Voyeurism

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Is delayed gratification more valuable than instant gratification? This episode unpacks the value of reckless self-indulgence, an increasingly demonised way of life in the world of protein bros and wellness culture.

substack essay: hedonism and the will to live

https://jordanstacey.substack.com/p/hedonism-and-the-will-to-live?r=4b9cpt

SORRY IT'S BEEN SO LONG!!!!!

Talk soon xx

Last night I woke up from a nap to a youtube video on stoicism called "Why do you postpone yourself?" based on the works of stoic philosopher Seneca. This philosophical summary captured a feeling that has been marinating in my mind palace for years! Shout out to this divinely timed nap for landing me here.

Moral of the story: if you have legs you can start walking, you don't HAVE to sit idly at the train station waiting to set your life's work into motion. Privilege is of course a huge part of this conversation, but it...

A little voice memo yap about time autonomy and hypervigilance. Today I was doing yoga and realised how bonkers it is to measure things using time when you don't have to!! Capitalism is something that many of us internalise into a sense of urgency and time obsession. Why are you thinking about time so much in your FREE time!!!! I am forever dreaming of a world without time, but alas we must compromise.

Australian birds are really loud and yappy so apologies for the ambient squawking xx

Are you the fish, the fisherman or the ocean? What is a thought and how much control do you have over your own thought-making process? The concept of mind, body and consciousness separation is a thread throughout all schools of philosophy and spirituality, both modern and ancient. This episode is essentially me unpacking my take on this thread through some silly analogies (drink every time I say fish and you will drown).

What is thought when it is not organised by language? Does our concept of what thought is hinge too much on the connection between thought...

HEAR ME OUT! How would you move through your life if you knew that you would maintain the appearance of youth until the day you died? It begs MANY questions (like why are we okay with vampires being 200 and going to high school??!).

As I progress through my twenties I find myself mourning a loss of 'ingénue status' and grappling with the rush of needing to capitalise on it. The context of age seems to frame every accolade more and more belligerently as we age (and it is very frustrating!!!).

Are you scared of a...

As I move through my twenties, I find myself deeply pondering the cultural relevance of age and mourning a loss of "ingénue status".

It is true, everybody loves an ingénue. But how much weight does the knowledge of one's age actually carry? How much does it dictate our choices? Can our fear of aging ever really be separated from pretty privilege and the loss of power associated with physically aging? How would society operate if we maintained our physical youth forever? (yes this episode involves a vampire tangent).

I don't have the answer, bu...

An unplanned ramble of all of my current thoughts regarding monogamy. I love ambiguous topics that can simply never reach an absolute conclusion. Are we meant to be monogamous? How do we separate romantic and platonic intimacy? Why are the rules of monogamy so gendered? Were our ancestors monogamous or is it a modern invention of convenience? I'm not sure, but listen to hear some of my deliberations thus far.

A casual and chaotic introduction: Jordan divulges what made her name herself a "voyeur", what voyeurism means, and gives a brief summary of what led her to enter the world of podcasting.