There’s so much beauty in the world, yet the Internet is full of rage.

That’s what I was thinking about when the whole Substack drama went down in early January. And this happened right after my own personal drama with Substack!

The whole thing made me exasperated, and I even considered leaving Substack at one point. Not to avoid Nazis, but to get away from the people screaming about Nazis.

It is also a big reason why I took so long to write this issue for you, dear reader. It is because I was so, so, so tempted to comment about it and add to the boiling pot of fury.

But what good is there to add to the existing outrage?

Take the photo above. Here’s a beautiful woman in Peking opera hanfu. There are so many beautiful things about China and her people. But all you see these days (in the Western media anyway) is hatred and sinophobia.

I’m exhausted by all the outrage, my friends. It seems like everyone is trying to rally someone to get angry about something, to other a platform, a person or nation. And some of you may feel like you need to because you’re not a bad person so as a good person you should be on their side.

But, but … what if we do the opposite? What if we put out messages of beauty instead of outrage?