Battling with the Introduction

I’m still battling with the introduction to Neoliberal Love. My second book was criticized as “undertheorized”, and the criticism was completely fair. I was afraid to say what I really wanted to say in 2015. I was still wearing a saucer-sized badge of the Hillary Clinton campaign (photographic evidence provided upon request) but what I wanted to say in the book was the exact opposite. As a result, I wrote so cautiously that I failed to express what I really wanted. The book was still very successful but I perceive it as a missed opportunity in many ways.

In Neoliberal Love, which is my magnum opus, I want to say everything. I’m battling against caution, self-doubt, and fear. I want it to be clear. Not roundabout, not vague.

You, people, have been of invaluable help throughout the process. If I didn’t discuss these ideas here daily, I wouldn’t have them. I simply wouldn’t have them. And I want to be done but it’s taking its bloody time.