The Transhumanist Tendency (Ft Ashley Frawley)

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with sociologist Ashley Frawley on the intersection of gender ideology and capitalism.

Get access to The Backroom, 100+ exclusive episodes, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Ashley Frawley, sociologist, senior editor at Compact, COO of Sublation Media, visiting researcher at the University of Kent, and author of Semiotics of Happiness and Significant Emotions. We discuss her Compact essay “How Society Got a Sex Change,” the rise of the “trans subject” as the ideal subject of contemporary capitalism, and why gender ideology should not simply be understood as a culture war distraction, but as part of the class war itself. This conversation covers the politics of vulnerability, therapy culture, indigenous identity, “healing” discourse, the feminization of the ideal worker, faux feminism, the role of NGOs and international institutions, the EU’s promotion of gender ideology, and why the contemporary ruling class increasingly prefers subjects who are fluid, dependent on institutions, and detached from tradition. We also discuss the parallels between today’s gender panic and past moral panics, including the Satanic Panic and multiple personality disorder, and why social distress often takes culturally specific…

People in this episode

Host: Tony of 1Dime

Guest: Ashley Frawley

Topics covered

• transhumanism
• gender ideology
• class war
• therapy culture
• capitalism
• social distress
• moral panics

Keywords

• trans subject
• gender panic
• feminization of work
• vulnerability politics
• cultural specific forms
• Satanic Panic
• multiple personality disorder

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Compact, Sublation Media, University of Kent

Books & works: Semiotics of Happiness, Significant Emotions

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