#AnthonyHopkins #RobertDeNiro #WingsHauser ( Ironically Wings plays the devil in #ViceSquad + I cast him as a “godlike” figure (Doctor Godard) in my upcoming film : eVe N’god™ this Female is Not Yet Rated™ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybFeysEAHtk&feature=youtu.be
Wings won’t let me see his super evil character in “Vice Squad” … but I love the irony and the awesome juxtaposition of his having played such an evil character in one film and then playing a super cool “godlike” dude in my upcoming film : )
Then, I read about the excellent program, providing computer sciences for kids …
I recognized a familiar paradox.
Every proclamation including the words “For All ” … by definition does imply inclusion.
Here’s A Thought …
In this “age of information” …
During this unprecedented exponentially expansive phase of our universal universals …
I’m thinkin’ … how ‘bout including adults in many programs designed exclusively for kids, to make this actually “For All” …
I’m thinking of citizens who might be homeless , impoverished, senior citizens, mothers, individuals living with physical and mental health challenges/addictions , unemployed individuals, disabled individuals, runaways, transgender adults, individuals emigrating from other countries … individuals who may have lost hope but might find new pathways thru education and opportunity … etc…
… all of which are of course LABELS by which these individuals disappear.
I think it’s high time for global cultures to stop labelling, as labels remove dignity, thereby dismissing human beings as … "not interesting" and basically express “we’re just not that into you.”
I’ve had the honor of working with / getting to know a few “elderly”/”mature” actresses + actors / crew / musicians in the entertainment industry, all of whom should, not only be working more often (and who’s health would probably be much better, had they been able to work more in their field especially after proving their success as stars or known craftspersons) … but all of whom, are definitely intelligent enough + curious enough to have become far more tech-literate than they currently are, if only they’d had the opportunity + encouragement from our youth-centered / profit-centered cultures.
I’ve also experienced the struggles involved in carving a path for one’s purpose in life, both as the personal struggles of an emerging artist and also, in my endeavours to help others, including homeless individuals, so-called “senior citizens" and those considered “minorities,” (all labels) who are equally intelligent / qualified to embrace tech and are RAVENOUS for opportunity but are no longer in school.
As #Tech #STEM grow exponentially with ever increasing speed, it’s important to be inclusive of adults who might fall thru the gaps.
I think it’s unhealthy to keep intact a message that plagues our societies/cultures , a message that especially damages WOMEN + GIRLS but which also affects boys + men.
That message is, that “you are only truly interesting to our society / culture when you identify as … this or that … or are … between the ages of …this … or that … ”
… of course the message adds, that this window of time and mental space in which a Girl is perceived as “interesting” or “valuable” is a shorter AND NARROWER one for girls .
As a young adult, now looking back at my experience as a teenage, gay, multi-cultural artist who raised myself in spite of an abusive childhood …
I realize that after graduating with a Masters Degree and honours at a SUPER YOUNG AGE …
no matter how much inclusion I experienced in liberal schools …
… no matter many awards + scholarships + grades skipped for early graduations I earned …
when I got out into the “marketplace” / “workplace” … this “PLACE “ is, a much less welcoming place than I had been prepared to expect …
but far less welcoming, especially for “someone like me" … whom with all my apparent “white privilege" has never aspired to fit into the mold, that forms the “cage” into which some of us define as “success.”
Pigeon Holes are Definitely No Privilege, they are in fact, Prisons for both mind and soul.
If one is blessed with an undeniable and urgent sense of purpose, seeks to forge a new path, share new ideas, new perspectives with innovation in mind and heart, no privilege, white or other, can hold a candle to the relentless hard work that it takes to fulfill a self motivated path of action.
It’s as if, my innovative ideas and the passion with which I express them, which led to all my achievements as a student, which led to rewards, are now seen in some “real world” … “one percenter driven” circumstances, as “undesirably disruptive” …
… or what is far more damaging : met with blithe indifference.
Even in this new atmosphere of “innovation for the privileged ” + “pro disruptive for the few” … there are qualifiers that provide filters designed by tired patriarchal paradigms.
It’s quite a shocker if one is unprepared for that bias, believing falsely that the inclusion experienced in school, is necessarily embraced by society/culture/workplace.
Young Female acting roles are more often geared to show off my “assets,” which is fine when the character has a mind, soul, … something ! 🙂
When I began to put my own projects/vehicles together … it was rather interesting to observe the disempowering behaviors of some ancient caveman patriarchy lingering into the 21st Century halls of power.
Investment bankers with lofty humanitarian claims and Academy Award winning producers alike, signed onto my actress/director projects, lauding my creativity and beauty, but were reluctant to consider their investment in my projects on an equal footing with my colleagues who were male, less talented, less hardworking and less innovative.
In school I had seriously assumed that in the 21st Century, a “liberal” culture embracing “parity” was a “no brainer.”
With technology moving so fast, we run the risk of “discarding” individuals in ever-evolving “subcultures,” at ever younger ages, in service of some commercialized /corporate culture that exists mostly in service to the acquisition of financial profits + competition in the world marketplace.
Culture must end the use of the term “subculture” or “alternative” because every “body” is a component of “global culture” on this planet, or are we simply unwilling to let everybody into the club?
Discounting the value or “humanity” of any fellow human being creates the conditions for war as an option for the solving of problems, which if course, it is not. The killing of any body is the killing of us all.
Profit + Competition definitely have their place, but let’s have a look at how we over emphasize the “value” of “might” or “power as war machine”, or that nebulous subjective concept of “youth,” as we discount the equally valuable … i’d say absolutely crucial, importance of providing ONGOING educational and entrepreneurial opportunities that are TRULY INCLUSIVE Across the Board, that is, for ABSOLUTELY EVERY ONE , an inclusive concept devoid of the discrimination that is a consequence of bias and which is especially damaging for Girls/Women. In fact, I suggest that it’s actually a discriminatory and practice to force any #Girl or #Woman to reveal her age for any reason whatsoever but I’d go further and include men.
Our planet faces tremendous challenges as result of an overvalued “value” on the “alpha” characteristics that tend to “win wars.”
We’ve focused so heavily on these strengths, that in my view, we’ve turned them into weakness, and into a war against our own survival as a species / planet.
Making true inclusion , a cultural space that welcomes vulnerability, and in fact recognizes, that often vulnerability is indeed STRENGTH … not only empowers those of us who’ve been held under the glass ceiling for so long, they are in danger of losing their voice, it also teaches us the truth, which is, that Power is the result of such “vulnerable” and “human” qualities, as “kindness” or dare I mention the word, “love.”
Yes. There is unequivocally, no greater power than love.
So, lets fix, let’s rebuild global cultures with new paradigms glue and save … not just our planet, but literally, Our Selves …
Every Single One of US.
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the very Simple Cause for Abusive Conditions under which so many innocent people suffer.
The Pathological Psychology of a State Dictator is that of any other Common Bully, Emotional Abuser, Physical Abuser …
Please let us apply the Same Common Sense Remedies for any other case of Abuse
The Same Remedies applied Upon receiving the Abused Family Members into a Safe House or Shelter can be applied globally
The Stakes are catastrophic if we neglect this Mental Wellness for Our Global Family
At the very simplest psychological level – the solutions are so clear
Like any Cultureor Group of People oppressed by The Dictator – the Family Members of an Abuser suffer unimaginably, the daily agonies of tortures – both physical and psychological
These agonies damage victims for generations
Unhealing Wounds paid forward into the future …
generation after generation …
from private hells
to genocide
scarring, savaging the humanities of us all as the wound becomes encoded genetically
In a never-ending cycle of misplaced tolerance for pathology.
Democracy’s genius lies partly in it’s foundation of “Balance Of Powers”
Whereas Absolute Power is a certain path to Abuse Of Power whether it be exacted on an individual, family, nation, economy, or planet.
The Survivors’ Wisdom teaches :
Survivors of Domestic Abuse, Child Abuse, Workplace Abuse, wildlife, sealife, environmental abuse know the Mechanics of Abuse of Power require enabling by those who amplify and ultimately enable the authoritarian to speak at their victims, stealing the Voice of The Victim by appropriation of the victim role – while alienating friends and family – to isolate and deny the victim from rescuers.
Jealous of unattainable excellence and of love they feel denied – the abusers’ self-soothing tool is abuse of any power in their capacity, whether it be the smallest or the greatest effect – they are so powerless to heal their own malady, they seek to exact revenge on any thing , any one willing to tolerate or enable the rampage.
The Abuser must completely control their environment in order to escape accountability and consequences and to that end they must recruit little armies of enablers forming a cult of weak followers who see themselves reflected in the dictator’s delusional superiorities.
The rampage might be an unconscious mechanism unknown to the Abusers themselves, can seem quite innocuous, even laughable at first.
But with time, enabling, tolerance of little pathologies by increments … Absolute Power is the goal of their dis-ease … The disease rules.
The mechanics include fomenting chaos and faking victimhood – the abuser obfuscates and obstructs justice and healing.
The abuser dictator derives relief of their own pain, by causing suffering in others.
Their only destination is death and the ceasing of their own pain, but they are too sick in their ego’s narcissistic quest to prove their superiority, so they harm everything in their environment in a quest for personal glory.
Please let us End Our Tolerance for Pathology and Begin the Remedy with the very same Basic Common Sense used to protect an innocent child from the Pathology of her abuser.
If We Numb ourselves into delusive agreement with Toxic Apathies, lulling ourselves into the Oblivion of a Depressed World View that holds it impossible to end war, abuse, hate, torture … – then what?
Then by abdication, we have accepted our own Demise through knowing and willful Sufferage of Pathology and Abuse
If we accept Such Sufferage for another, then by definition, we accept it for ourselves …
To see this truth – is one step toward Global Mental Wellness and therefore – one step toward the remedy of a condition that literally plagues us like a global pandemic
Global Mental Wellness Assures Global Physical Survival by our admission and acceptance of the Larger, Kinder and Most Practical Truth …
That Truth is of our Unlimited Potential … to counteract the equally unlimited pathologies of the Abuser …
Global Mental Wellness is vital to our survival and perhaps we ignore and discount it because most cultures do the same with individual Mental Wellness
Via Global Mental Wellness we will have access to these Remedies :
It is Possible to access our own Toxic Emotions as individuals and also as Cultures, Societies, States, Countries …
It is Possible for us all to Detoxify, Remedy, Improve, Heal our own Behaviours when we know we have crossed a line
It is Possible to Recognize Early Warning Signs of Impending Events via Understanding the Mechanism of Abuse and the Psychology of The Abusera
and
It is Possible and Necessary
To Say “No” in the Very Earliest Stages of any impending Abusive Event,
It is Possible and Necessary,
To Say “No” most often with Non-Violence
It is Possible and Necessary
To Say “No”
Whenever a Dictatorial, Abusive presence rears its ugly head across our own boundaries whether they be personal physical boundaries at home, at work or national boundaries
It really is – Possible.
Now.
Right Now.
Then – let us say “YES” to Urgent Care for Social Justice + Climate Action
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