Ep. 16: What is love if not transaction?

Update: 2022-06-27

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This week, our discussion is rooted in the new TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends. In reviewing the series we dive into feminism, modern concepts of love, and its (ever so present) connection to capitalism. Do Rooney’s Bella Swan-esque characters support or detract from her feminist agenda? Can Rooney’s marxism and authorship coexist? Is it really that wrong to illustrate love as a mere transaction?

Sources:
Interview with Sally Rooney at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Sally Rooney on Marxist Novels
Kathryn Dickel on transactional love
Olisunvia on YouTube talking about how our conception of love is messed up

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