This was excellent. I feel like hot takes can often end up being a way for us to platform our ideas on something we already feel strongly about, rather than about the actual event. I appreciated the author's thoughts on spiritual bypassing but the example felt oddly piggy-backed on a conversation that didn't quite fit her thesis. It's such an internet problem.
Yes, especially to the point of platforming areas we already hold! If we feel strongly about a topic, why not just write an essay about the thing we want to write about rather than tacking it on to a culture hot spot?
With you in trying to quiet the noise! I’ve had a lot of feelings and thoughts about “hot takes” over these last number of wildly complex and difficult years (thoughts that are mostly still in my own mind lol because they are not ready!) and I’m grateful for you giving me some food for thought in that process. And what beautiful fresh herbs! (I’ve been deep in Shiso lately myself). And many thanks for the mention of my herbal remedies!
Trying to quiet the noise when everything is so so loud! It is continual work. Appreciate your reflections. :)
We had SO MUCH shiso in the community garden this year and last. Interested to hear what you do with it (so far have done rice / the bitters are in process)? And your milky oats supported me deeply in August, so thank you! 🙏🏾
Oh I wish I could heart this a 1,000 times. I do not practice Buddhism much anymore but the practices stick. I was also a journalist. This hot take world is so broken and creating so much fractured info. I see this often when people call out “everybody mad about _____.” Who? One person? One influencer? That’s not everyone. So much noise. Even here on Substack. I’m glad I read this!
So refreshing to read something so considered when the internet is full of hot takes.
Thank you for the feedback! 🤗
This was excellent. I feel like hot takes can often end up being a way for us to platform our ideas on something we already feel strongly about, rather than about the actual event. I appreciated the author's thoughts on spiritual bypassing but the example felt oddly piggy-backed on a conversation that didn't quite fit her thesis. It's such an internet problem.
Yes, especially to the point of platforming areas we already hold! If we feel strongly about a topic, why not just write an essay about the thing we want to write about rather than tacking it on to a culture hot spot?
With you in trying to quiet the noise! I’ve had a lot of feelings and thoughts about “hot takes” over these last number of wildly complex and difficult years (thoughts that are mostly still in my own mind lol because they are not ready!) and I’m grateful for you giving me some food for thought in that process. And what beautiful fresh herbs! (I’ve been deep in Shiso lately myself). And many thanks for the mention of my herbal remedies!
Trying to quiet the noise when everything is so so loud! It is continual work. Appreciate your reflections. :)
We had SO MUCH shiso in the community garden this year and last. Interested to hear what you do with it (so far have done rice / the bitters are in process)? And your milky oats supported me deeply in August, so thank you! 🙏🏾
I'm so glad!! Love those Milky Oats. I've mostly been drinking it as a tea with tulsi, and lemon balm. And bitters sound lovely!
Oh I wish I could heart this a 1,000 times. I do not practice Buddhism much anymore but the practices stick. I was also a journalist. This hot take world is so broken and creating so much fractured info. I see this often when people call out “everybody mad about _____.” Who? One person? One influencer? That’s not everyone. So much noise. Even here on Substack. I’m glad I read this!