The piece titled "A Goonie (like Lady Bunny)" engages with the complex intersections of radical individualism, social taboos, and the contemporary culture wars. Drawing inspiration from controversial figures like Georges Bataille and the Marquis de Sade, the author constructs a persona who champions an eclectic set of beliefs and practices, ranging from miscegenation and crossdressing to more extreme behaviors such as cannibalism and zoophilia. This persona is framed as an unapologetic opponent of societal norms, particularly those that the persona views as hypocritical—such as the consumption of certain animals while condemning others, or the harvesting of plant life while decrying the use of animal byproducts.
The piece further explores the persona's war against what he perceives as the "safe-space ethos" pervasive in contemporary culture, particularly in the context of cancel culture, censorship, and the suppression of dissenting views. The persona criticizes the anti-Nietzschean tendencies of modern society, where intellectual and artistic freedom is curtailed in the name of protecting sensitivities. This critique extends to the policies of HR and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) departments, which the persona sees as reinforcing this ethos beyond the theoretical level.
Interestingly, the persona's alignment against cancel culture and safe-space mentality brings him into uncomfortable proximity with right-wing figures who, despite sharing his disdain for censorship, harbor regressive views on issues like gender identity and body positivity. The piece highlights the irony of this entanglement, as the persona finds himself allied with those who mock trans and fat people, despite his own advocacy for freedom from societal norms. The tension between the persona's radical libertarianism and the bigotry of some of his allies underscores the complexity and contradictions inherent in the modern discourse on freedom, identity, and social justice.
radical individualism, cancel culture, censorship, social taboos, Nietzschean critique, safe-space ethos, Bataille, de Sade, trans rights, fat shaming, identity politics, social justice, DEI, cultural hypocrisy.
The piece titled "A Goonie (like Lady Bunny)" engages with the complex intersections of radical individualism, social taboos, and the contemporary culture wars. Drawing inspiration from controversial figures like Georges Bataille and the Marquis de Sade, the author constructs a persona who champions an eclectic set of beliefs and practices, ranging from miscegenation and crossdressing to more extreme behaviors such as cannibalism and zoophilia. This persona is framed as an unapologetic opponent of societal norms, particularly those that the persona views as hypocritical—such as the consumption of certain animals while condemning others, or the harvesting of plant life while decrying the use of animal byproducts.
The piece further explores the persona's war against what he perceives as the "safe-space ethos" pervasive in contemporary culture, particularly in the context of cancel culture, censorship, and the suppression of dissenting views. The persona criticizes the anti-Nietzschean tendencies of modern society, where intellectual and artistic freedom is curtailed in the name of protecting sensitivities. This critique extends to the policies of HR and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) departments, which the persona sees as reinforcing this ethos beyond the theoretical level.
Interestingly, the persona's alignment against cancel culture and safe-space mentality brings him into uncomfortable proximity with right-wing figures who, despite sharing his disdain for censorship, harbor regressive views on issues like gender identity and body positivity. The piece highlights the irony of this entanglement, as the persona finds himself allied with those who mock trans and fat people, despite his own advocacy for freedom from societal norms. The tension between the persona's radical libertarianism and the bigotry of some of his allies underscores the complexity and contradictions inherent in the modern discourse on freedom, identity, and social justice.
radical individualism, cancel culture, censorship, social taboos, Nietzschean critique, safe-space ethos, Bataille, de Sade, trans rights, fat shaming, identity politics, social justice, DEI, cultural hypocrisy.