"God is with me when I'm doom-scrolling on Instagram while taking a dump." God is with me always.

In this episode, we explore the idea of dirt as a cultural phenomenon that establishes order, power relations and cultural dynamic. In every culture, dirt is loathed, rejected and condemned. But what if dirt is natural, or it makes us who we are? What if Dirtiness is Next to Godliness?

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References:

• Mary Douglas - Purity and Danger (1966)
• Michel Foucault - Discipline and Punish (1920)
• Julia Kristeva - Abjection (concept mentioned in multiple works)
• Carl Jung - The shadow (concept mentioned in multiple works)
• Carolyn Lovewell - quoted from Facebook post, concept mentioned in Existential Kink (2020)
• Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011)

All music sourced from Youtube Creative Library

Necessary Attributions:

Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100630

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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