Cornel West for Prez + Huysmans for Pope + big discount

75% off, and clips from Newsweek and Perfume Nationalist

1. As is customary, we’re offering a big anti-Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Giving Tuesday discount. And this is one you won’t want to miss out on: 75% off on an annual sub! Click here for deets.

You’ll get full access to locked content like our spicy new piece on the Queer/Muslim Horseshoe, John Milbank’s piece on Narcissism, and Kat Dee on Virtue Signaling.

2. We published a horseshoe-type piece in Newsweek about Cornel West’s presidential campaign. No, it’s not an endorsement—remember, this platform prioritizes aesthetics and metaphysics over ethics and politics. It’s meant to be more of a cultural commentary/food for thought type thing. Here’s an excerpt:

…a new political discourse has cracked through the crumbling remains of the establishment parties, calling for a departure from neoliberal policies, rampant globalization, and the empty brand of "respectability" touted by elitists who are out of touch with the needs and cultural sensibilities of everyday working-class people.

Especially among its younger proponents, this new conversation has taken on a populist, proletarian, and frank—at times irreverent—tone. As much as ours is a deeply polarized age, the impulse to flock to the fringes of conventionality has led to a convergence between "postliberals" of the Left and Right, making for what some call a "horseshoe" effect.

Thus while some conservatives may find West's left-leaning platform repellent, I'd argue that—in light of the times—they should consider his candidacy. His form of leftism is far from conventional, to say the least. West, a prime horseshoe candidate, shows a willingness to go to the fringes of standard political discourse that may be enough to win over conservative votes.

Read the whole thing here. And as a bonus, here’s the recording of an interview I did along with some friends for the Rimini Meeting with Brother West and Robbie George.

3. Check out my interview with Jack the Perfume Nationalist about Huysmans’s La-Bas as well as chapter 20 of Sexual Personae. It’s currently locked, but you should def subscribe to his Patreon for access to that and other great content.

Also, check out his interview on Cracks in PoMo.

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