Solarpunk Mythos

Circling into Solarpunk Culture - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 18

In this essay, I discuss how our culture of narcissism has reduced friendships to selfish transactions. I then discuss "circling" as a practice for developing the deep mutuality that can facilitate healthy friendship and culture. Circling is an interpersonal practice meant to cultivate emotional awareness, interpersonal care, and healthy boundaries. If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]

Masculinist Subjectivity and Anti-Masculinity - dumb essay #1

In this essay, I question the use of the term "masculinist" to denote subjectivities that privilege the masculine above the feminine. I first steelman the term by deconstructing Red Pill via the Kantian Society of Mind. I then titanium-man "masculinist" as "patriarchal", though with a sensitivity to context. If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]

How Can Men And Women Be Platonic Friends? - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 17

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 friends. While the thought may seem so grotesque, the fact is that there are men like this and far, far worse. The people who most need to change must not have the tools of change taken from them. If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]

Can Men and Women Be Platonic Friends? - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 16

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 friendship work when so many men would fuck all their friends? Think about what this says about the limits to egalitarianism in a solarpunk culture. If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]

Solarpunk Halloween/Samhain - Capitalism, Alterity, and Transformation

In this essay, I deconstruct Halloween as an example of a mythos. A mythos includes a narrative with practices, rituals, and festivals that orient people within that narrative. Think about the story you tell yourself about what it means to be a citizen of your nation, and how national anthems, national holidays, and art inspire you to be proud of that national identity. Halloween is a very specific holiday with a very specific history and meaning that create a very specific identity. What might it look like in a solarpunk culture and what kind of identity do we want it to create? If you like this episode, please be sure to 5 star the podcast and follow for more! If you think this message is important, please share with your friends. You can also find written versions of these, with references, at - https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/ [https://solarpunkmythos.substack.com/]