really enjoyed this—firstly because the list of all the influencer-messiahs with “Marrianne Williamson trailing softly from a certain feminine remove” at the end is just expert comedic styling
but also because the description of therapist/writer as roles that anyone can perform, isolated from the boring rote education/discipline/ethical expectations of these professions, and how that role-playing is used to invest one’s identity with more glamour and surface-level significance—is a super interesting argument
I think there IS something to the more-emotionally-attuned-than-you posture of the performative therapist (plus the whole cottage industry of therapy/relationship advice online) that is mirrored by the more-culturally-attuned-than-you posture of performative writing
really enjoyed this—firstly because the list of all the influencer-messiahs with “Marrianne Williamson trailing softly from a certain feminine remove” at the end is just expert comedic styling
but also because the description of therapist/writer as roles that anyone can perform, isolated from the boring rote education/discipline/ethical expectations of these professions, and how that role-playing is used to invest one’s identity with more glamour and surface-level significance—is a super interesting argument
I think there IS something to the more-emotionally-attuned-than-you posture of the performative therapist (plus the whole cottage industry of therapy/relationship advice online) that is mirrored by the more-culturally-attuned-than-you posture of performative writing
Ty Celine. You are the blueprint for me on here. Big hug.
so awesome!! i love the way this puts my discomfort with the current “internet simulacras” into such concise detail. this shit hits !! thank u
Really good
Thank you!!
Very cool. And spot on. Thanks!