Victor Juhasz on Epictetus and Creating “The Girl Who Would Be Free”
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Ryan talks to illustrator Victor Juhasz about the process of creating his newest book “The Girl Who Would Be Free,” the decision to make Epictetus a girl, how he was impacted by the story of Epictetus, and more.
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Victor Juhasz is an artist and illustrator whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Time Magazine, and Esquire Magazine, and more. He has illustrated many books including G is for Gladiator: An Ancient Rome Alphabet and is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet.
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I appreciate the intent, but I think it would have been more effective to create a story inspired by Epictetus’ life with the main character being a girl who has her own name. Not only would it help avoid confusion but it would make it a little more accessible for girls who want to read a story that they think they will better relate to.
Wait the children's story wasn't based on Epictetus' life?
You're welcome to go ahead and do that.
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Maybe you should write your own book?
@@Brandon.manga. lololol no way Joseph! It's way easier/cheaper to leave a comment here disagreeing 😝
Ryan, I just wanted to let you know I very much enjoyed this interview. Your guest was very authentic and genuine. I enjoyed your discussion about the publishing process. It gave me a chance to peak behind the current. Thanks a lot. Keep up the good work.
Great conversation! And yes, it's very interesting how much importance some put on the gender and race of a character instead of the core message of the story. The fact that people can't handle this kind of situations speak more of them than the book itself.
I think it's the fact that it seems like an obvious marketing ploy yo capitalize on the current "woke" climate
@@assassin415 I understand that part, but still, I bet if the character was a dog called Epictetus, that person might not have a problem with it.
@@thewise3551 it's hard to understand how true stoics might have a problem with that.
@@assassin415 I was extremely surprised with Ryan's decision to make Epictetus a girl. He definitely doesn't seem like the woke type of person. It would be interesting to hear Ryan go into further detail about the decision. On the surface, it appears like he wanted to capitalize on the wokeness of it. But maybe his decision was done deliberately to filter out fans who make a big deal about wokism for either being too woke or being too anti-woke. If his decision to make Epictetus a girl enraged someone enough to unsubscribe, they weren't wroth being a subscriber.
@@thewise3551 well and some 'stoics' seem like they don't accept what they can't control, like the gender of the main character. Lol
You. Introduced and made me love the philosophy of stoicism and Seneca when I discovered you after my brain injury accident in 2018 AND NOW THIS!
😁 As a fine arts graduate here in Manila I have learned and realized so many things just in this talk
Thank you for introducing me to Victor Juhasz THANK YOUUU
I will be looking forward for both of your books here in Manila Thank you for creating this
I have said this before and I am always going to say this. Thank you for laying out stoicism in layman's terms. Thank you.
See even kids(Im 32 so Im entitled to call them kids XD )get to explore this wonderful Philosophy ITS FANTASTIC
Im sooo glad you now ventured in thia genre FINALLY :D
As a mother of two daughters, I cannot wait to read this and share it in my Little Free Library!
Really looking forward to reading this book; and, your other books as well. IMHO, I believe writing the "Girl Who Would Be Free," and bringing the book into reality is an act of courage.
I also feel Epictetus would like this book.
Thanking you in advance.
Ego is the enemy
Great meditation to start the day and thanks for sharing your process and praxis. We need to be bold and explore examples like this of female intuition. We need to read our women thought leaders, Simone de Beauvoir, Azar Nafisi, Frida Khalo, Malala Yousafzai, Mariana Mazzucato, Esther Duflo, Hanna Arendt, Benazir Bhutto, Virginia Woolf, Cass Sunstein, Katherine Gehl, Naomi Klein, Juno Mac & Molly Smith, Emily Bronte, George Sand, George Eliot, Isak Dinesen, Maya Angelou, Harper Lee. We can never fully know as males what female intuition is, but we can get closer when we use some of their works to go "behind the mask" of some of these intellectual female giants. I also have framed on my atelier wall 6 of the global paper currencies that have female historical figures represented on the official national currency- it's a good reminder of the un-equal representation of females in S.T.E.A.M. fields like Finance and Economics.
@@thewise3551 then and then only it becomes Appropriation of a woman's hardwork and intellect.This is a feeble attempt to pander to the feminists.
@@thewise3551 That would be amazing!🌟
and thanks for writting the girl who would be free
I was looking forward to reading the girl who would be free on kindle unlimited, I downloaded the book but it turns out that the words, and sentences overlapped and it is pretty difficult to read and many users dealt with the same problem, so I assume it's a technical difficulty from your side. I just wanted to bring this to your attention. So the issue gets solved soon.
I am eagerly waiting for this book to be available in India, so I can buy it from Amazon.
If there is controversy of the gender of a character in a story about stoicism, perhaps those people need this book/philosophy the most
Lol!!!
That's a fallacy. I am not sure what Epictetus or others would have thought about that.
Yes Stoicism advocates for tolerance, understanding , not judging... But one of the pillar of this philosophy is to use your reason first, and i don't see the reasoning behind changing Epictetus' gender, hence changing who he was. Of course the content of his philosophy remains the same, but what's the message behind the change? Why ?
Is it because there isn't enough female Stoic to make a good story but we still want a parity male/female ? Or to satisfy the current woke culture?
nice one Ryan, keep up these good jobs
Shouldn't we be talking more about the Female stoics in history instead of switching genders with already wildly popular Male stoics.? or the implication is that there are no good ideas from female stoics, so let's take a man's ideas and give it a female body..?
thats what it feels like and his ego wont let him accept the criticism which is ironic. he keeps doubling and tripling down
I suppose Ryan choose Epictetus' for being one of the most prominent Stoic. There aren't any women stoics nearly as well-known as Epictetus.
@@jzen1455 True.And let's not pretend that Men and Women think alike.Suppose it was the ideas of a female stoic being portrayed by a little boy instead...that would be 'appropriation'.
@@assassin415 This was a bad decision...but definitely earns him the woke points.
@@athena5681 Perhaps this is his attempt to capture a wider audience. He may lose a tiny amount because of the decision, but will likely gain more of the woke crowd with his attempt to make Stoicism more palatable to the whims of the woke. Also, he likely doesn't want followers who would unsub from him for such a minor thing.
The link to the book has an extra 'or' in it.
I was extremely surprised with Ryan's decision to make Epictetus a girl. He definitely doesn't seem like the woke type of person. It would be interesting to hear Ryan go into further detail about the decision. On the surface, it appears like he wanted to capitalize on the wokeness of it. But maybe his decision was done deliberately to filter out fans who make a big deal about wokism for either being too woke or being too anti-woke. If his decision to make Epictetus a girl enraged someone enough to unsubscribe, maybe he thinks they weren't worth being a subscriber? Or maybe Ryan felt any PR is good PR?
It’s clear he is feminine(has considerable feminine energy) it’s naturally thing.
Only men with lots of masculine energy can truly understand stoicism. I don’t think he emotionally gets what it means to be a stoic. He very well gets it logically, of course being very smart.
I know I am late to this story, but I have to agree with the so called angry white man. Our culture in recent years has been re-writing all sort of movies and changing ethnicity and genders. Disney being a main source of these re-writes. I'm all for inclusivity and think we should return to the "melting pot" that we were intended to be - as it appears the Roman empire was from comments in the video. I wish you well with your book and hope it reaches the intended audience, but taking a historical figure that is male and making them female alienates many men who may have otherwise read the book. If the character would have been a student of Epictetus and went on her own journey it would stand as something new and many men would would be glad to read it. Men like strong rational women, especially women who display the the four virtues of courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom - at least this man does.
In surprised you can’t empathize with his complaint or understand why, in the current era, it could turn someone off to gender swap a real person. It’s done a level of magnitude in media it seems redundant to point out examples