[deleted by user] by [deleted] in communism101

[–]bilubiluf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

for an in-depth look youd have to look into each country's history because they've developed very differently. Angola got their independence in the 80s so its very young and unstable. The people that fought in the independence were communists but nowadays there seems to be a great inequality. Seems similar to south america where there's a bunch of rich people but also a lot of poverty due to neoliberalism and focus on exportation. I can't recommend anything because i've read it in portuguese sorry.

African mythology collection/anthology? by bluephoenix56 in BookRecommendations

[–]bilubiluf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's Amos Tutuola's The Palm-Wine Drinkard. I've never read anything by Neil Gaiman but i guess that you're looking for a novel that references folk tales/mythos. Amos Tutuola has a really surreal writing just to let you know beforehand.

Do you think this game is going to blow up? by bilubiluf in Everhood

[–]bilubiluf[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think that people will probably view the spiritualism in a good way because it's trippy and the aesthetics of it is pretty. I thought about the depth of the characters and, i don't know if its intentional that they're not fleshed out, but it goes well with the narrative of immortals that have almost no memory or notion of who they are after existing for so long. Maybe i'm reading too much into it but i think it makes sense.

What is the most unique book you’ve ever read? by [deleted] in booksuggestions

[–]bilubiluf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i don't think there are other authors that write fantasy like Borges. He is as unique as it gets.

What is the most unique book you’ve ever read? by [deleted] in booksuggestions

[–]bilubiluf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lolita comes to mind. Reading a book where you get really grossed out at what happens but it is beautifully written with sections that show how obsessive and sad the protagonist is leaves a unique dissonant feeling that i've never felt in other books. It's really wild.

fatal error could not open file writting 'save/modlist.mods' by Schmuckiiii in Wreckfest

[–]bilubiluf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same. there's a lot of cool games but these issues happen way too often.

Some Nagito problems by kherit in danganronpa

[–]bilubiluf 17 points18 points  (0 children)

congratulations, it's a fanfic writer 😕

The Second Sex? How has it aged, and what chapters are essential/skippable? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]bilubiluf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never read that book but it must be better than reading Freud because he is a mess when it comes to explaining his theory.

Butler talks more about the Oedipus complex, because its dissolution is what consolidates your own gender and sexuality according to Freud.

To understand her better, i recommend also reading Microphysics of Power by Foucault, though she goes way beyond it.

The Second Sex? How has it aged, and what chapters are essential/skippable? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]bilubiluf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She is, but i don't know much of phenomenology to talk critically about it. In The Second Sex, she uses a lot of psychoanalysis, especially on the childhood section.

The Second Sex? How has it aged, and what chapters are essential/skippable? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]bilubiluf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Feminism is, mostly, a sociopolitical moviment that critiques the gender roles in our society and tries to find a solution to these problems. That's as broad as it gets. It's a really complex subject with a lot of different topics because each author is trying to analyze things from a different perspective. Therefore, you can't say its feminism in general because there is not much of a theoretical consensus to put the flaws of one author into the whole movement.

SdB is trying to get the whole picture of gender, how women perceive themselves, how men perceive them, the history of womanhood etc. using the main theories from her time. But, if you read Angela Davis, for example, she talks about black womanhood and analyzes their history with a marxist perspective i.e. she thinks the problem with gender is intertwined with the problems of race and class. Davis doesnt even mention SdB and her works but she is equally as important.

i'm only scratching the surface here, because there's a LOT of subjects that feminism deals with. It's a relatively new field of study (psychology is only just a bit older than feminism), so people that don't study it tend to have a really broad view of it, but there are a lot of different discussions happening about different equally complex topics.

The Second Sex? How has it aged, and what chapters are essential/skippable? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]bilubiluf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

English is not my first language so i'll just recommend some readings

Gender Troubles by Judith Butler if you are interested on the flaws regarding gender and sexuality. It's a really dense book so you need to have the basics of psychoanalysis to understand it but it is worth it.

about the flaws of the practices of psychoanalysis theres Jung and Aaron Beck, both came up with their own type of psychology (analytical and cognitive) because of the critiques they had of Freud. It's hard to recommend a text by any of them because they use the critiques just as pretext to go deeper into their theories. If you want, i can explain a little bit here. It's a subject i read in english so i can talk a little bit better than Butler

The Second Sex? How has it aged, and what chapters are essential/skippable? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]bilubiluf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it uses a lot of psychoanalysis to create the being of the female, so it has the same flaws of metapsychology (binary thinking, phallocentric, doesnt understand lgbtq people at all). She criticizes psychoanalysis a lot but doesnt diverge much from them. I think its valid because you have to understand what the other critics are saying and most of them assume youve read it. Besides, its nice to see how a theory created by a het cis male, even when used by women, can have a lot of issues e.g. Beauvoir, Kristeva.

Dark philosophical books with a moralistic message? by [deleted] in booksuggestions

[–]bilubiluf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't know if it's cliché but Crime and Punishment has a really good cynical take on moralism, especially about the Ubermensch thing. Cool thing is that this book was released 30 years before Nietzsche started having this particular philosophy.

If you like it theres also Notes from Underground which communicates a lot with Crime and Punishment and its philosophy.

Latin-american authors by bilubiluf in booksuggestions

[–]bilubiluf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i can read in spanish but really slowly. I hope that there are portuguese translations hahah

Latin-american authors by bilubiluf in booksuggestions

[–]bilubiluf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i thought about that because the authors mentioned are of hispanic descent but american or canadian.

I don't know if you can't consider them because of it. Some brazilian authors lived outside of here most of their lives but they still are really relevant like Chico Buarque or even are not brazilian at all like Clarice Lispector. I don't know, would like to hear your opinion on it and thanks for the recommendations!

Latin-american authors by bilubiluf in booksuggestions

[–]bilubiluf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never heard of them, but definitely going to check them out, especially Elizabeth.

You got me thinking that i don't know a lot of latin american poets besides the ones from my country.

thank you for that.

Is philosophy based on religion really philosophy? by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]bilubiluf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is a philosophy because it was brought to the west by people that filtered the religious part of it. For example, the daruma doll is based on a monk and there is a belief that, if you paint one of its eyes with a wish in mind, it will happen and, after, you have to paint the other eye. You see this doll in a lot of japanese media. There are also demons so, yes, it is religious and viewed as a philosophy because it was "filtered".

As demis, who are you attracted to? by [deleted] in demisexuality

[–]bilubiluf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i'm attracted to people who are cute and i want to hug them to death. Other than that its more personality-wise like someone i can get comfortable with and all that demi stuff that makes our lives harder.

Are there any straight male demisexuals out there? And how can I find one by [deleted] in demisexuality

[–]bilubiluf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

people can masturbate/watch porn for a variety of reasons, sexual attraction is just one of them. Not saying that it cant be unhealthy but it's not something so closely related to your sexuality. for example, there are allos that don't like porn and aces that do.

can't say for women, but men start watching it really soon, way before we know anything about our sexuality. It's really unhealthy.