All posts tagged: Apathy

Anger and apathy on the UK campaign trail – POLITICO

Anger and apathy on the UK campaign trail – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

“In that scenario, as a candidate, you just have to fight, meet as many people as you can, talk to as many people as you possibly can. In my perspective, just be really positive, [and say] ‘this is what the council is doing, if you’re happy with it, absolutely carry on voting for them. If you want change, this is what I would do differently.’”  He, like many of his Lib Dem rivals, is using his local edge to try to combat rampant despondency about the national state of play. Cynicism toward politics is “a big barrier for everyone voting for anyone,” Cope acknowledges. But he adds: “It’s why I feel like I have a bit of an advantage in my campaign. I’ve been around quite a long time. I live in my area, and I’ve kind of been involved in all the different projects. So when I come up against that cynicism, I can go, ‘I managed to get a bridge at Walton station. I managed to get disabled access. That’s a very tangible …

In Her Final Reflections, Jane Goodall Issues a Warning: “Without Hope, We Fall Into Apathy”

In Her Final Reflections, Jane Goodall Issues a Warning: “Without Hope, We Fall Into Apathy”

Published by José Betancourt

For many of us, Jane Goodall was one of those cul­tur­al fig­ures who seemed always to have been around, and on some lev­el, made us feel like she always would be. But of course, no human being lives for­ev­er, no mat­ter how wide­ly admired. Goodall made her own depar­ture last fall, in the mid­dle of an Amer­i­can speak­ing tour, at the age of 91. Just two days there­after, she appeared as the guest on the pre­miere of Net­flix’s Famous Last Words, a pro­gram con­sist­ing of inter­views con­duct­ed express­ly to air only after the inter­vie­wee’s death. In the clip above, the show’s host, TV writer-direc­tor-pro­duc­er Brad Falchuk, asks her an out­ward­ly sim­ple ques­tion: “Who would you say you were?” Goodall describes her­self as “some­body sent to this world to try to give peo­ple hope in dark times, because with­out hope, we fall into apa­thy and do noth­ing, and in the dark times that we are liv­ing in now, if peo­ple don’t have hope, we’re doomed. How can we bring lit­tle chil­dren into this dark world we’ve …

Carolina Ixta on Fighting Apathy With Action and Hope in YA Literature and Beyond

Carolina Ixta on Fighting Apathy With Action and Hope in YA Literature and Beyond

Published by Jenni Sidey

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This week, I’m excited to share a guest piece from rising YA literary talent Carolina Ixta. Ixta’s sophomore novel, Few Blue Skies, published earlier this month, and it’s one that I’ve been thinking about since I finished reading it. It’s a novel about second chances, about community activism and engagement, and about the impacts of corporate greed on neighborhoods–particularly those inhabited by marginalized people. Even with some heavy themes, the writing is gorgeous and immersive from start to finish. Where last month Ryan Douglass shared his thoughts and recommendations on YA adaptations from the classics, this month, Carolina is here to talk about teen activism and share several novels, adult, YA, and middle grade, that center not only teen political engagement but the hope that such action provides readers. Without further ado, here’s Carolina. Author image courtesy of Noemi Tshinanga Fighting Apathy With Action and Hope in YA Literature and Beyond Whats Up in YA Sign up for What’s …