Had a convo with a friend on Twitter that just about summed up post-modern theory in half a dozen tweets. It was prompted by her remark that she was ashamed of being a human and would like to change species - something I can relate to. Further convo went as follows:
S: Have you heard of Otherkin...?
V: I have. I don't know much about it, mind. What I have heard sounds slightly barmy.
S: Post-modern subjectivity trumps everything. If you feel like an elf, then you *are* an elf.
V: But who knows what an elf actually feels like??
S: It doesn't matter what an elf feels like. What matters is your subjective belief that you feel like an elf.
V: There is so much wrong with that concept, isn't there?
Yes, yes there is.
