The Teaspoon
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Determined to built a better future and world. Never thought I'd be here, but life surprises us.
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I swear to you, I do like andor - but I didn't love how it handled gender. Just because there's not many women in OG star wars doesn't mean you need to kill off or write-out the women you brought in - or that the women had to suffer so much
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Andor’s Gender Trouble, Part Two
Following up on some issues a very good show has – why did they have to dip into problematic tropes and uncomfortable trends?
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December 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I swear to you, I do like andor - but I didn't love how it handled gender. Just because there's not many women in OG star wars doesn't mean you need to kill off or write-out the women you brought in - or that the women had to suffer so much
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In the midst of chaos, war, and injustice, we shouldn't lose sight of the reality that our biggest strength is each other. We've got to remember how to trust and work together.
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Building Trust
We should resist the urge to retreat inward in the face of tragedy or uncertainty – challenging power means reaching outward and building trust and alliances.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In the midst of chaos, war, and injustice, we shouldn't lose sight of the reality that our biggest strength is each other. We've got to remember how to trust and work together.
teaspoonbrigade.com/2025/11/30/b...
teaspoonbrigade.com/2025/11/30/b...
Empires usually paint themselves as the torch and banner carriers of peace, progress, and civilisation.
It's a lie and a sham. The peace of empire is a desert, and 'progress' usually ends up being subjugation - if not of you, then of someone else. No empire is our friend.
It's a lie and a sham. The peace of empire is a desert, and 'progress' usually ends up being subjugation - if not of you, then of someone else. No empire is our friend.
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Empires usually paint themselves as the torch and banner carriers of peace, progress, and civilisation.
It's a lie and a sham. The peace of empire is a desert, and 'progress' usually ends up being subjugation - if not of you, then of someone else. No empire is our friend.
It's a lie and a sham. The peace of empire is a desert, and 'progress' usually ends up being subjugation - if not of you, then of someone else. No empire is our friend.
"Oh no, we can't risk doing anything different, this is the best things have ever been!"
Said the man who was profiting, politically and financially, from the way things are.
Said the man who was profiting, politically and financially, from the way things are.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
"Oh no, we can't risk doing anything different, this is the best things have ever been!"
Said the man who was profiting, politically and financially, from the way things are.
Said the man who was profiting, politically and financially, from the way things are.
Reactionaries know we don't like to share spaces with them. That's what they want.
Once we leave art, they take it over and make it theirs. The more they associate with popular culture, the more normal and legitimate they look.
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Once we leave art, they take it over and make it theirs. The more they associate with popular culture, the more normal and legitimate they look.
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Who does Art Belong to?
Progressives sometimes vacate culture when the far-right move in. It’s a natural instinct, but it’s also what they’re counting on.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reactionaries know we don't like to share spaces with them. That's what they want.
Once we leave art, they take it over and make it theirs. The more they associate with popular culture, the more normal and legitimate they look.
teaspoonbrigade.com/2025/11/22/w...
Once we leave art, they take it over and make it theirs. The more they associate with popular culture, the more normal and legitimate they look.
teaspoonbrigade.com/2025/11/22/w...
Some people will tell you Empires bring peace, order, or progress, but they don't.
Empires are built through coercion, violence, and subjugation. Every empire is an obstacle to building a better, more just world.
teaspoonbrigade.com/2025/11/14/t...
Empires are built through coercion, violence, and subjugation. Every empire is an obstacle to building a better, more just world.
teaspoonbrigade.com/2025/11/14/t...
There are no ‘Good’ Empires
You ever watch much Monty Python? I watched it sometimes growing up. In Life of Brian, there’s a scene of Judean rebels who want to drive out the Romans. Why? Because “what have the Romans ever don…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Some people will tell you Empires bring peace, order, or progress, but they don't.
Empires are built through coercion, violence, and subjugation. Every empire is an obstacle to building a better, more just world.
teaspoonbrigade.com/2025/11/14/t...
Empires are built through coercion, violence, and subjugation. Every empire is an obstacle to building a better, more just world.
teaspoonbrigade.com/2025/11/14/t...