PinnedYaseen AckermanYou know the stuff that makes you happy? Now do that.Stop putting off what makes you happy2 min read·Apr 20, 2021----
Yaseen AckermanNo, it’s not all socially constructed.Just because something is socially constructed (like words and social norms) does not mean they are arbitrary.1 min read·Jan 21, 2023----
Yaseen AckermanBuddhism, Secularism and Epistemic Violence“I have thus defined epistemic violence as a forced delegitimation, sanctioning and repression […] of certain possibilities of knowing…5 min read·Oct 17, 2021----
Yaseen AckermanFor the Love of GhibliWhy the achievements of Studio Ghibli are always worth celebrating4 min read·Aug 8, 2021----
Yaseen AckermanGolden hourThere’s a peace here, a quite Precious distance, when you don’t Understand what’s being said1 min read·Jan 27, 2021--1--1
Yaseen AckermanSurasak StationHe looks my way Wide open, green-brown eyes, Made vivid by fluorescent lights, All broad, giddy smiles2 min read·Jan 27, 2021----
Yaseen AckermanCity of Angels[5am — Bangkok] *Tuktuktuktuk* I find myself careening Down a dark, smouldering soi, Leaving behind thumping beats And strobing lights1 min read·Jan 26, 2021----
Yaseen AckermanThe Secular Buddhist movement and cultural appropriation. Buddhism, but better(?)As part of my series critiquing the Secular Buddhist movement, I thought it worthwhile to take a deeper look at the phenomenon of cultural…7 min read·Jan 19, 2021----
Yaseen AckermanSecular Buddhism and the superior whiteness of being.With “mindfulness” and secular Buddhism increasingly shaping the everyday understanding of what the Buddhist tradition is, I thought — as…8 min read·Dec 23, 2020--2--2