We’re tackling Part 1 of Baedan: Against the Gendered Nightmare, the anarchist manifesto that gleefully dismantles the binary, while weaving its vision of a queer utopia through the threads of anti-civilizational chaos. It’s a love letter to erasing boundaries and torching the structures of the world as we know it—so naturally, we’re here to deconstruct their deconstruction.

In this episode, we’ll cover the introduction up to Section V, where the authors explore the historical underpinnings of gender, the historical origins of capitalism, and their call to reject it all in favor of infinite, unbound resistance.

Get ready to roll up your sleeves and dive into the contradictions, hypocrisies, and dangerous fantasies in Against The Gendered Nightmare. Let’s expose the nightmare and prepare for the counter-revolution. Let’s begin.

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