I don’t research every book, movie, album before consuming, but yes, if it’s by someone I recognize and have moral/ethical problems with, I will avoid it.
Roman Polanski is the first that comes to mind. His movies are typically my jam, but I don’t spend money to see them.
It extends past traditional media for me. I didn’t just go quiet on Twitter when Musk took over, I deleted my account.
As to whether I “cherry-pick”, I don’t think so if I understand what you mean correctly. Like no matter how good a Polanski movie looks, I’m not going to go see it. I might feel a brief moment of desire to see it, but it passes pretty quickly and I move on to the billions of other pieces of media.
I don’t research every book, movie, album before consuming, but yes, if it’s by someone I recognize and have moral/ethical problems with, I will avoid it.
Same. If i see shitty news/stories about someone, then ill likely stop supporting them to the best of my ability. Sometimes its unavoidable, sometimes its too much effort, sometimes its so entrenched its impossible to eliminate (like nestle, tho i try hard AF to avoid them).
If someone i know tells me why i shouldnt support someone/something then i will take that more to heart and actively research & avoid it. It obviously means enough to them to share their concerns, and id rather support my friends.
Good point on Nestle. Yes, start looking at corporate connections and it’s difficult to not support anything that traces back to healthcare-for-profit or the “military industrial complex” or massive polluters or slave/child labor users.
Young me would kick myself for thinking such communist thoughts, but it’s almost as if there’s no ethical consumption under our current system of capitalism.
It’s also hard for me because so many artists are pedophiles (for example) that it’s hard to remember who’s who. Being able to block artists on streaming services is helpful, though I will admit that I have a lot of music (and podcasts) to sort through that I may not get to anytime soon.
Now if I could block actors, producers, etc on TV/movie services, that would be awesome.
But I don’t pause my life to research everyone involved in a project. So unfortunately I assume many people slip through the cracks.
I don’t research every book, movie, album before consuming, but yes, if it’s by someone I recognize and have moral/ethical problems with, I will avoid it.
Roman Polanski is the first that comes to mind. His movies are typically my jam, but I don’t spend money to see them.
It extends past traditional media for me. I didn’t just go quiet on Twitter when Musk took over, I deleted my account.
As to whether I “cherry-pick”, I don’t think so if I understand what you mean correctly. Like no matter how good a Polanski movie looks, I’m not going to go see it. I might feel a brief moment of desire to see it, but it passes pretty quickly and I move on to the billions of other pieces of media.
Same. If i see shitty news/stories about someone, then ill likely stop supporting them to the best of my ability. Sometimes its unavoidable, sometimes its too much effort, sometimes its so entrenched its impossible to eliminate (like nestle, tho i try hard AF to avoid them).
If someone i know tells me why i shouldnt support someone/something then i will take that more to heart and actively research & avoid it. It obviously means enough to them to share their concerns, and id rather support my friends.
Good point on Nestle. Yes, start looking at corporate connections and it’s difficult to not support anything that traces back to healthcare-for-profit or the “military industrial complex” or massive polluters or slave/child labor users.
Young me would kick myself for thinking such communist thoughts, but it’s almost as if there’s no ethical consumption under our current system of capitalism.
Agreed.
It’s also hard for me because so many artists are pedophiles (for example) that it’s hard to remember who’s who. Being able to block artists on streaming services is helpful, though I will admit that I have a lot of music (and podcasts) to sort through that I may not get to anytime soon.
Now if I could block actors, producers, etc on TV/movie services, that would be awesome.
But I don’t pause my life to research everyone involved in a project. So unfortunately I assume many people slip through the cracks.