Identity Politics: Materialist Trap

United Kingdom singer and influencer Oli London came out as “Korean” after having what he called “racial transition surgery.”

Commenting on it , Mary Harrington said that under-25s believe “editing their meat avatar” is an extension of human rights. “The core contest now,” she wrote, “is over what the accepted balance is between inner self-perception and the immutable, objective outer self.” And this is the heart of the problem:

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty is a senior writer at National Review Online.

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United Kingdom singer and influencer Oli London came out as “Korean” after having what he called “racial transition surgery.”

Commenting on it , Mary Harrington said that under-25s believe “editing their meat avatar” is an extension of human rights. “The core contest now,” she wrote, “is over what the accepted balance is between inner self-perception and the immutable, objective outer self.” And this is the heart of the problem: