Symbolic Castration by Why Theory published on 2024-02-05T03:51:24Z Ryan and Todd consider the concept of symbolic castration as it develops in psychoanalysis and as it bears on both politics and culture. They relate symbolic castration to some of the key concepts in psychoanalytic theory, including fetishistic disavowal and the phallus. Genre Learning Comment by Ryley Alger-hempstead So the mainstream rendering of accepting symbolic castration would be Imposter Syndrome. The difference being that people think of imposter syndrome as a lack of self confidence/esteem and so the solution to that is strengthening the ego, “you’ve got to realize that you’re just as good as those other people- You belong there.” in other words “yes they have the phallus, but so do you.” Whereas accepting symbolic castration is like “you feel like you don’t belong- you’re right. But no one here belongs here, which is what brings us together.” 2024-02-12T03:55:35Z Comment by Ryley Alger-hempstead 41:00 This idea of “If Science says something is the case, only to say that it isn’t the case, then we can’t trust scientists” made me think of that line from the Phenomenology: “ a truth cannot lose anything by being written down” 2024-02-12T03:04:07Z Comment by yes Please dedicate an episode to analysing the wire, i heard you guys float the idea during the breaking bad episode. i would be over the moon. best wishes from over in the netherlands! 2024-02-11T23:26:36Z Comment by Christian Lesniak I remember going to a yoga class that was taught by someone that had transitioned ftm, and for whatever reason, they seemed to have packed their phallus into their sweatpants, which was pretty noticeable. I had this deep sense of like, "huh, I guess we ALL wonder about where we fit in, and also maybe appearing to have a massive erection while you teach a yoga class really subverts the 'uniting' or 'yoking' aspect of yoga practice." 2024-02-05T19:57:40Z