Content Warning: Discussion of colonization, slavery, racism, xenophobia, and famine.
In this episode, I tell the myth: "Dream of Owen O'Mulready". An Irish folktale, this myth was likely written in the late-1800s, though the earliest reference I could ascertain was from an edition of The Boston College Stylus from 1908. The original reference is likely unavailable on the internet, though it is possible that the myth stems from Irish immigrants rather than Ireland itself. The story recounts the efforts of a native Irish farmer to dream. In so doing, he voyages across an ocean to take a message from his master to America.
We'll discuss the implications of dreaming as an oppressed person, the systems of "equal opportunity" that coerced many Irish to immigrate to America, and the associations between dreaming and the ruling class. We will be considering the gender equity enjoyed by the Irish, the wage slavery they endured (and its deep similarities to the American system of economy), and the dominant hegemony's obsession with the sky.
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