1984: The Virtue of Selfishness vs. The Second Sex.

This episode reads George Orwell’s 1984 as a warning about what happens when intimacy itself is undermined: loneliness and fear replace trust, private pleasure substitutes for solidarity, and love becomes policed. The host critiques Julia’s private rebellion and explains why secret resistance is easy to crush when connection is atomized.

Instead of settling for coping or transactional hookups, the episode calls for redefining sex and relationships as spaces of mutual liberation—where boundaries, communication, and shared responsibility heal trauma and create collective freedom. Intimacy becomes resistance when it is public, reciprocal, and life-giving.

Ultimately, reclaiming connection is framed as a political act: refusing permanent disengagement and rebuilding love as a feast open to everyone is how we push back against Big Brother, patriarchy, and social isolation.