press comics but also because they tend not to be owned and staffed by assholes.
Despite the stories I write, I am not interested in Evil Sexymen in real life.
But damn if I haven't found myself in an intense relationship with Amazon Dot Com, which uses its massive wealth and power to ship me books from around the world for a fraction of the cost of buying from a local indie bookstore.
It's actually one of my dirtiest secrets that I'm not a fan of small bookstores, and don't even get me started about libraries. I know how bad this sounds, but listen. Anyone who treats you like trash because you can speak and read languages other than English can go fuck themselves.
And anyway, I use the money I save on not paying some pretentious hipster's rent to buy zines and chapbooks and Kindle singles, many of which are much more interesting than professionally published books to begin with.
I just think that, if Amazon works for Dr. Chuck Tingle, then it works for me.
ETA: I should add that this does not apply to comic book stores. I love comic book stores, mainly because they stock zines and small-press comics but also because they tend not to be owned and staffed by assholes.
