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: If the phrase is used to describe a leader's behavior, it could raise questions about the responsibilities of those in leadership positions and how their personal behaviors might impact their professional roles. The Earnest Committee Chair Has a Masturbation ...
Arvind Mehta was, by all accounts, the most earnest man on the Maplewood Homeowners’ Association. For seven years, he had chaired the Architectural Review Committee with the solemnity of a Supreme Court justice. He measured grass heights with a laser ruler. He once rejected a family’s application for a swing set because the proposed wood stain was “Pacific Cedar” rather than the approved “Sierra Redwood.” His neighbors respected him, feared him, and assumed that his soul, if he had one, was beige. Want more dispatches from the quiet chaos of
This paper explores a hypothetical scenario wherein an Earnest Committee Chair introduces a "Masturbation Policy" for the committee’s duration. While initially appearing farcical, the existence of such a policy highlights the tendency of late-capitalist bureaucracy to invade the somatic sphere. The Chair’s "earnestness"—defined here as a lack of irony coupled with an excess of procedural fidelity—strips the act of its intimacy, reframing it as a logistical hurdle to be managed, scheduled, and minuted. For seven years, he had chaired the Architectural
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