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You know the stuff that makes you happy? Now do that.

Stop putting off what makes you happy

Apr 20, 2021

You know the stuff that makes you happy? Now do that.

Apr 20, 2021

Yaseen Ackerman

No, it’s not all socially constructed.

Just because something is socially constructed (like words and social norms) does not mean they are arbitrary.

Jan 21, 2023

Jan 21, 2023

Yaseen Ackerman

Buddhism, Secularism and Epistemic Violence

“I have thus defined epistemic violence as a forced delegitimation, sanctioning and repression […] of certain possibilities of knowing…

Oct 17, 2021

Buddhism, Secularism and Epistemic Violence

Oct 17, 2021

Yaseen Ackerman

For the Love of Ghibli

Why the achievements of Studio Ghibli are always worth celebrating

Aug 8, 2021

Train scene from Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away

Aug 8, 2021

Yaseen Ackerman

Skin

Where I’m from, brown skin’s a funny thing

Feb 7, 2021

Hand and forearm of a brown skinned person

Feb 7, 2021

Yaseen Ackerman

Golden hour

There’s a peace here, a quite Precious distance, when you don’t Understand what’s being said

Jan 27, 2021

Golden hour

Jan 27, 2021

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Surasak Station

He looks my way Wide open, green-brown eyes, Made vivid by fluorescent lights, All broad, giddy smiles

Jan 27, 2021

Surasak Station

Jan 27, 2021

Yaseen Ackerman

City of Angels

[5am — Bangkok] Tuktuktuktuk I find myself careening Down a dark, smouldering soi, Leaving behind thumping beats And strobing lights

Jan 26, 2021

bangkok poetry writing night sky

Jan 26, 2021

Yaseen Ackerman

The 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…

Jan 19, 2021

The Secular Buddhist movement and cultural appropriation. Buddhism, but better(?)

Jan 19, 2021

Yaseen Ackerman

Secular 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…

Dec 23, 2020

Secular Buddhism and the superior whiteness of being.

Dec 23, 2020

Yaseen Ackerman

Yaseen Ackerman

Cultural critic, creative and film lover. Spellbound by ancient texts. yaseenkerman@gmail.com behance.net/yaseenkerman

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