Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains – and souls – need but that it’s easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and recommend just three links every week that you absolutely must see.
No fluff, no fuss, just three exceptional reads.
Here are this week’s recommendations:
Essay: If Harrison Butker Was a Muslim (Mona Eltahawy)
Just as Donald Trump is not an aberration, but rather a fruition of decades of white supremacist, misogynist, bigoted rot, so too is the conservative dominance of the Supreme Court, which conservatives have worked for since the early 1970s. Harrison Butker is not an aberration. And to see him as such is what fuels the denial of white supremacist Christian patriarchy in the U.S.
Chainsaws for all! I live on a rural island where we share all our tools (Victoria Namkung / The Guardian)
The library is like the best neighbor you ever had. Imagine if the person at the end of your block had 1,500 tools and they’d show you how to use them. I’ve personally used tools from the library to make fences around my property. I’ve made picture frames and gates and repaired trees and trimmed my hedges. I’ve gained skills and confidence through these experiences to also become a wood turner. There’s great satisfaction in doing something with your hands.
Animal photography (Animation Nanpu)
@animation.nanpu Animals photography #art #animal #photography #animation #undertale ♬ son original – Animation Nanpu
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