Gloria and Ralph discuss the popularity of Jordan Peterson and motivational youtubers and how their ideologies relate to punishment and desire. Michel Foucault's 'Friendship as a Way of Life' also gets a massive shout-out.
discipline and punish and self-improve (uh, or not!). I really enjoyed the way this one got tugged in different directions. The JP child-slapping stuff made me (for obvious reasons!) think of "The Slap" by Christos Tsiolkas, which in turn made me wonder about the generational angst dogging this kind of reactionary thinking and also the relationship between misogyny and misopedia...
discipline and punish and self-improve (uh, or not!). I really enjoyed the way this one got tugged in different directions. The JP child-slapping stuff made me (for obvious reasons!) think of "The Slap" by Christos Tsiolkas, which in turn made me wonder about the generational angst dogging this kind of reactionary thinking and also the relationship between misogyny and misopedia...
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