Episode 12 - Predators and Jokers - Persona 5

Scholars At Play

Content Warning: discussions of sexual abuse and assault -------------- Sabeen Ahmed returns to join us for an important discussion about the way Persona 5 handles sexual assault, abuse, and power, and how it feels to play Persona 5 in the middle of the #MeToo movement in the U.S. -------------- Objects Discussed Texts: - Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag, 1966) - The Predator and the Jokester (Lauren Berlant in “Where Freedom Starts: Sex, Power, Violence, #MeToo”, 2018) Games: - Persona 5 (Atlus, 2016 Japan, 2017 International) -------------- Hosts Derek Price - twitter.com/digital_derek Terrell Taylor - twitter.com/BlackSocrates Kyle Romero - twitter.com/E_Kyle_Romero Sabeen Ahmed -------------- Contact us! E-mail: [e-mail] Twitter: twitter.com/ScholarsAtPlay scholarsatplay.net -------------- Special thanks: Visager (twitter.com/visagermusic) for the use of their song "The Plateau at Night," The Curb Center at Vanderbilt, HASTAC, and our Distinguished Colleague Patreon supporters, including: Carol R. Rebecca P. -------------- Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/scholarsatplay