Thanks for sharing this! It’s cool to read about the perspective of someone who grew up among nihilists & money-chasers. I actually haven’t been able to tune into Joshua Citarella’s “Doomscroll” after Dasha’s appearance. I get that he’s for free speech but I also thought he was supposed to curate *interesting,* non-mainstream political t…
Thanks for sharing this! It’s cool to read about the perspective of someone who grew up among nihilists & money-chasers. I actually haven’t been able to tune into Joshua Citarella’s “Doomscroll” after Dasha’s appearance. I get that he’s for free speech but I also thought he was supposed to curate *interesting,* non-mainstream political thinkers & comedians. Moral vacuum aside, Dasha didn’t even try to be funny or charming. And how is being a Trump supporter and a Catholic, beige-loving e-girl not mainstream? It’s like JD Vance meets [whatever trad wife is making the rounds on TikTok.]
Anna & Dasha have increasingly promoted a trad wife pathos: stay skinny, get Botox, don’t let your man see your beauty routines, have babies while you’re young —ideally from a rich daddy,-and by all means, don’t become one of those pathetic “careerist” women who postpone motherhood and end up alone. Anna in particular has become more conservative, mocking romantic / sexual arrangements outside the family unit. Almost like slut-shaming, which is weird coming from them.
I could go on, but zooming out, I still can’t believe so many Bernie supporters turned to the (alt)Right. Sure, the Libs superficial DEI attempts & language policing were lame, but that’s not the Left. And as American society becomes more dystopian & punishing, we need a socialist project more than ever. If it’s uncool, cringe & basic to care about the material conditions & the wellbeing of most people, so be it. The alternative is just sucking up to the little men in power, and that is so old.
Thank you! Yeah it’s really insidious rather than cool what they are pushing. Also they don’t live what they preach at all. It’s all a spectacle. Citarella interview wis interesting bc he seems to play a simpleton and get her to say so much dumb stuff like “trumpian era is post politics”
Thanks for sharing this! It’s cool to read about the perspective of someone who grew up among nihilists & money-chasers. I actually haven’t been able to tune into Joshua Citarella’s “Doomscroll” after Dasha’s appearance. I get that he’s for free speech but I also thought he was supposed to curate *interesting,* non-mainstream political thinkers & comedians. Moral vacuum aside, Dasha didn’t even try to be funny or charming. And how is being a Trump supporter and a Catholic, beige-loving e-girl not mainstream? It’s like JD Vance meets [whatever trad wife is making the rounds on TikTok.]
Anna & Dasha have increasingly promoted a trad wife pathos: stay skinny, get Botox, don’t let your man see your beauty routines, have babies while you’re young —ideally from a rich daddy,-and by all means, don’t become one of those pathetic “careerist” women who postpone motherhood and end up alone. Anna in particular has become more conservative, mocking romantic / sexual arrangements outside the family unit. Almost like slut-shaming, which is weird coming from them.
I could go on, but zooming out, I still can’t believe so many Bernie supporters turned to the (alt)Right. Sure, the Libs superficial DEI attempts & language policing were lame, but that’s not the Left. And as American society becomes more dystopian & punishing, we need a socialist project more than ever. If it’s uncool, cringe & basic to care about the material conditions & the wellbeing of most people, so be it. The alternative is just sucking up to the little men in power, and that is so old.
Thank you! Yeah it’s really insidious rather than cool what they are pushing. Also they don’t live what they preach at all. It’s all a spectacle. Citarella interview wis interesting bc he seems to play a simpleton and get her to say so much dumb stuff like “trumpian era is post politics”