I wish I could. The thing is though, a lot of really shitty stuff is coming to a head precisely because people who don’t need to care tune out.

I don’t have a really great answer to the problems of modern media coverage, but burying our heads in the sand isn’t a good answer.

As a gay person, for example, things are rapidly trending towards the “first they came for trans people” territory. Is it even remotely wise for me to ignore the news given the ever-escalating attempts to eradicate fellow queer people from public life? Like, for no reason other than self-interest: I must pay attention.

I envy everyone on here who can truly disconnect. I really, honestly do. My only request is that you find a way to pay some kind of attention to what’s going on in the world, because looking away only emboldens people looking to do harm.