Nascent Conservatism

a recent study found that TikTok is the only platform where left-leaning news influencers outnumber right-leaning ones.

how the attention economy works to juice up provocative points of view while ignoring information that is weighed down by the burden of nuance and moderation.

As one Twitter user posted, “through little/no actual fault of her own, Sydney Sweeney had been embraced by the alt-right as a symbol of traditional femininity. White, blonde, and sexy the way women should be. Now they are turning on her. They hate women and will never truly accept them.”

If the election underscored anything about the internet, it was how far social media platforms had moved to the right. While Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other sites continue to be popular gathering places for entertainment and meme-making, political discourse online has increasingly shifted to an array of mostly right-wing sites that have built... See more

I think many women, exhausted by contemporary life, want to believe in a fantasy of a benevolent husband who leads (and magically makes all the right, most compassionate, most loving decisions) and a cherished wife who feels wholly content and at peace with her clearcut role in both marriage and life.

Since 2020, TikTok has served as a major hub for progressive speech and activism.

GEN Z SWUNG TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE OF MONEY WOES, SURVEY FINDS , thedailybeast

Financial services company Empower surveyed more than 2,200 Americans, and respondents born between 1997 and 2012 — Gen Zers, in other words — said they’d need to make $587,000 a year to be “financially successful.” The news comes after the youngest voting group, 18- to 24... See more

But while 4chan posters and online trolls started the pro-Trump movement, the crowd at the Power 30 Awards is evidence of how mainstream the movement has become.

If you’ve posted on Instagram about politics, you’re familiar with its impossible contradictions: posting something is wrong, but so is posting nothing. Posting with your own words is wrong, but so is reposting something without your own words. Posting while acknowledging your power is annoying, but posting without it is oblivious. You should cente... See more