Once You Are Liberated

“It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.”

– Jean Baudrillard

This quote comes from Jean Baudrillard’s book, America. In this passage he’s discussing the sexual revolution from a postmodern perspective. Sexual identities matter today but they haven’t always been so important. Baudrillard asks: what might would a new model of social belonging look like in the future if we were less preoccupied with rigid categories of sex and gender?

Infographic of a girl in silhouette walking towards two trees. Text reads: It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are. - Jean Baudrillard

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