Discussion: how does this essay about media, power, politics and human experience relate to anarchist ideas?

This is my own work but Im sharing it to start a discussion about ideas, not for promotion or anything.

I wrote this essay to explore human experience, especially for young people. Also media and the power of the pre-articulation state. I thought i was apolitical but I don't believe it's possible to even be apolitical. I think right now I'm just "pre-political." I'm 18 and I want to be more aware about the world and politics. I am new to anarchist theory, I thought I made up this concept called the “Grotesque Creature.” but I think thats just called collective consciousness lmao. I prefer emotional terms rather than sterile academic ones (I am an artist first) but I am curious what anarchist, anti-authoritarian and anti-oppression concepts resonates with this essay? For example, I'm thinking about how it critiques structural distance and the paralysis it causes. How sometimes even we are complicit. And how we can fight against it.

You don’t need to read the whole essay, there’s a short pitch at the end that summarizes it. Comments, thoughts, or pointers to relevant anarchist ideas or theorists would be awesome because I’m trying to understand my work academically not just emotionally.

Essay: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GnCmlkbuRFBEkQJQz5IPiyyJuGmF2Zht/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=111446187371824416437&rtpof=true&sd=true

Content warnings: references to violence, war, genocide, and psychological distress. No graphic descriptions just metaphors. Does not incite actual violence.

Thanks :)

Posted Jan 25, 2026, 4:30 AM UTC

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