web02.fireside.fm Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:46:36 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Outsider Theory - Episodes Tagged with “Alejandra Pizarnik” https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/alejandra%20pizarnik Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:00:00 -0500 Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. en-us episodic Theory on the outside, theory of the outside, outside of the theory Geoff Shullenberger Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. no critical theory, conspiracy theory, outsider intellectuals, outsiders, the outside Geoff Shullenberger gshullenb@gmail.com The Unacceptable Beauty of Erzsébet Báthory with Alex Kaschuta https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/bathory b9dfe0f5-f65c-428f-993f-c5ad09462726 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:00:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Alex Kaschuta joins Outsider Theory to examine the life and cultural legacy of the mass-murdering Hungarian countess Erzsébet Báthory. 1:24:47 no The Hungarian countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1610), allegedly one of the most prolific mass murderers ever, occupies the border zone between history and legend. She has become a part of the vampire mythology associated with Southeast Europe as well as a subject of fascination for avant-garde writers and artists and a frequent pop culture reference. Báthory emerges out of the shadowy depths of archaic magic, but also stands as a proto-modern female Faust whose commitment to her own all-consuming violent passions anticipated the visions of the Marquis de Sade. In an age of attenuated taboos, her extreme acts retain the capacity to shock us; she still hovers on the Outside of civilized life. My guest Alex Kaschuta and I use Báthory as a starting point for discussing the paroxysms of the modern ideal of individual freedom, with some help from Sade, Camille Paglia, and the surrealist writers Valentine Penrose and Alejandra Pizarnik. We also address the tendency of recent pop culture to domesticate the terrors of Báthory's crimes, and the way that her type of Sadeian sexual depravity, often denied or downplayed, resurfaces in discussions of porn and sex robots. Alex's writing and podcast: https://linktr.ee/alexkaschuta Alejandra Pizarnik, "The Bloody Countess" Valentine Penrose, The Bloody Countess: Atrocities of Erzsébet Báthory_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElizabethB%C3%A1thoryinpopularculture Erzsebet Bathory, Marquis de Sade, Camille Paglia, sex, mass murder, torture, porn, sex robots The Hungarian countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1610), allegedly one of the most prolific mass murderers ever, occupies the border zone between history and legend. She has become a part of the vampire mythology associated with Southeast Europe as well as a subject of fascination for avant-garde writers and artists and a frequent pop culture reference. Báthory emerges out of the shadowy depths of archaic magic, but also stands as a proto-modern female Faust whose commitment to her own all-consuming violent passions anticipated the visions of the Marquis de Sade. In an age of attenuated taboos, her extreme acts retain the capacity to shock us; she still hovers on the Outside of civilized life.

My guest Alex Kaschuta and I use Báthory as a starting point for discussing the paroxysms of the modern ideal of individual freedom, with some help from Sade, Camille Paglia, and the surrealist writers Valentine Penrose and Alejandra Pizarnik. We also address the tendency of recent pop culture to domesticate the terrors of Báthory's crimes, and the way that her type of Sadeian sexual depravity, often denied or downplayed, resurfaces in discussions of porn and sex robots.

Alex's writing and podcast: https://linktr.ee/alexkaschuta

Alejandra Pizarnik, "The Bloody Countess"

Valentine Penrose, The Bloody Countess: Atrocities of Erzsébet Báthory_

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory_in_popular_culture

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My guest Alex Kaschuta and I use Báthory as a starting point for discussing the paroxysms of the modern ideal of individual freedom, with some help from Sade, Camille Paglia, and the surrealist writers Valentine Penrose and Alejandra Pizarnik. We also address the tendency of recent pop culture to domesticate the terrors of Báthory's crimes, and the way that her type of Sadeian sexual depravity, often denied or downplayed, resurfaces in discussions of porn and sex robots.

Alex's writing and podcast: https://linktr.ee/alexkaschuta

Alejandra Pizarnik, "The Bloody Countess"

Valentine Penrose, The Bloody Countess: Atrocities of Erzsébet Báthory_

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory_in_popular_culture

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