{"id":83510,"date":"2022-11-07T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=83510"},"modified":"2022-11-15T12:31:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:31:58","slug":"life-in-a-gulag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What was life in a gulag like? What was the worst part? How effective were the attempts to fight back?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout The Gulag Archipelago<\/em>, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn emphasizes that the worst aspect of imprisonment was not the brutal conditions or mistreatment\u2014but its inherent hopelessness. The only thing prisoners could focus on was survival, and this, again, often required them to steal from and abuse others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading to learn about life in a gulag from Solzhenitsyn’s perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Life in a Gulag<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a prisoner himself, Solzhenitsyn can speak to what life in a gulag was like. Prisoners\u2019 lives weren\u2019t valued, he explains, and there were no avenues for early release or reconsideration of a case. Attempts at protest usually failed, either because the camp guards didn\u2019t care about the prisoners\u2019 well-being or because the prisoners had no public forum in which to make their grievances known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, while hunger strikes attracted attention in prisons all over the world in the 20th century, they almost always failed in Soviet prisons because no one outside the prison knew if a prisoner was starving and no one inside the prison cared. All a hunger strike would do was make the prisoner even weaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Solzhenitsyn\u2019s point about the ineffectiveness of these hunger strikes is a common critique made of nonviolent protest: that it requires an audience who already cares<\/a>, at least somewhat, about the lives of the protesters. Nonviolent protest tends to fail in instances where the protesters are totally dehumanized<\/a> or the government can make their protest invisible to the general public. Even in cases of hunger strikes outside the Soviet Union, poorly publicized ones fizzled out whereas well-publicized ones succeeded<\/a> in their goals.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only methods of resistance that did have any effect were work strikes or outright violent takeovers of the camp by prisoners. However, such protests eventually collapsed, either because the prisoners were too weak to continue resisting or because the military intervened to murder the strikers. In the end, the labor prisoners provided was not significant enough for the state to serve as an effective bargaining chip, and camp authorities would rather kill a few prisoners to keep the rest in line than concede anything to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: While Solzhenitsyn mainly discusses the Kengir Rebellion of 1954, similar uprisings occurred at the Vorkuta<\/a> and Norilsk<\/a> camps the previous year, shortly after the death of Joseph Stalin<\/a>. Modern studies of these strikes argue that they were as successful as they were because the prisoners were well-organized<\/a> and politically informed<\/a>\u2014they formed groups around shared nationality or military experience, circulated newspapers and pamphlets arguing for better treatment, and kept one another housed and fed during the months they operated independently.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Solzhenitsyn, what would have made the biggest difference for prisoners in these cases was some form of transparency. If free citizens knew the extent of the abuses taking place in prison and the prisoners could count on their attempts at protest being recognized and publicized on the outside, they might have been able to work together to demand change. The Soviet government\u2019s ability to control the flow of information<\/a> was so significant because it kept the people ignorant of their most powerful tool of resistance\u2014their numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repressing People in a Supposedly People-First System<\/strong>

As a political system, communism is supposed to advance the needs of the people<\/a>, particularly the working class, by sharing everything\u2014food, housing, goods, and so on\u2014equally among them. Authoritarian communist states use this same rhetoric<\/a> even as they crush attempts by \u201cthe people\u201d to set up democratic structures or voice resistance<\/a>. 

The Soviet Union managed this cognitive dissonance by substituting \u201cthe Party\u201d for \u201cthe people.\u201d The Party supposedly represented the people\u2019s best interests, even as in practice it was controlled by a few elites<\/a>. Any decision the Party made was spun as representing the will of the people, while attempts by individuals to stand against it were attacks on the people<\/a>. This narrowed the definition of who counted as \u201cpeople\u201d to only the most loyal and obedient citizens. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What was life in a gulag like? What was the worst part? How effective were the attempts to fight back? Throughout The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn emphasizes that the worst aspect of imprisonment was not the brutal conditions or mistreatment\u2014but its inherent hopelessness. The only thing prisoners could focus on was survival, and this, again, often required them to steal from and abuse others. Continue reading to learn about life in a gulag from Solzhenitsyn’s perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":83513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,9],"tags":[796],"class_list":["post-83510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-psychology","tag-the-gulag-archipelago","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nLife in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As a prisoner, Solzhenitsyn can speak to what life in a gulag was like. The worst part was its hopelessness. Learn about his experience.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As a prisoner, Solzhenitsyn can speak to what life in a gulag was like. The worst part was its hopelessness. Learn about his experience.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shortform Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-07T19:51:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-15T16:31:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wordpress.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elizabeth Whitworth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Elizabeth Whitworth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elizabeth Whitworth\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d2928cf6c11a69ced1491d6a5b74fb13\"},\"headline\":\"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-07T19:51:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-15T16:31:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/\"},\"wordCount\":698,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"The Gulag Archipelago\"],\"articleSection\":[\"History\",\"Psychology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/\",\"name\":\"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile - Shortform Books\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-07T19:51:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-15T16:31:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"As a prisoner, Solzhenitsyn can speak to what life in a gulag was like. The worst part was its hopelessness. Learn about his experience.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Shortform Books\",\"description\":\"The World's Best Book Summaries\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Shortform Books\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":74,\"caption\":\"Shortform Books\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d2928cf6c11a69ced1491d6a5b74fb13\",\"name\":\"Elizabeth Whitworth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fff9d65a52ac4340660218e7b63ee5e365cf08e7aa7adff79a0142cd4b96f84?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fff9d65a52ac4340660218e7b63ee5e365cf08e7aa7adff79a0142cd4b96f84?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Elizabeth Whitworth\"},\"description\":\"Elizabeth has a lifelong love of books. She devours nonfiction, especially in the areas of history, theology, and philosophy. A switch to audiobooks has kindled her enjoyment of well-narrated fiction, particularly Victorian and early 20th-century works. She appreciates idea-driven books\u2014and a classic murder mystery now and then. Elizabeth has a Substack and is writing a book about what the Bible says about death and hell.\",\"sameAs\":[\"rina@shortform.com\"],\"award\":[\"Contributions to joint task force efforts (FBI)\",\"Contributions to Special Operations Division (DOJ & DEA)\",\"Efforts to fight the war on drugs (NSA)\",\"Contributions to Operation Storm Front (US Customs Service)\"],\"knowsAbout\":[\"History\",\"Theology\",\"Government\"],\"jobTitle\":\"Senior SEO Writer\",\"worksFor\":\"Shortform\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/author\/elizabeth\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile - Shortform Books","description":"As a prisoner, Solzhenitsyn can speak to what life in a gulag was like. The worst part was its hopelessness. Learn about his experience.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile","og_description":"As a prisoner, Solzhenitsyn can speak to what life in a gulag was like. The worst part was its hopelessness. Learn about his experience.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/","og_site_name":"Shortform Books","article_published_time":"2022-11-07T19:51:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-15T16:31:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wordpress.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Elizabeth Whitworth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Elizabeth Whitworth","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/"},"author":{"name":"Elizabeth Whitworth","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d2928cf6c11a69ced1491d6a5b74fb13"},"headline":"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile","datePublished":"2022-11-07T19:51:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-15T16:31:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/"},"wordCount":698,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg","keywords":["The Gulag Archipelago"],"articleSection":["History","Psychology"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/","name":"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile - Shortform Books","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-07T19:51:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-15T16:31:58+00:00","description":"As a prisoner, Solzhenitsyn can speak to what life in a gulag was like. The worst part was its hopelessness. Learn about his experience.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/life-in-a-gulag\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Life in a Gulag: Why Resistance Was Futile"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/","name":"Shortform Books","description":"The World's Best Book Summaries","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Shortform Books","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-equilateral-with-text-no-bg.png","width":500,"height":74,"caption":"Shortform Books"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d2928cf6c11a69ced1491d6a5b74fb13","name":"Elizabeth Whitworth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fff9d65a52ac4340660218e7b63ee5e365cf08e7aa7adff79a0142cd4b96f84?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fff9d65a52ac4340660218e7b63ee5e365cf08e7aa7adff79a0142cd4b96f84?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Elizabeth Whitworth"},"description":"Elizabeth has a lifelong love of books. She devours nonfiction, especially in the areas of history, theology, and philosophy. A switch to audiobooks has kindled her enjoyment of well-narrated fiction, particularly Victorian and early 20th-century works. She appreciates idea-driven books\u2014and a classic murder mystery now and then. Elizabeth has a Substack and is writing a book about what the Bible says about death and hell.","sameAs":["rina@shortform.com"],"award":["Contributions to joint task force efforts (FBI)","Contributions to Special Operations Division (DOJ & DEA)","Efforts to fight the war on drugs (NSA)","Contributions to Operation Storm Front (US Customs Service)"],"knowsAbout":["History","Theology","Government"],"jobTitle":"Senior SEO Writer","worksFor":"Shortform","url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/author\/elizabeth\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/prison-cell-bars.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83510"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83827,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83510\/revisions\/83827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}