Post by @susankayequinn@wandering.shop

2026-10-11 16:51 UTC

...the normalization of violence as a problem-solving technique is especially acute in storytelling but it's just a reflection of what we "value" socially even if it's completely divorced from how most people live their lives. (my 2023 article on #hopepunk) https://dreamforgemagazine.com/story/rewriting-the-future/

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@susankayequinn@wandering.shop 2026-10-11 16:52

(at the end of a list of hopepunk elements...) "choosing gentleness over violence. I put non-violence last because if some folks are allergic to hope, you should see how they feel about non-violence..."

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@LJ@sunny.garden 2026-10-12 14:22

@susankayequinn@wandering.shop when I was a baby writer, I drafted a near future thriller that after completing & revising an entire 100,000 word novel, trunked it. Permanently. I realized I had written a story where I 'fridged' 1 sister to propel the other into her role as heroine. I had internalized all the violence & misogyny I was swimming in & regurgitated it in my own story. I made a conscious choice to never do that again. And i haven't. I'm not sure my work can be considered solar or hope punk, but it is earnest, full of characters who work to better their worlds through cooperation & emotional connection.

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