Lauren Beckman
laurenlately.bsky.social
Lauren Beckman
@laurenlately.bsky.social
Unpacking political and social issues through an intersectional feminist lens | IG: @lauren.lately
A possibly unpopular opinion: I hate the ‘what radicalised you?’ trend because the answers are always the most basic just care for humanity, society and intersectional issues which creates a permission structure for people to frame that as radical.
January 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Nothing says “this is an indisputable biological truth” like needing to legislate it… 🫠
January 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My high level thoughts on the Mark Zuckerberg interview with Joe Rogan:

🍊 this was an exercise in Zuckerberg sucking up to Trump and engaging in some truly wild revisionist history
January 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Quick reminder that the Aboriginal Flag and Torres Strait Islander Flag are both official flags of Australia under the Flags Act… and have been for longer than ‘Australia Day’ has been a public holiday. Just saying.
December 10, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Seeing all the Wicked discourse and I am BEGGING people to develop some media literacy and critical analysis skills. Foreshadowing is not a ‘spoiler’. Nor is it an ‘Easter egg’.
November 25, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Between Wicked and Agatha All Along, can we agree it’s time to bring back practical effects and give CGI a bit of a break? Immersive practical effects with minimal supplementary CGI is just so visually compelling!! More of this please.
November 22, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Honestly the idea of starting on any social media from scratch seems exhausting at this point. But I suppose this is the price we must pay for a post-Elon platform. So here we are.
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 AM