Is there a role for playfulness and joy in "woke" activism?

Dec 5, 2022 ... Asked what “woke” means more generally, [Desantis' General Counsel Ryan] Newman said “it would be the belief there are systemic injustices ... I like the original intent of the term. Being woke means you get it. You aren't asleep at the wheel of life like Rowdy Roddy Pipper, pre-sunglasses, in the ... Apr 23, 2024 ... As the title says, I would like to know what it means, I see it all over the internet and used frequently about media, i.e movies, games, etc. Apr 29, 2021 ... I subscribe to your definition of woke-ness. It's essentially awareness. Being aware that other people who are not white, male, heterosexuals ... Mar 23, 2023 ... “Woke” means open discussion about race and injustice and other systemic oppression, gender and sexual orientation. May 3, 2022 ... While it originally meant “becoming woken up or sensitised to issues of justice”, its meaning has changed over time into a political slur, ... But in the 1960s, that shifted when woke evolved into an adjective—mostly used in African American English, according to Merriam-Webster—to mean “aware of and ... Mar 5, 2025 ... Donald Trump, during his address in a joint session of the Congress, launched repeated attacks on 'wokeism'. He reiterated that the United ... Oct 27, 2021 ... “Woke initially came out of the Black community,” says Adams. “It meant that, if you were saying 'stay woke' or 'be woke' there was a kind of ... May 30, 2024 ... It is a term that refers to being aware of and attentive to social and racial injustice. It can also refer to being supportive of progressive ...