Updates and ruminations
Added 2024-01-08 22:49:46 +0000 UTCHi. So I've been enjoying some time "off" with my family which is to say passively reading books over the course of the holidays and watching 3 seasons of Hannah Montana. The chance that the next video will be about Hannah Montana is almost certain. But as always... Will it REALLY be about Hannah Montana? Or is it about subjectivity in late capitalism? I DONT KNOW!!!! I wish I could turn the lens off.
I've sent some Patron thank you notes today :) and I am also in the process of revamping the discord and recruiting some mods but all in due time as I'm applying for some MFA programs (the true mark of a quarter life crisis).
Here's some of the books I've been reading in the attached pic. I've always been reticent to even touch a video involving Hegel because it's just so complicated. But somehow I'm evermore drawn to it because how can we understand subjecthood without at least grazing Hegel? With most social theoretical frameworks for the video, I'm able to autism my way through a few major canonical books and interpret them well enough with my soc degree background. But I don't know. Entering the Zizek, Lacan, Hegel, Deleuze zone puts me in scary theory-bro territory. I remember a jazz musician friend of mine told me about being intimidated by music theory bros but only because they secretly want to be a music theory bro. Maybe I'm scared of social theory-bros because I secretly want to be them. Talk about self and other!
Hope you're doing well.
Comments
My roommate is about to be published in a book with Zizek, so I’d love any and all thoughts you got 🙂
Josh Smith
2024-01-26 17:33:05 +0000 UTCI am the theory bro who’s also reading Lacan and Zizek😭
Braydon Gaston
2024-01-14 18:39:27 +0000 UTCYou've got this! Your dive into theory-bro territory will change you, but in my experience everything in life you do changes you, so what's the worry. I would suggest checking in with the theory-bros you trust, and some of your closest friends, who know you best, and actively asking them, how much you continue to be, the you, that all of you are in agreement you have always been.
Joshua Clark
2024-01-09 14:02:01 +0000 UTCIn germany the theory bros read a lot of Adorno, so you can add that to your scary list :D
Luisa
2024-01-09 10:05:54 +0000 UTC
