Crispin Sartwell
@crispinsartwell.bsky.social
Philosophy, political commentary, political aesthetics, music criticism, podcasts on Americana and blues music. Currently Senior Fellow at the American Institute for Philosophical and Cultural Thought.
i've blown up the distinctions between individualism and collectivism and between competition and cooperation. If those are close to the heart of your politics or your ethics, you need to tear down and start again. youtu.be/VCYWQ2mxLRg?...
Individualism and Collectivism Are Not Distinct
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
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November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
i've blown up the distinctions between individualism and collectivism and between competition and cooperation. If those are close to the heart of your politics or your ethics, you need to tear down and start again. youtu.be/VCYWQ2mxLRg?...
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Well damn @crispinsartwell.bsky.social is on BS.
October 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Well damn @crispinsartwell.bsky.social is on BS.
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that talkshow hosts have been the primary leaders of the american left over the last decade or so: is this a really good idea? ps they're all white guys, your woke leadership. this is how the guardian covers politics:
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
that talkshow hosts have been the primary leaders of the american left over the last decade or so: is this a really good idea? ps they're all white guys, your woke leadership. this is how the guardian covers politics:
that talkshow hosts have been the primary leaders of the american left over the last decade or so: is this a really good idea? ps they're all white guys, your woke leadership. this is how the guardian covers politics:
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
that talkshow hosts have been the primary leaders of the american left over the last decade or so: is this a really good idea? ps they're all white guys, your woke leadership. this is how the guardian covers politics:
Heather Cox Richardson, in "Letters from an American" on Sep 12, gathered every rumor and innuendo she could find to make Tyler Robinson a right-winger. Has she reflected?
September 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Heather Cox Richardson, in "Letters from an American" on Sep 12, gathered every rumor and innuendo she could find to make Tyler Robinson a right-winger. Has she reflected?
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I was essentially bullied into reading and watching the original Harry Potters. So I’m very much looking forward to bullying all the people who watch the new ones. Oh how the tables have turned.
August 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I was essentially bullied into reading and watching the original Harry Potters. So I’m very much looking forward to bullying all the people who watch the new ones. Oh how the tables have turned.
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A first? Foreign journalists barred from Pennsylvania event featuring members of Congress via @pennlive.com by @iveythewriter.bsky.social
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Journalists planning to cover McCormick, Perry event in Pa. must prove their U.S. citizenship
One media attorney finds it problematic that members of the media who are not U.S. citizens are barred from covering an event at BAE Systems in York County on Tuesday featuring Sen. Dave McCormick, Re...
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August 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A first? Foreign journalists barred from Pennsylvania event featuring members of Congress via @pennlive.com by @iveythewriter.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2ftztmfa
tinyurl.com/2ftztmfa
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A longtime local York newspaper columnist - US born - couldn’t cover the event either because he has neither a Real ID or passport.
August 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A longtime local York newspaper columnist - US born - couldn’t cover the event either because he has neither a Real ID or passport.
20th and final episode of Peace Now! Great American Pacifists podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
The Profound Ethics of Non-Violence in Judith Butler
Podcast Episode · Peace Now! Great American Pacifists · 08/15/2025 · 32m
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August 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
20th and final episode of Peace Now! Great American Pacifists podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
the holocaust is one of the causes of slaughter in gaza www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
Violent Echoes of Violence
The slaughter in Gaza is an echo of the Holocaust. || Crispin Sartwell
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August 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
the holocaust is one of the causes of slaughter in gaza www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
what judith butler gets right about gender.
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Judith Butler and Gender as an Aesthetic Repertoire
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
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July 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
what judith butler gets right about gender.
youtu.be/_TKGGJqLnZM?...
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if (for example) vanderbilt university, the maryland institute college of art, or dickinson college wanted their names associated with projects like this, they should have pulled back just a bit on the extreme humiliation and pointed extrusion. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Beauty of Walmart Shopping
Big-box retail constructs its infinite aesthetic array out of hundreds of thousands of brush strokes.
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July 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
if (for example) vanderbilt university, the maryland institute college of art, or dickinson college wanted their names associated with projects like this, they should have pulled back just a bit on the extreme humiliation and pointed extrusion. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
what is beauty? youtu.be/lD4W-LGAV80?...
Beauty: A Brand-New Account
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
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July 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
what is beauty? youtu.be/lD4W-LGAV80?...
let me draw a contrast between two songs, one supposedly a profound piece of poetry, the other a modest lyric about heartbreak: dylan's 'blowin' in the wind' vs the oak ridge boys' 'gonna take a lot of river.' 🧵
July 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
let me draw a contrast between two songs, one supposedly a profound piece of poetry, the other a modest lyric about heartbreak: dylan's 'blowin' in the wind' vs the oak ridge boys' 'gonna take a lot of river.' 🧵
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
These people were wrong about more or less everything (wrong in both senses: their assertions were false and their positions ethically indefensible). I refer to enthusiasts for oppression such as Plato, Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau, Žižek...⬇️
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Totalitarians of Western Philosophy
Philosophy Podcast · Updated Weekly · Running through some of the most beloved texts in Western political philosophy. They are loved for their ingenuity and beauty. But they are respected and believed...
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July 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
These people were wrong about more or less everything (wrong in both senses: their assertions were false and their positions ethically indefensible). I refer to enthusiasts for oppression such as Plato, Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau, Žižek...⬇️
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
video version with cool natural reflected-sky effect
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youtu.be/gTlMh1LmHss?...
Effective Spirituality: the Great Cesar Chavez
YouTube video by Crispin Sartwell
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July 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
video version with cool natural reflected-sky effect
youtu.be/gTlMh1LmHss?...
youtu.be/gTlMh1LmHss?...
I know you've been concerned, but there's a new episode of Peace Now! Great American Pacifists. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Effective Spirituality: the Great Cesar Chavez
Podcast Episode · Peace Now! Great American Pacifists · 07/14/2025 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I know you've been concerned, but there's a new episode of Peace Now! Great American Pacifists. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
moments of beauty continue at the nytimes! (my concept, if i do say so, originating in 'sic names of beauty')
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Finding Beauty in Midair
Stretched out in the sunshine, even the flimsiest things radiate inner light.
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
moments of beauty continue at the nytimes! (my concept, if i do say so, originating in 'sic names of beauty')
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I'm the most writerish mofo you ever saw.
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Place Loss
We are made from the places we inhabit. || Crispin Sartwell
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July 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I'm the most writerish mofo you ever saw.
www.splicetoday.com/writing/plac...
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hoping to connect with others who vividl experience placegrief. www.splicetoday.com/writing/plac...
Place Loss
We are made from the places we inhabit. || Crispin Sartwell
www.splicetoday.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
hoping to connect with others who vividl experience placegrief. www.splicetoday.com/writing/plac...