Childless, Futureless?

Philosophy vs Work

Well, hope you're in for a long one. This episode: Lee Edleman's No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive, as well as connections to Barthes and Benjamin, the myth of the Child and reproductive futurism, some psychoanalytic theory, existentialism and uncertainty, an examination and rebuttal to the recent Vice-Presidential debate, Tim Walz as America's Dad and JD Vance's utter commitment to myth-speech, and some historical econoimic data.
Obligatory bibliography, or books (and articles) you may also want to check out:
Lee Edelman, No Future (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005)
Related links:
https://youtu.be/NjTDLyKP2p0?si=P7e9nnqlCzLnKPnb
https://youtu.be/0Nr0FemmLK4?si=cm6-ZVjCir0-7yaZ
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty-thresholds.html
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?end=2004&locations=US&start=2000
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v47n7/v47n7p24.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/consumer-expenditures/2022/home.htm
https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/credit-cards/average-grocery-cost/
“Knot Theory” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_theory

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