You see a lot of stuff about how we are all so polarised and it is all social media's fault. The second half, at least, is nonsense. The fault lies with the mainstream. Once upon a time bone fide revolutionaries were household names. They were on TV and writing regularly in the mainstream press. My favourite example is Jean Genet, who in Sep 1977 defended the Baader-Meinhof in the pages of Le Monde. Now the BBC has a meltdown because Bob Vylan called for death to an army which is carrying out a genocide.

One result is that really quite normal political views seem extreme. The second is that the establishment is much more extremist as it has no space for criticism, let alone deviance.

Another result, I think, is a hardening of views that are outside of the mainstream, which is to say almost all dissenting views, because their is no space for open debate, let alone polemic.

#SocialMedia, #Dissent, #JeanGenet, #Media, #BobVylan, #Extremism

‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Star Yerin Ha to Lead Jean Genet’s ‘The Maids’ at London’s Donmar Warehouse (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #Bridgerton #JeanGenet #TheMaids #YerinHa

https://variety.com/2025/theater/news/bridgerton-season-4-yerin-ha-jean-genet-the-maids-donmar-warehouse-1236507843/

This song is twenty years old next month. Came drifting thru my head the other day, for one reason or another.

"Oh those beautiful boys,
Kings and queens and criminal queers..."

I never fell madly in love with CocoRosie, but this tune has always been poignant for me.

#CocoRosie #Anohni #JeanGenet

https://cocorosiemusic.bandcamp.com/track/beautiful-boyz

Der #Merlinverlag hat seine Ausgabe der #Werke von #JeanGenet mit dem Klassiker #Querelle abgeschlossen. Ich habe den letzten Band der zehnbändigen Ausgabe für #Cultureglobe besprochen. Der Link findet sich hier: https://kultur-und-politik.de/ein-schoener-junger-matrose-querelle-von-genet/.

#gay #erotic #schwuleLiteratur