In this episode of VarnVlog, C. Derick Varn is joined by Bram Geiben, editor at Revol Books and host of Strange Exiles, to discuss the evolving crisis of masculinity, the limits of modern identity politics, and how theory gets transformed into rigid dogma.
Together, they unpack:
Judith Butler & Gender Theory: Why Gender Trouble was originally anti-essentialist—and how its framework can be re-examined to understand male identity.
The "Manosphere" & Male Alienation: How economic precarity, educational shifts, and a lack of positive male role models drive young men toward right-wing subcultures.
Cinema & Masculinity: Analyzing figures like Ryan Gosling, Joker, American Psycho, and Barbie as cultural ciphers for male interiority.
Building Real Solidarity: Why the left needs to move past purity tests, performative silence, and linguistic policing to foster genuine brotherhood and working-class organizing.
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