Bonus Sample: The Dalai Lama Spectacle
May 15, 2023•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
What the hell happened between the Dalai Lama and that Indian boy? The internet served up a raft of painfully inflammatory takes, so I took a month to talk with Tibetologists and review the literature on sexual abuse in Tibetan Buddhist contexts.
This is a deep, tangled dive. Content warnings apply.
Chapters:
Why cover this, and why now?
Summary
The Clip
Virality
Two Orientalisms
Outrages and Pilled Mindset
What do Tibetans and their allies say?
Kazi Adi Shakti, Thi Nguyen, Becca Williams
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