💀 the ego-death of the author

Hello and thanks for listening to this audio version of my email newsletter  ⋆⭒˚。⋆  ⠀A few months ago, I was feeling some kind of way about my book, and I found myself googling “ego death."Wikipedia informed me that the term came from the realms of Buddhism, mysticism, Jungian psychology, New Age spirituality, and psychedelic drugs. It meant something like “complete loss of subjective self-identity" or "transcendence of the self."And that felt… fine. But not quite right. 🫠Read & share this post here: https://www.ameliahruby.com/blog/ego-death-of-the-authorGet on the waitlist for my book here: https://amelia.myflodesk.com/book  Sign up for my mailing list here: https://amelia.myflodesk.com/   ✨ Amelia Hruby is a feminist writer, podcaster and producer with a PhD in philosophy from DePaul University. Over the past decade, she’s been a university professor, a community organizer, and a radio DJ. Since leaving social media in 2021, she’s also launched the popular podcast Off the Grid, where she interviews artists, writers, business leaders and former influencers. Amelia is a platform critic, an AI skeptic, and an advocate for a non-extractive internet. Her new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media is out now.