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1879 || the art of refusal not withdrawal
2026/10/16
Rather than fleeing society completely, the idea of "doing nothing" means disengaging from the toxic demands of continuous capitalist productivity, social media optimization, and personal branding. It's about "standing apart" not "standing without". Finding resistance in refusal.
Odell notes that our enemy isn't the physical world itself, but rather the commercial digital channels and algorithms through which we are forced to experience it every day. By reclaiming our attention from screens, we can redirect it toward our immediate physical environments, local ecosystems, and community history.
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1878 || doing nothing is doing something
2026/10/15
This is real. You are real. You reading this is real. Extend the time you have by paying attention to what is real. Even when it's uncomfortable. This is how you reclaim your attention + do "nothing" so you can be more effective at the somethings that are required of you.
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1877 || unproductive and still worthy
2026/10/14
Capitalism has shaped our economies, our politics, and our emotional psychology. A society that puts profits > people will trickle down into our own personal value systems. We will never feel worthy in a culture that only focuses on profit motives. It's time we reshape our social values and the way that we think.
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1876 || the cost of living is killing yourself to stay alive
2026/10/13
Capitalism has turned the natural, balancing, grounding act of creation into just another way to make money. It’s turned every feeling into a hostile takeover of our money making potential.
And capitalism exploits our emotions in so many ways to keep us from resisting it. It demands our isolation. We drive in our personal little boxes to our personal little boxes at work where we spend every hour of daylight working on a little box, before coming home to our little box and eating from a little box before laying on a little box to return to the same boxes tomorrow.
This isolation keeps us alienated. This means everyone is suffering, but we are forced to suffer alone. This isolation becomes internalized and we blame ourselves for it. We have no energy to revolt or change anything. We don’t even have energy to reach out to people we love. The only energy we have is for survival, which means we have to continue putting every ounce of ourselves into our labor and productivity.
All we have left is our labor, which means there’s no energy left to fight the people exploiting it.
The “cost of living” is killing yourself to barely stay alive.
Our physical and emotional vitality is tied to our creativity and passion, but these too, have been coopted by a society that puts value only on economics.
Capitalism worked hard to keep us from ourselves.
Our politicians use emotional agitation and manipulation to keep us compliant and/or defeated. We’re forced to stay in the role of the laborer.
And because they’ve designed the system to keep us isolated no matter how bleak it gets, we have no appropriate outlets to release this emotional weight. Most people have no idea how to even identify their emotions let alone process them effectively, so we end up blaming ourselves for having them. We see everyone else in their boxes and we assume they’re doing just fine and we blame ourselves for being “broken” or unable to keep up. We internalize the shame and pain instead of externalizing it, which is part of the cycle that keeps the pain coming.
What we don’t realize is that everyone of us who labors or works for a paycheck is struggling in some capacity. We are lonely, terrified, and defeated. We’ve been convinced we can “win” and “catch up” if we just keep our head down and work hard. But productivity is up and profits are up, but wages are down and as a result, so is hope.
We blame ourselves for being human and we hide in shame when we feel any emotions. The problem is, nobody can keep up.
If you love urself, you can rest without shame, and the shareholders cannot make a profit on that. If you love yourself you won’t buy endless products thinking the next one is gonna be the one to help you get your shit together finally, and shareholders can’t profit off of that. Shareholders have manufactured self-loathing and shame in each of us, much to their benefit.
Reclaim your emotions. Reclaim "unproductive" output. Reclaim connection. Do the work to push back against the people exploiting us.
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1875 || emotions are rational, actually
2026/10/12
We have been conditioned to believe emotions are irrational, feminine, and something to be suppressed. But rationality and emotionality are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are intertwined. Without emotions, we would not have any motivation towards rationality.
Our assumption that emotions are irrational tends to refer to our reactions to the emotion, rather than the emotion itself.
Rationality is not emotionless. Emotions are not completely irrational.
SOURCES:
someonewithopinions's MEDIUM POST: The Politics of Feeling: How Emotions Move, Shape, and Control UsYouTube Video: Emotions are RationalYouTube Video: The Calculus of Feeling: Why Emotions are Rational AlgorithmsStudy: Rationality and emotions
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1874 || rights don't actually exist
2026/10/11
Rights are social agreements. If they can be taken away by the "higher power" at any time, they are not "rights" they are privileges. What constitutes a right changes over time. So, we must fight for and defend the rights of EVERYONE, ALL THE TIME.
THEY ARE ONLY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE WE GIVE THEM MEANING.
George Carlin on Human Rights Rights vs. Responsibilities: Indigenous Perspectivehttps://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/indigenous-peoples-are-essential-rights-naturehttps://www.spectacle.org/0400/natural.html
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1873 || expressive emotions vs. suppression
2026/10/10
How we display our emotions vary based on where we were born. There are consequences to our cultural influences.
https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/discoverpsychology2/chapter/culture-and-emotion/https://nobaproject.com/modules/culture-and-emotionhttps://www.saranahmed.com/books-1/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/this-is-america/202603/how-social-cultural-and-political-structures-influence-our-feelings
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1872 || socialized emotion
2026/10/08
The expression of our emotions, the value we put on them, and how we're affected by them is dependent on how we're socialized. The importance we put on certain emotions varies across cultures.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/between-cultures/201803/how-culture-shapes-emotionshttps://www.saranahmed.com/books-1/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/this-is-america/202603/how-social-cultural-and-political-structures-influence-our-feelings
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1871 || emotions are manufactured
2026/10/07
Emotions feel so internally important, but they are actually impacted by so much more than my personal experience. Our society manipulates our emotions and exploits us through them.
https://www.saranahmed.com/books-1/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/this-is-america/202603/how-social-cultural-and-political-structures-influence-our-feelingshttps://medium.com/@v_bhagya/the-politics-of-feeling-how-emotions-move-shape-and-control-us-51e5627a7e1fhttps://brianneradke.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/ahmed-sara-the-cultural-politics-of-emotion-introduction-feel-your-way/
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1870 || when our emotions aren't ours
2026/10/06
Our emotional states are heavily influenced by the stories we hear, but we tend to forget the narrative and only remember the "feelings". This means we can be influenced by stories that are completely made up. So, we can easily adopt feelings that aren't rooted in reality, but feel so real to us (the feeler), that we start to believe these feelings are facts.
Emotions are movable. They connect us to "this and that". They move us, connect us, attach us, and transform us.
We have the feelings, but erase the history of the feeling so that the feeling feels natural, and the story becomes irrelevant. This is how people can become emotionally attached to their own subordination.
Norms appear through the concealment of repetition.
https://www.saranahmed.com/books-1/https://pratiquesdhospitalite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/245435211-sara-ahmed-the-cultural-politics-of-emotion.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cultural_Politics_of_Emotion
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1869 || emotions are stories that impact our behaviors
2026/10/05
We should be paying attention to what emotions DO rather than what they ARE.
We assign emotional values to things because of the way we're taught in our culture. Our emotions orient us towards or away from certain bodies. It allows us to justify biases against entire groups of people because it becomes the cultural norm.
Unfortunately, there are very bad people who take advantage of this cultural shaping through emotions. They weaponize hatred by co-opting language and making themselves the victims so that we can't help the TRUE victims.
https://www.saranahmed.com/books-1/https://pratiquesdhospitalite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/245435211-sara-ahmed-the-cultural-politics-of-emotion.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cultural_Politics_of_Emotion
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1868 || the emotion economy
2026/10/04
Emotions circulate and accumulate value across our society through repetition. We must pay attention to what these emotions DO rather than what they ARE.
We assign emotional values to things because of the way we're taught in our culture. Our emotions orient us towards or away from certain bodies. It allows us to justify biases against entire groups of people because it becomes the cultural norm.
Unfortunately, there are very bad people who take advantage of this cultural shaping through emotions. They weaponize hatred by co-opting language and making themselves the victims so that we can't help the TRUE victims.
https://www.saranahmed.com/books-1/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1g09x4qhttps://pratiquesdhospitalite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/245435211-sara-ahmed-the-cultural-politics-of-emotion.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cultural_Politics_of_Emotion
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1867 || empathy isn't a sin
2026/10/03
Love should not be harsh or tough. Empathy isn't a sin. It's a crucial aspect to our humanity. If you hear that empathy is a sin, that's a way to avoid the cognitive dissonance necessary to act out of alignment with your morals.
Empathy is a central feature in our humanity. You can become more objective and reasonable about your empathy, without abandoning it completely.
If your conscience is screaming that something isn't right, listen.
Sure, we can be blinded by our subjective relationship to empathy, but we shouldn't be demonizing empathy itself.
Anything that encourages you to ignore human suffering is propaganda.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/hard-right-influencers/www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/maga-right-christianity-empathy-toxic/688755/
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1866 || compassionate empathy
2026/10/02
We must incorporate moral reasoning, altruism, and compassion into our empathy. Otherwise, we may end up blinded by biases we can't even see.
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1865 || the empathy trap
2026/10/01
Too much empathy is not always a good thing. Human empathy is highly selective, which means it's not always "fair" or objective. Fortunately, there are ways to be empathetic, more fairly.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-problem-with/202605/the-problem-with-empathyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Empathyhttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200930-can-empathy-be-bad-for-you
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Such a helpful daily dose of pep talk for my depressed brain
★☆☆☆☆
boi fishy 2026/02/08
Disappointing.
I was shocked and disappointed by this episode. You compared Prophet Muhammad to known sexual predators… a comparison that is offensive, misleading, a...
★★★★★
Sia Maria 2025/11/15
So mentally stimulating!
Yes girl I love this podcast!!
★★★★★
jerevieeeeas 2025/04/23
Great but not sure on the music lore stuff
Loving the supportive content in these challenging times
★★☆☆☆
Morg215 2024/11/13
I used to love this podcast!!
I used to absolutely love listening to Julie when I would get ready for work. I hate that it’s become so political. It actually has begun to make me m...
★★★★★
Stacey in Florida 2024/07/05
Grateful for you!
Your voice is soothing and your messages are empowering. I truly appreciated the podcast about Ayesha Khan’s article. Can’t wait to hear more!
★★★★★
brooke☺️ 2023/12/12
Great way to start a morning
I love this podcast and I do indeed use it while making my bed.
★☆☆☆☆
daisyblol 2023/07/21
I used to love..
I used to love this podcast but I have felt increasingly uncomfortable by the ads that Julie chooses for this podcast. As a self-help podcast that is ...
★☆☆☆☆
sadbwoshdbsna 2023/05/26
too many ads
starting the day with 3/4 minutes of ads is horrible, i don’t even want to make it to the content