HeyJaredThe Russell Walter Substack
Norwooding Nietzschean & temporarily embarrassed steppe warlord. I make video essays on YouTube: youtube.com/@russellwalter5145
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An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Australia (opens the original)
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It has come to my attention that is on Substack. Tony Abbott is the Prime Minister of Australia. Or rather, he was, until he was unjustly deposed in a coup d’état in 2015.This event greatly affected me, not least of all because I—like Abbott—am a Monarchist. In the 2010s, being a Monarchist in Australia was sort of like being a pedophile. A pedophile, that is, who enjoyed killing baby seals. People treated you like a pariah!! For supporting Queen and Country!<a clas
The Great Zombiefication & The Decline of Literary Culture, w/Owen Yingling (opens the original)
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and I discuss:Have Zoomers been Zombified?Is it alienating being a highly literate Zoomer?Why do so many university students care more about credentials than learning?What is a university actually supposed to be for?Has the professionalisation and standardisation of education killed great teaching?Will AI turn universities into the intellectual equivalent of old cathedrals?What makes a gr
Studs, Straggots, & Sex-Work (opens the original)
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BUY THE STUD: CLICK THIS LINKLiam and I discuss:Has market logic colonised family life?To what extent is surrogacy ethical?What is Liam’s novel, The Stud, about?Is post-industrial, white-collar life sterilising people?Are girlbosses actually good?What is a straggot?How has Liam’s day job as a corporate lawyer influenced his prose style?Is lookmaxxing leading to the boyification of men?
Being Poor is Cool (If you’re Rich) (opens the original)
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Luigi Mangione is a bad guy. Luigi Mangione is a VERY bad guy. He, like, killed somebody (not cool!). And yet, there’s no denying that this photo of him is cool.<img alt="" class="sizing-nor
Lions of the West, RISE UP!!! w/Dan Baltic (opens the original)
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Dan Baltic and I discuss: How political should an author be?Is Nutcrankr actually a right-wing book?How much does Nutcrankr owe to A Confederacy of Dunces and Don Quixote?How autobiographical is Spencer?What is a “Chudjack,” and is Spencer one?Autism vs. sociopathy — what’s the difference?Is self-publishing now a real alternative to traditional publishing?
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