Making an Anarcake Part 1: Planning a Cake
As a political theory, anarchism is widely misunderstood, with public perceptions ranging from a philosophy trying to create a utopia or one solely based on chaos and terror. Even after getting past such myths, it becomes clear that while what anarchism advocates for—an individual’s autonomy and control of their own life—is nothing particularly outrageous, it is a lot. Anarchism has vast, far reaching implications on a societal or individual level, which can be hard to conceptualize, especially for someone like myself who is very new to political theory as a whole. As such, this project attempts to capture what anarchism and its principles look like through the lens of something that is small-scale and much easier to conceptualize: the creation of a cake. Specifically, I will be discussing what an anarchist cake made in my personal circumstances as an NYU student would look like. First, it is important to define the principles such a cake would adhere to. Anarchism is based on an oppos...
