My writing partner and I collaborate on satirical pieces but we've been arguing about whether our work is actually funny or just mean, and I'm starting to think this disagreement is really about our different relationships to cruelty. We both want to be clever and cutting but we can't agree on where the line is between insight and just being assholes.
More people experience this than they realize.
The question of whether satire serves truth or merely satisfies cruelty becomes urgent when collaborators discover they have different moral relationships to mockery.
“Where Are You with Irony and satire?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.