Notes
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Notes
Substack
Invisible, soft social control is the norm.
Female social control is soft, indirect, insidious, and corrosive. I know there are other women out there like me who see clearly but are generally deemed “too sensitive” or worse, paranoid. The uncomfortable pattern: women deploy soft, deniable control as a social strategy. This is a structural phenomenon
... See moreFeminism encourages self objectification
Yes, this was definitely true when I self objectified under the auspices of feminism. What I was actually: a tool of consumer culture and social media algorithms. Feminism is inextricable from the incentives of social media, which is why I’ve rejected it. It was actually just about self objectification and
... See moreI rejected identity leftism because my view on human nature changed. If you think humans would essentially behave rationally and pro-socially but not for prejudice and deprivation you might support things like reduced/no policing and legalizing all drugs. But if you see humans as essentially flawed and needing to be kept in line with deterrents,
... See moreBreak up with the phone and change your brain
This was the most difficult thing I’ve done. Herculean, even. But the payoff was exponentially larger than the effort.
Make your phone boring, and remove any social media or news apps. I promise you don’t need them. There's more foundational work if you’re having trouble with this step.
Choose a place in
Concepts aren’t tainted by their misuse.
A major thought error I see among my compatriots: you can’t just throw out every concept that was ever used to justify immoral actions or hierarchy. The claim that we need a more just society that honors inalienable rights is a universalist moral claim. The people who claim this also dismiss the following
... See moreOn the cultural pendulum swing and feminine black/white thinking
I write the most about leftist culture because I want to understand how we got here. The chain of causation could stretch back to the founding of America, but instead, I’ve been obsessed with the past 30 years. I don’t agree with most of what Trump is doing. I am worried, but I think
... See moreHere’s what I’ve seen of the H1B system as a native-born American of Indian parentage in a technical job. All sides of this argument overlook many things.
H1Bs are exploited in many environments, and they are impelled to tolerate it. Indian work culture is also even worse than that of Americans.
Indian male managers, in my experience, have brought
Why do we want to help those who are already successful more than those who really need it?
If you have little career capital or are struggling, chances are your friends/network aren’t that interested in helping you or even being associated with you (because of your relative status). And if you have observable career capital, people want to be in
... See moreThe post-feminist project of self mastery
I thought today I would share the reasoning behind my intellectual project (my first ever post). I was once uber woke feminist, and now I think these ideologies create an external locus of control while imposing authoritarianism on society.
Emotional reasoning has overtaken the culture
Women who drive the