tippi

people (i'm mostly talking about liberals here) have been arguing in favor of optical politics since time immemorial and it might just be the most annoyingly oppressive framework they have to be honest. the idea that "bad optics" are a bigger threat to a movement or marginalized identity group than the actual systems oppressing them is really more of a valuing of those systems over valuing those movements/groups. it's inherently about denying change and justice in the world and the entire concept needs to be dismantled. anyone whose political philosophy is secured by "professional appearances" truly has no idea what they're talking about whatsoever