The Mel Jar
@the-mel-jar.bsky.social
An Ashkenazi-Californian hysteric proudly in the phallic stage of psychosexual/psychotherapist development. A fun enough person. Skeets for the jouissance. NOT Mel Klein.
It’s feminist-pilled too, so you’re OK.
The other kind of feminism goes with the logic of “limits and judgments about any form of sexual expression is bad.”
But outside of this naive libertarianism, both legit (2nd wave) feminists and those against unrestricted capitalism aren’t so easily fooled.
The other kind of feminism goes with the logic of “limits and judgments about any form of sexual expression is bad.”
But outside of this naive libertarianism, both legit (2nd wave) feminists and those against unrestricted capitalism aren’t so easily fooled.
October 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It’s feminist-pilled too, so you’re OK.
The other kind of feminism goes with the logic of “limits and judgments about any form of sexual expression is bad.”
But outside of this naive libertarianism, both legit (2nd wave) feminists and those against unrestricted capitalism aren’t so easily fooled.
The other kind of feminism goes with the logic of “limits and judgments about any form of sexual expression is bad.”
But outside of this naive libertarianism, both legit (2nd wave) feminists and those against unrestricted capitalism aren’t so easily fooled.
😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪
don’t hate the PLAYA, just hate the GAME!!! 😎
or some such 😅
don’t hate the PLAYA, just hate the GAME!!! 😎
or some such 😅
October 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪
don’t hate the PLAYA, just hate the GAME!!! 😎
or some such 😅
don’t hate the PLAYA, just hate the GAME!!! 😎
or some such 😅
Who starts the mental health nonprofits, anyway? Well, nowadays, tech bros, all too often. This is maybe even worse, though, in terms of a lack of chillness. And other things.
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Who starts the mental health nonprofits, anyway? Well, nowadays, tech bros, all too often. This is maybe even worse, though, in terms of a lack of chillness. And other things.
Note to past self: oh, you sweet summer child.
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Note to past self: oh, you sweet summer child.
Oof. 😥 This is indeed our history. And it’s a horrific one, that needs to be told, continuously, I feel.
September 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Oof. 😥 This is indeed our history. And it’s a horrific one, that needs to be told, continuously, I feel.
Yeah, it’s definitely yikes that unfortunately eugenics reasoning remains so prevalent, and increasingly popular. There are many on that other site that fully embraces it, btw. But there are many more who really don’t know where all of these supposed “fundamentals” come from. Maybe that’s worse.
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Yeah, it’s definitely yikes that unfortunately eugenics reasoning remains so prevalent, and increasingly popular. There are many on that other site that fully embraces it, btw. But there are many more who really don’t know where all of these supposed “fundamentals” come from. Maybe that’s worse.
This really just has to do with stuff I have been reading about for other purposes. Perhaps even more generally, it’s about what I see as the total failure of American post-Holocaust education. We failed, thus nationalism, eugenics, and reductive identification resentment remains as popular as ever.
September 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This really just has to do with stuff I have been reading about for other purposes. Perhaps even more generally, it’s about what I see as the total failure of American post-Holocaust education. We failed, thus nationalism, eugenics, and reductive identification resentment remains as popular as ever.
Just like with yesterday, nothing is happening that I know of! Believe it or not, none of this (or my posts typically) has anything to do with stuff from there. When I share something here, honestly, it’s simply to avoid much conversation about it. It’s to throw it out there, and throw it away.
September 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Just like with yesterday, nothing is happening that I know of! Believe it or not, none of this (or my posts typically) has anything to do with stuff from there. When I share something here, honestly, it’s simply to avoid much conversation about it. It’s to throw it out there, and throw it away.
Tell me: why has it been the case that we’ve decided to retain the scientific classifications and names from the science of this time, without fully acknowledging how this SPECIFIC project of classification is closely associated to THIS mindset that drives one to form precisely THESE conclusions?
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tell me: why has it been the case that we’ve decided to retain the scientific classifications and names from the science of this time, without fully acknowledging how this SPECIFIC project of classification is closely associated to THIS mindset that drives one to form precisely THESE conclusions?
The “best genetic group” who they argued was scientifically and psychologically inclined to rule over or distance themselves from the others, to eject these others from their midst, to control their “breeding” and disallow their “cross-breeding,” and to “euthanize” them all, if necessary.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The “best genetic group” who they argued was scientifically and psychologically inclined to rule over or distance themselves from the others, to eject these others from their midst, to control their “breeding” and disallow their “cross-breeding,” and to “euthanize” them all, if necessary.
I feel concerned about fascination with older areas of psychology that have fixated on describing “natural” characteristics of peoples, nations, and cultures, in a pseudo-anthropological manner, when their own stated goals in defining these groups was to make a claim on the “best genetic group.”
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I feel concerned about fascination with older areas of psychology that have fixated on describing “natural” characteristics of peoples, nations, and cultures, in a pseudo-anthropological manner, when their own stated goals in defining these groups was to make a claim on the “best genetic group.”
I feel very concerned about healthcare, basically, and our continued dependence on concepts, language, and thought, both created and disseminated widely by those who had deliberate aims to classify mental and physical deficiencies in order to remove these “deficiencies” from society, by any means.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I feel very concerned about healthcare, basically, and our continued dependence on concepts, language, and thought, both created and disseminated widely by those who had deliberate aims to classify mental and physical deficiencies in order to remove these “deficiencies” from society, by any means.
While those of us from the humanities and (to varying degrees) social sciences are taught to read writing from these period with this understanding in mind, to understand something about their mindset, their intentions, and their goals, I remain concerned about many in science and in psychology.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
While those of us from the humanities and (to varying degrees) social sciences are taught to read writing from these period with this understanding in mind, to understand something about their mindset, their intentions, and their goals, I remain concerned about many in science and in psychology.
Which is to say, not only was it common for The Educated Class to be strongly racist, sexist, xenophobic, ableist, and the rest — not only was THAT true, but that many people embraced eugenics and nationalism with the kind of enthusiasm that can perhaps only be described as an “hysterical” fervor.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Which is to say, not only was it common for The Educated Class to be strongly racist, sexist, xenophobic, ableist, and the rest — not only was THAT true, but that many people embraced eugenics and nationalism with the kind of enthusiasm that can perhaps only be described as an “hysterical” fervor.
But when I read, say, much science and psychology writing from ~before World War II, some things become quite clear even if you know very little about the history. And if you do know something about the history, then it’s even clearer, and easily confirmed by biographical writings on these figures.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
But when I read, say, much science and psychology writing from ~before World War II, some things become quite clear even if you know very little about the history. And if you do know something about the history, then it’s even clearer, and easily confirmed by biographical writings on these figures.
It’s fun to play these games of time travel “what if?” but totally impossible, I know. Because, more practically, maybe these people wouldn’t exist at all. Maybe if they did exist, we would have never heard of them, because they would have lived entirely different lives. Who knows? No one knows.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s fun to play these games of time travel “what if?” but totally impossible, I know. Because, more practically, maybe these people wouldn’t exist at all. Maybe if they did exist, we would have never heard of them, because they would have lived entirely different lives. Who knows? No one knows.
If they espoused popular beliefs of their time and class then, it’s reasonable to believe that they would have espoused popular beliefs of their time and class now. If they were artists, then their art would have been different. If they were scientists, then their science would have been different.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If they espoused popular beliefs of their time and class then, it’s reasonable to believe that they would have espoused popular beliefs of their time and class now. If they were artists, then their art would have been different. If they were scientists, then their science would have been different.
I definitely suspect that many figures of the past, of The Educated Class, if they were our contemporaries, then their views would be entirely different. Why? Because they would have been taught and socialized in a contemporary context, that’s why, within our contemporary societies, with our norms.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I definitely suspect that many figures of the past, of The Educated Class, if they were our contemporaries, then their views would be entirely different. Why? Because they would have been taught and socialized in a contemporary context, that’s why, within our contemporary societies, with our norms.
Some people seem to pursue their own ideas and goals entirely divorced and independently from others. But often, we discover that this is an illusion. We just aren’t terribly capable of living our lives in a total vacuum. If we REALLY achieved that, we may also not express our thoughts at all.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Some people seem to pursue their own ideas and goals entirely divorced and independently from others. But often, we discover that this is an illusion. We just aren’t terribly capable of living our lives in a total vacuum. If we REALLY achieved that, we may also not express our thoughts at all.
However these contrarian stances all occur roughly because of at least an assumption of the existing norms, and the idea of an overall consensus and commitment to these norms.
What is there to argue against, if there isn’t an idea that there is something that propels us to voice our contrary views?
What is there to argue against, if there isn’t an idea that there is something that propels us to voice our contrary views?
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
However these contrarian stances all occur roughly because of at least an assumption of the existing norms, and the idea of an overall consensus and commitment to these norms.
What is there to argue against, if there isn’t an idea that there is something that propels us to voice our contrary views?
What is there to argue against, if there isn’t an idea that there is something that propels us to voice our contrary views?
Sometimes, people go against the academic, social, intellectual, and political norms of their period. Sometimes they may do this, at least in part, out of a reaction to these norms, or a general contrarian impulse, or an urge for endless questioning and refinement of received wisdom.
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sometimes, people go against the academic, social, intellectual, and political norms of their period. Sometimes they may do this, at least in part, out of a reaction to these norms, or a general contrarian impulse, or an urge for endless questioning and refinement of received wisdom.