Ep. 436 - Pierre Delecto: International Man of Misery
The Atlantic magazine has outed Mitt Romney for using a secret lurker Twitter account named “Pierre Delecto” to criticize President Trump as well as his Republican colleagues in the Senate. Then a man named Ria who identifies as a woman sues a pornographer for refusing to have sex with him after learning he isn’t a woman. We will examine what Pierre and Ria tell us about identity in the age of postmodernism and social media. Kanye turns right, Liz Warren turns Left, and CBS pushes AOC for VP! Date: 10-22-2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Atlantic magazine has outed Mitt Romney for using a secret lurker Twitter account named “Pierre Delecto” to criticize President Trump as well as his Republican colleagues in the Senate. Then a man named Ria who identifies as a woman sues a pornographer for refusing to have sex with him after learning he isn’t a woman. We will examine what Pierre and Ria tell us about identity in the age of postmodernism and social media. Kanye turns right, Liz Warren turns Left, and CBS pushes AOC for VP! Date: 10-22-2019
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