OAKLEY, Be
Boredom: An Anti-Capital-ist Tool

Boredom: An Anti-Capital-ist Tool is a new essay and publication by GenderFail founder Be Oakley. This essay is broken up into fragmentsa of thoughts about boredom broadly centered around boredom as
a revolutionary and anti-capitalist tool. These are divided into the following topics:

1. Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame
2. Boredom as a source of misplaced pride
3. Boredom and laziness: siblings
4. Bullshit Jobs and the power of boredom
5. The powerful connection between boredom and dreaming 6. Boredom as a state of play
7. Forced boredom: Stillness through Invisible Illness you

This essay ask the following questions including and not limited to: Boredom as a tool for the working class? Do working class people have time to be bored? What does working class Boredom look like?

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Published by GenderFail Press, 2024
Design by Be Oakley
Artists' Writings / Queer Culture / Politics