Media contributions
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Title Trouble in Paradise #22 Sasha Lange’s Neoliberal Queer Utopia w/ Teplice & Shimmer Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Cashmere Radio Media type Radio Country/Territory Germany Date 22/07/25 Description This month we're joined by Sasha Lange to talk about his conceptualisation of Berlin as a ‘Neoliberal Queer Utopia’. We discuss the foundational myths of the Weimar era (referencing the writing of Christopher Isherwood and the 1972 film ‘Cabaret’), the techno-utopianism of the nineties club scene, and present-day politics of gentrification. Drawing on a range of concepts – from 'Clubsterben’ and ‘Collective Joy’ to ‘Homonationalism’ and ‘Homonormativity’ – we consider how the ideal queer German is constructed as a consumer-citizen in terms that propagate racist (predominantly islamophobic) exclusion. URL https://cashmereradio.com/episode/trouble-in-paradise-22-sasha-langes-queer-neoliberal-utopia-w-teplice-shimmer/ Persons Aleksandr Lange