altalenae
1 week ago
lovely shrine!! i've only ever watched the series but i really want to read the book at some point...
2seaters
1 week ago
i recently started reading sharp objects actually.... its been really good so far im excited to see where it goes
fairygore
2 weeks ago
+ except for the part where he was like the proletariat doesn't exist anymore before giving arguments that fully prove the proletariat does in fact still exist. people keep trying to find ways to make marx irrelevant. it's never going to happen. + language adapts that is kind of what it is known for. your shiny new term is doing nothing that the old term didn't already do
fairygore
2 weeks ago
+ beyond that it's really good you guys should check it out. or just read my quote selection because it's basically half of what i've read so far anyway lol
angelogistics
2 weeks ago
skimmed the quotes since i was interested, do they talk about freedom as societal mobility at all? the conversation seems kind of moot to me if we don't think about racialization and differential downward pressures that restrict people's lives under capitalism 🤔im actually also align with the proletariat "doesn't exist" (at least in a way that can come together to revolution) but this seems like diff reasoning haha
fairygore
2 weeks ago
angelogistics, he doesn't talk about race at ALL! which is the biggest proverbial nail in the coffin for me. in my notes i talk about how he's obviously writing out of a specific class context and it's apparent in how he expresses his ideas. he only approaches the idea of freedom in this more general "everyone falls in this umbrella" way, but maybe that's me being unflattering
fairygore
2 weeks ago
+ i appreciate his ideas but only inasmuch as they contribute to other literature. on its own i think the book is very insular in scope and approach. i didn't agree with how he framed the proletariat conversation, but i'm super curious to hear your justification if you want to share! it could be here or by email :P
angelogistics
1 week ago
sure yeah i can do email! is yours on your site somewhere? (i'm also not against the proletariat theres just some theories i align with about how it's not really a group that can mobilize ^_^;7 )
YAY HOPPING ON THE BCNR TRAIN WITH MEEE
^_^ yay yay yay!