Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCircling into Solarpunk Culture - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 18
Episode 186
In this essay, I discuss how our culture of narcissism has reduced friendships to selfish transactions. I then discuss "circling" as a practice for d…
11 hours ago
Masculinist Subjectivity and Anti-Masculinity - dumb essay #1
Episode 185
In this essay, I question the use of the term "masculinist" to denote subjectivities that privilege the masculine above the feminine. I first steelm…
5 days, 9 hours ago
How Can Men And Women Be Platonic Friends? - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 17
Episode 184
In this essay, I discuss the developmental process for how a misogynistic man who cannot be friends with women can become a man capable of being fri…
1 week ago
Can Men and Women Be Platonic Friends? - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 16
Episode 183
In this essay, I question whether men and women can ever truly be "just" friends. Research seems to suggest that women can, but men can't. How can fr…
2 weeks ago
Solarpunk Halloween/Samhain - Capitalism, Alterity, and Transformation
Episode 182
In this essay, I deconstruct Halloween as an example of a mythos. A mythos includes a narrative with practices, rituals, and festivals that orient p…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Why Are Platonic Friendships Important? - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 15
Episode 181
In this essay, I use platonic friendships as an example for how the self is created out of its relations with others. This may seem odd since I've b…
4 weeks ago
The Meta-Contextuality of the Self - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 14
Episode 180
In this essay I connect the dots I've been laying down over the last 13 essays. If the self is relational, created out of its relations with others …
1 month ago
The Necessity of Social Validation in Developing Autonomy - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 13
Episode 179
In this essay, I outline the movement from Expert to Achiever, and beyond. To grow out of conformity we must conform to Experts who represent our em…
1 month, 1 week ago
From Conformity to Achievement - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 12
Episode 178
In this essay, I discuss the psychological development that occurs from Conformist to Individualist/Pluralist. I first outline what it means to be Co…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Twisted Love of Phobos and Thanatos - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 11
Episode 177
In this essay, I discuss the twisted forms of love, phobos and thanatos. Phobos is the love of unhealthy aspiration that drives us to hate the "lower…
1 month, 3 weeks ago