Oppression and laughter

 
"When you belong to an oppressed group, you have to learn how to laugh in the face of the enemy" (Preciado paraphrasing 1970s feminist Faith Ringgold)
 
"The problem is that things aren't so clear anymore. You end up not knowing anymore who's the oppressor and who's the oppressed; or rather, it's difficult to see yourself as both the oppressor and the one who is oppressed. I guess that in that case you have to laugh at yourself."

> from Paul Preciado's Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era (2008, translated 2013)

> tagged with #humor

> created April 10, 2024 at 3:52:18 PM


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